Putting RC on hold for a more "rewarding" project - RC-Monster Forums

J57ltr · 11:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Snipin_Willy

Zenith Aircraft Co. has organized workshops in Florida that really push a builder to building this plane in a minimal amount of time. From beginning to finish they had one put together and flying in less than 7 days. That's a really accelerated program with experienced aircraft builders guilding 1 individual on the build. A normal person can have the kit done in about 250 to 300 hours total build time. That being said, I'm not building the plane for a hobby, I'm building it because I wanna fly it! If things go well I'll have it finished in less than a year, be even better if I can have the frame put together by sometime this coming spring. I'm not going put in a few hours on weekends, I'm going to put in a few hours every day I can manage to focus after work, and longer build times on weekends.
I'm not a person to cut corners or say something is "good enough" when it will be holding my butt up more than 2000ft off the ground. If I can understand a step in the build, I'll stop and call Zenith for help. That might be one of the first things I end up doing because I'm a little confused on installing the leading edge fuel tanks (exact place where my dad stopped on the build).
I'll post pics when I pick up parts of the kit and finish build steps along the way. Today I managed to build my work table that I'll be using, only took a few hours.

I don't know if you read in the other thread link I posted but my Dad always said "you can't pull it over on the side of a cloud to fix it". So ya, it's gotta work. I was always scared of working on aircraft because of the responsibility. If I screw up in my job I don't have to worry about dealing with a mistake that could kill people.

I remember one time my Dad came home from work and was so pissed, he had spent 4 hours searching for a 9/16" wrench, on a heli he was working on that I had borrowed from his tool bag and didn't return in time. I guess thats why he's the cheif inspector for customs air interdiction branch here.

So do you have a T hanger or a big garage you are going to do the final assembly? Can't wait to see the updates.

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Originally Posted by Snipin_Willy

I'm just going to stick with the magneto driven reciprocating engines. The Jabiru should do fine and there is plenty of documentation on it.

Amen to that!!

Jeff