Sometime I want to push one outside and light it on fire but that is getting fewer and further between.
Having just completed the first "condition inspection" on my experimental light sport, I know EXACTLY what Steve meant here about pushing one outside and lighting it on fire...
It wasn't when I ducked under the wing (not quite far enough) and hit the flap bracket hard enough to cause my scalp to bleed... for the third time in 3 days. (I know - get a clue, Jim...)
It wasn't having to re-make the bracket for the new 406 Mhz ELT to fit under the seat (for the 3rd time!)... (Don't even ask... I'm sworn to secrecy lest "they" come take me to a rubber-padded cell...)
It wasn't when I had to remove / reinstall the power panel (switches and fuses in one neat little box)
twice to obtain access to the ELT remote... Seems the original builder did NOT install nut plates to mount the power panel, and I'm 99% certain that he installed the glove box (located 1/4" away from those dang bolts (with rivets, no less) AFTER installing the power panel. I had to use a long extender and just "poke away" at the approximate location of the nut until I "lucked" into hitting it... Both times...
Nope, it was when I powered up the plane to run it up after all the other work was complete, and the GRT EIS (engine information system) had no power, and I realized I would have to pull that damned power panel for the
third time...
ARGH!
Turns out the wire crimp failed at the PIG-D fitting where the EIS plugs into that damned power panel... Took all of 20 seconds to fix, after spending literally an hour removing the power panel (for the 3rd time). Thank God for the foresight to order a few of those from Aircraft Spruce "just in case"...
I was definitely contemplating the joys of becoming an arsonist for a while there...