Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: amsafetyc(at)aol.com
Yes, put your money into building. But who says you can't hang around theairfield once in a while. Just practice the old " sad puppydog who wants a ride"look and maybe someone will take pity on you. :-)Clif So, I've been posing this question of hanging it up (temporarily hopefully) for quite a while now internally. I guess I just needed to hear it from other people, I don't know why.________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Pieterse: doing the math

Original Posted By: Oscar Zuniga
I have been working on getting my paperwork in ordrer. Build logs receipts andcosts into a spread sheet. When all of a sudden what I thought cost me a few bucksand a few hours actually turned out to be more than I estimated. Get readyhere comes the qiuestion: has anyone calculated a material direct purchase costper hour of build time logged? I would be curioius to learn your ratio forcomparison purposes. I am wondering if I am working as efficiently and cost effectiveas the list average. Not for any particular purppose other than comparisonvalue is allJohn------Original Message------

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JohnDon't forget to include that pile of parts that didn't work out that sit in the corner. Also you have to add in the value of the experience that you have have gained. I wonder if anyone has ever written that down and received college credits for that. Also how about the value of becoming a member of a tiny group in the history of modern man who has completed a flying machine. Then you have to also add the value of flying your machine around all of the factory made aircraft and know what they must be thinking. The Piet is a hit at every Fly in and draws a crowd at every FBO I pull into. So what if your time came to 15 cents per hour in building.Dick N.----- Original Message -----

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Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Re: Pieterse: doing the mathDick,All great and highly valuable points for which there is no good way to estimate the benefit vs cost. Just on base number of hard cash spent and directhours of gluing sticks together my expense to work hour comes out to 4.86:1.There is no way to estimate the value of lessons learned, skills acquired, band aids applied or the sheer enjoyment and love of the process nor the end result which is after all the value of a hand made custom built flying aircraft which all out weigh the costs associated with the project.John In a message dated 12/9/2008 11:11:59 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, horzpool(at)goldengate.net writes:--> Pietenpol-List message posted by: "Dick N." JohnDon't forget to include that pile of parts that didn't work out that sit in the corner. Also you have to add in the value of the experience that you have have gained. I wonder if anyone has ever written that down and received college credits for that. Also how about the value of becoming a member of a tiny group in the history of modern man who has completed a flying machine. Then you have to also add the value of flying your machine around all of the factory made aircraft and know what they must be thinking. The Piet is a hit at every Fly in and draws a crowd at every FBO I pull into. So what if your time came to 15 cents per hour in building.Dick N.----- Original Message -----

Original Posted By: "Bill Church"
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