Originally Posted by
Pat_Panzera
I for one am proud of the term EXPERIMENTAL. I think by using it, we stand above those mere mortals who operate something made at a factory. You should be PROUD that you built your plane yourself and that you have the FREEDOM to built it as you see fit and to modify it at will, and that you've either used the newest and best materials and methods of construction, and are free to update it at will or whim.
Unlike certified aircraft that are frozen in time, using materials, methods and engines that have been locked in since the 1960s, yours is a clean, modern, efficient and FUN aircraft that can't be had any other way than to be built by your hands, or the hands of someone who is as free as you are to build an aircraft at home.
So wear those 2" high letters with pride, not embarrassment. For those who would be concerned by that term, educate them- you have that duty as an ambassador of our freedom.
Pat