Surely the cheapest hour building has to be buy a VP-1, insure it, fly the hours at 10 litres an hour plus landings, and then sell it. A bit chilly, but totally legit.
Great advice.
Buy the cheapest, most rudimentary PFA permit 'flying machine' that you can and fly the nuts off it all Summer, then sell it for hopefully what you paid for it!
There is no cheaper way to hour build and if the weather's like it is here in the Midlands today, you'll get just as good a sun tan as if you'd gone to California
