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That makes sense, although it'll be difficult to import a used aircraft. Yes, i've gone through a lot of literature, a lot of build logs, multiple POHs, newsletters, most of the forums. However since you and a lot of people here are amazingly intelligent/experienced/talented/worked hard, it might seem easy to you. I don't want to bet on myself without anyone's physical help and oversight on the first one, and i want to get flying quickly. Therefore what you said makes perfect sense, to buy and fly, and then build. I'll go to the Customs Department in the coming week and figure out the import of a used aircraft. Will update soon! In case you have any potential airplanes, please share Thank you for your time!

Hi Kent, Thanks for looking up the link, i have seen that before, and basically the gentleman who chairs the chapters is an Non Resident Indian (NRI) based out of USA. So it's a chapter, but nothing really happens there. There are legal provisions in India which are very difficult to exercise, however i will fly in the middle of the desert with no active military bases or airports in a radius of 200kms. So it's cool, i will fly in that region until the red tape is cleared out in parallel. There are a few kits here and there, but they're very basic X-Airs/Zenith. Nothing even remotely close to beautiful canards. Precisely for the reasons you mentioned, I am looking for something that is as close to a CKD (completely knocked down) kit as possible. Although i'm confident in my capability to make a Rutan composite on foam structure, i don't want to risk it with the first one. I am looking at pre made canards for sale and kits like Velocity and AeroCanard for this. Also, to add: i need everything except the Lycoming/other engine since the lack of an ecosystem in India will make it very expensive to service it throughout it's life.

Wow, as a first time builder it's fascinating to see you point out minute details with just a glance. Thank you for that! Hey Nathan, can i email you to take the commercial aspect of this conversation further? I'm a first time builder and there's no amateur flying ecosystem in India. So i've got a lot of questions (read: not so smart questions) about this project, may i ask them here?

Hi Nate, Is it possible for you to share the mentioned online log? Regards,