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Al Gietzen wrote:

> At the risk of extending this exchange further beyond where it should 
> go; let me suggest this.
>
Being able to keep a family around so that we'll have someone to fly 
with is as important as the engine.

> Build all the airframe and engine installation without asking for 
> participation. Then invite her to participate in the interior and 
> exterior finish. As a consultant of course, but let her feel like she 
> is providing the key input on the choices.
>
Oh, now that I've discovered the trick, she gets all the 'input' she can 
stand. Can you call it input when you drag it out of 'em? "What'd ya 
think?" "What's your opinion?" "What should I do here?" And I make a BIG 
deal of anything she mentions that I implement. "Yep! That there's 
DAWN's idea."

> Spend some time and money making the plane look ‘not homemade’. It is 
> most important that it _look_ professional for them to want to fly in it.
>
I think that is easier to do without adding excessive weight in an 
aluminum kit plane than in a plans built tube structure. You're working 
with fairly symmetrical flat panels vs. tubes that meet at strange 
angles. But, believe me when I say, "I'M TRYING!"

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