Can only but echo what Pete says. Can't see the point in joining AOPA, but find PFA mag an interesting read and some useful background info, even if I'm not a homebuilder!! The Rally's quite fun too! Plus you get in for free as a member -that's fifteen quid or so!!
But, must be something to build your own plane, and then fly it!
When I mentioned to my wife that an instructor of mine had built his own Long-EZ, she promptly gave me a loud 'No!
-I got the message........