Thursday, January 22, 2009

How many times for each instruction?

I was trying to figure out how long it would REALLY take to build this
aircraft if I only had to do the work for each instruction once. I'd
probably shave 50-60% off the time the work is taking! Example - I
installed the control sticks. Then turned the page, only to glean from
the picture that two things were wrong - now corrected - and I had to
remove and redo the work. Same with the brake pedals, which are now
75% installed, and of course I had to put the floor in four times,
until I found the correct order of operations.

Whine, whine...

Anyway, I also put in the baggage compartment floor, and one of the
walls, and ran out of clamps - you'll need about 20-30 clamps, so get
some!

Oh, and finally, I had to replace the angles on the cowl/firewall,
because they were on the wrong side of the firewall - now I have the
correct illustration, and lo and behold, it's on right!

1 comment:

JoseMorales said...

Hello,

I too am about to pull the trigger on the Carbon Cub.
I hope you can share with us your experience in more details.
One thing, for a first time builder, is this a good project to go after? I am still awaiting the fuselage instructions for evaluation. the wings manual look pretty straight forward. How long did those take to build and could you share any comments on the manual that should be of concern for a first time builder.

All the best a forza!