Reasons you should avoid an experimental aircraft

[samj]

a big plus to building an exp aircraft is avoiding the costly A&P annual.

[JohanJolos]

if I make an airplane and fly it I'm not insuring it... if I crash I doubt I'm gonna collect lol

[ellisdylan]

My old instructor once told me we would have fewer crashes if we had less overhauls.

[ConnecticutEmporium]

I would totally go experimental for a 100% personal aircraft. But it’s not worth losing the ability to rent it out to offset the ownership costs.

[palmtraveller]

Then there’s Jimmys world - pushing the limits of garage built aircraft since getting his license. Balls of steel 😂😂

[danko]

Experimental vs Certified is like PPL vs CPL.

[shanekeat]

Love how your title says reasons not too, then you give mostly positive stuff lol.
Here in NZ we have 2 categories,
1. Microlight class 2 (this is where you can fly a plane with payload up to 600kg, but must have 5km visibility and cannot fly over built up areas and,
2. LSA where you are under GA regulations but can fly IFR and fly a payload of 700kg or more, but you have to have a PPL and your plane is subject to all the same checks and measures as a GA aircraft.
I'm training to have a microlight class 2 licnence atm, this suits my wife and i, even though it limits us on weather and payload the cost is amazing, only costing as much as a car to run and allowing us to travel cross country quickly. It actually costs us less to fly from our hometown to the south island than it would a comercial flight for 1 person!

[crazyc]

You can do your own work 💪 as a 30 year car mechanic, Mercedes/Porsche tech ... this is a huge plus for me ! ... anyone wanna trade up with a low time cessna 150 with an experimental?

[nevada]

I don’t have to worry about this because…

I don’t have the money!

[TecnamTwin]

Experimentals are usually better and more fun aircraft for less money.

[RaceMentally]

Insurance on RV 40hr-250hrs $1300 year

[gastrofile]

Is a LODA still required for training in an experimental?

[ryelor]

This isn't going to be like a motorcyclist channel where one day your videos will stop and all the most recent comments will 'RIP, miss you man'?

[TyinAlaska]

When you're done with your plane come up to Alaska. I'll give you a room and food, and we can go out on a hunt.

[almabe]

so, just a ballpark: isn't it time for an overall of the rules and all the hoops and hurdles, beyond MILLIONS in cost, which non main straim aircraft manufacturers must go through in order to access the fully approved status?!

[omarjassar]

What if the experiment doesn't work out ??

[FPhantomGaming]

how is the first one true? I've flown in several experimental aircraft for $, and they were just rides and not training

[nateaugustine]

So, I'm reaching out to the FSDO later this week to get details on this topic, are we able to build IFR time in these?

[ayedhanpharmr]

I have to pay (per month) half what a student pilot would pay for 172 insurance for a year for my experimental plane 🙄

[dabeav]

Your extrapolation of the meaning of you're statistical fact is wrong. It is 5.2631579 % more likely to have a crash