Dust
Well-Known Member
Common misconception,
Because you build every part, Plans built planes all take a long time and allot of skills and tools
Kit planes come in big pieces and therefore go together quicker than a plans build plane.
I hate it when this is said or implied. I have seen "simple" kits take ten years and plans planes built in 18 months.
A friend orderred a kit plane and a 25 foot box came with almost all of the parts. After going through the box and reviewing the ten pages of instructions, he put them back into his garage ten or so years ago, never to work on them, totally intimidated by the lack of instructions and the quantity of parts.
Some kits build fast, most DO NOT.
Some plans build fast, most do not.
Do not trust the plans or the kit builder for times, speeds or cost, only trust builders. Talk to a few.
I met a velocity builder in georga, he had been working near full time for 9 years.
The old way to get a plans built plane was a set of schematics, ruttan changed that by supplying a very very detailed set of plans AND instructions, i believe many plans people now do this.
my advice, look at ALL the planes, ignore wether kit or plans, pick one and due your research, much easier now, with the internet, than before, no internet.
butg remember, K I T does not spell faster
enjoy the build
Dust
Because you build every part, Plans built planes all take a long time and allot of skills and tools
Kit planes come in big pieces and therefore go together quicker than a plans build plane.
I hate it when this is said or implied. I have seen "simple" kits take ten years and plans planes built in 18 months.
A friend orderred a kit plane and a 25 foot box came with almost all of the parts. After going through the box and reviewing the ten pages of instructions, he put them back into his garage ten or so years ago, never to work on them, totally intimidated by the lack of instructions and the quantity of parts.
Some kits build fast, most DO NOT.
Some plans build fast, most do not.
Do not trust the plans or the kit builder for times, speeds or cost, only trust builders. Talk to a few.
I met a velocity builder in georga, he had been working near full time for 9 years.
The old way to get a plans built plane was a set of schematics, ruttan changed that by supplying a very very detailed set of plans AND instructions, i believe many plans people now do this.
my advice, look at ALL the planes, ignore wether kit or plans, pick one and due your research, much easier now, with the internet, than before, no internet.
butg remember, K I T does not spell faster
enjoy the build
Dust
