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Prolific builder or build assist?

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Mike Patey is a pilot and airplane builder. Since getting into flying 15 years ago, he has earned multiple ratings and accumulated over 7,000 hours and flies about 400 hours per year.More impressive is the fact he’s built a Van’s RV-6 and RV-10, a Zenith 801, a Compair 8 Turboprop, an Epic LT, and six Lancair Legacies including Turbulence, a turboprop-powered model.
“So far, 11 builds,” said Patey. “I have averaged eight to 10 months per complete build.”
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One basic rule from a prolific builder

I have some trouble seeing how you can possible pull that off without significant external help, not to mention day jobs. If we assume 400 hrs/year of flying takes about 700 hrs/year of commuting to the airport, preflight etc, that's rather unbelievable?
 
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