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Re:A man who built a plane on his Mumbai rooftop by hedgehog on Sunday November 05, 2017 @03:13PM (#15631315)
In the US there is a category called "light sport aircraft" where there are some examples under $100k and many under $150k.

https://generalaviationnews.com/2015/10/12/four-lsa-under-96...

Re:A man who built a plane on his Mumbai rooftop by volkl48 on Sunday November 05, 2017 @03:54PM (#15631502)
Those are also prices for a new aircraft, used go lower.
Re:A man who built a plane on his Mumbai rooftop by SOLAR_FIELDS on Sunday November 05, 2017 @04:46PM (#15631822)
Enough economies of scale to make this kind of business pretty much unviable? Maybe. I’m pretty sure you can still buy car kits from car kit companies that are more expensive than a good Honda because hobbyists enjoy building cars from “scratch”. It does decrease the market value of the proposition sitgnificantly though if you are only focused on hobbyists.
Re:A man who built a plane on his Mumbai rooftop by ryanlol on Sunday November 05, 2017 @06:20PM (#15632396)
$100k isn't particularly cheap for a DIY kit plane. Planes are cheap, it's everything else that's expensive.