Not useful.
An electric motor with a small battery might be a better choice. For about 200 lbs of useful load, you could get 10 minutes of flight time, which at a minimum allows you to pick your off airport landing spot. The math might be based on old battery tech and if you slow to best...
You could also do an unofficial test. Go with up with someone else and tell the tower you've never seen signal lights and ask them to give you some. Check if you can see them, I've heard they're much brighter than expected. The reason I say "someone else" is that if you can't make them out...
Rolling back on this -
Does anyone have a step by step of what to do and when? Something that starts with "I found something I'm interested in" and ends with "You turn the ignition and fly home"?
A long damp q-tip may help too. I have used a sticky lubricant on a q-tip to fish something out of a tight spot, but be sure to use something that is already found in the environment and not too much.
Well, if that’s all it takes, then the guy who hired her and then held the gun, pointed the gun, and actually shot the poor lady should be shaking in his boots.
You asked for a gut check.
You're getting a lot of reality that is suggesting probably not. Everybody's risk tolerance is difference. Past performance is not a predictor of future success. Invest wisely.
Your analysis is fine given happy path ownership. I'm not thrilled about the 10 year interest only loan because it means you'll have to pay back 50k that you don't have now, but that's about your finances. Partnerships can be hard to get out of, what if you can't sell by 10 years? What if...
I have the same question - how do you a private ticket and only have 10 hours PIC? Just the 10 hours solo time during private + your checkride should add up to more than 10 hours. Are you logging it right? Even with an instructor, every flight where you're the sole manipulator of the controls...