Gubni

Reposting a previous question in a better format. I'm a student pilot in Northeast TN. My plan is to buy a Mooney when I finish my PPL in a couple months. I'd love to get some seat time and will be glad to pay expenses. I did go up for a few minutes in one once before so I'm not concerned about fitment. I just want to learn more about them and make sure it's what I really want to buy from hands on standpoint.

I was thinking about it from a time and materials standpoint. I know that aluminum isn't cheap but let's say he spent $1,000 on a sheet of aluminum. Let's say miscellaneous rivets supports and maybe other such was another $2,000. let's also just assume that this is the best mechanic in the world and he charges $200 an hour. Let's say that this took him 20 hours to complete. That's $11,000. I feel like these numbers are drastically exaggerated on the high end. Realistically I think materials would be less than $1000 and a mechanic would charge much less than $200 an hour. So what I'd really be interested in seeing is a detailed bill of how they come up with that much money. Maybe they added $300 a day for storage?

Does anyone else find it odd that the repair of a wing is $26,000?