| Due to the high cost of buying a commercial plane, it | | | | a kit. These kits contain some of the more |
| comes as no surprise that most people would rather | | | | complicated pieces already assembled. |
| build their own plane. Ultimately this means that you | | | | Building a home built jet aircraft on the other hand will |
| will have to decide early on whether you will build a | | | | be much more difficult, and that's saying quite a bit. |
| traditional airplane or a home built jet aircraft. Most | | | | These are built much less frequently than propeller |
| individuals are satisfied with a single engine, propeller | | | | planes and there are no kits currently available. This |
| driven airplane, while other more adventurous souls | | | | will leave you largely up to your own devices. You |
| would rather build a craft that utilizes the jet engine. | | | | should be able to get your hands on much of the |
| The following is a comparison of the two different | | | | parts from scrapped military and commercial jets as |
| projects to help you decide which would best suit | | | | well as a good set of plans. All in all, it is not |
| you. | | | | recommended that you undertake a project such as |
| First, we will look at propeller driven planes which are | | | | this one unless you are an expert mechanic and have |
| built by amateurs much more often than home built | | | | already built a more traditional plane. |
| jet aircraft. When building an airplane, one generally | | | | If you do choose to build a home built jet aircraft, |
| has the choice between building the plane from | | | | you will be in for a long project; these planes can |
| scratch or use a complete kit. The former option will | | | | take 7 years to build, maybe even longer. You have |
| give you a better sense of accomplishment as you | | | | the choice of building a full size jet, or settling for a |
| will essentially be building the plane all by yourself with | | | | smaller sized plane built to scale. The engines may be |
| only some plans to guide you. However, if this is the | | | | built from scratch as well, but depending on your |
| first amateur built airplane that you will be | | | | overall skill you would probably want to find them |
| constructing, it is usually recommended that you use | | | | scrapped from other planes. |