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Build your own airplane for under $45,000

by Gary E. Sattler, Posted Aug 13th 2007 8:00PM

Filed Under: cars and transportation, recreation, Know-How

planes flyingSo you want to fly the friendly skies but you don't want to buy a ticket for the trip, huh? So you think you're handy with a wrench and a tube of caulk? You say you won the high school science fair in 1978 but never got anything for it?

Have I got a project for you!

The Nexus Mustang is a build at home (or at the hangar) project that actually flies. Yeah, this one will make the wife really mad. When aviation designer Dick Evans blueprinted this plane and released the plans in 2004, it was said that the design could be successfully completed for about $38,000. I suspect that the project would cost a bit more now though.

I can make no claims as far as the safety and performance of this sharp little airplane, those things are better left to the FAA. I can tell you though that the Nexus Mustang has a popular following and ranks as one of the two most popular build it yourself fully enclosed aircraft ever. The design is simple, sporty and effective and it reportedly treats the pilot with a high degree of comfort and responsiveness.

This is most definitely not your father's hang glider!





Tags: airplane, blueprints, build, Gadling, Nexus Mustang, NexusMustang, parts, plans

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  • Octal040
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    8-14-2007 @11:54AM
    Octal040 said...

    Nice write up!!

    My older brother and I Had plans for a similar Mustang about 10 years ago. We were all over it. Collecting parts and materials and everything. Then we found out that flight school for two would cost us more than building the plane. :)

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  • Brett Seymour
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    8-15-2007 @2:29AM
    Brett Seymour said...

    I wish I had $45,000.

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  • kenNieves
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    8-28-2007 @9:08PM
    kenNieves said...

    Where can you build this thing. How big of a backyard do you need?

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