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Last summer I ordered a quickbuild (the only way you can order it) Lancair
Legacy 2000 with an expected ship date of what is now October 2000.  In
speaking with Lancair, they are working with the kit to make it their
"fastest to build yet".  From what I understand, as well as many parts
pre-built, many of the dificult and time consuming alignments will be
pre-aligned.

This will be my first kit, although I have done considerable work on
automobiles in the  engine/tranmission/drive train rebuiding as well as a
fair amount of sheet metal body work. I have absolutely no experience in
composite construction. I am getting concerned however on how much time this
is really going to take vs what Lancair tells me.  I have signed up for the
1 week factory closeout program, so this should help the timefactor.  What
has caused me my concern, is I visited a person building a non-quick build
IV, and he has over 300 hours (1 yr) in  just the horiz stab and elevator
(and its not yet even done).  I don't know if he's just incredibly
careful/slow, or I'm getting into far more than I am expecting.

Can some of you give me an idea of what I can expect for build time based on
your actual time spent versus where you are in the proces?  I'm not going
for the show bird (as one list member said, I'd rather have a stormscope
than a show finish), so some adjustment for a non-show aircraft may be
helpful. Also, since I have a lot more knowledge of the RV line (I helped a
friend build an RV6A), some comparison to that in terms of quickbuild time
vs quickbuild time would be very helpful.

thanks!

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