I would agree with a lot of what Rans says except the speed. I have a finite amount of time and like to visit interesting places. My home built does 138kn on 15lph, and as I am doing it for fun, VFR is no restriction. My other comment is I look upon my machine as a step up from my old airways equipped AA5B as it is much faster, gets into many more places and its not 30+ years old.
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