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The simplest airplane to build?

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What would be the simplest way for Joe average to build a plane?
Bolting two parts together on a kit doesn’t count neither would simply hiring somebody else to do it
For the sake of this discussion imagine the fundamental requirement ,mission being ease and speed of building the aircraft.
So that we don’t wind up with a bunch of paper airplanes or hang gliders let’s set up a load requirement of 1000 pounds and a flight duration requirement of three hours

To me it would seem like starting with. A flying. Boat hull would eliminate requirements for landing gear.
But are the requirements of a boat hull more complicated than building a conventional hull and gear ?

With the requirement for a parasol wing with an engine mounted be more complicated than conventional layout ?

We can do away with flaps unless there’s a complicated downside

Would spoilers be less complicated than ailerons?

Is there a downside of complication to a tail without flying services ?

etc. etc.
 
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