Wow, fascinating, I’m just catching up with your log. I admire your perseverance. I’m surprised that you have not emptied our your swear jars and taken a long trip to ……
Jan
Thanks Jan,
It took me a while, but I am now fully committed to completing this little build.
The main challenges being imposed are:
1. Is there sufficient reliable information to build this airplane? Answer no, AL-FI is indispensable.
2. How am I going to build any given part? Especially the engine gave me quite some headaches, since it was not covered by engine cowlings and also has a quite dominant place on the airframe.
3. Can I make a working gear suspension?
4. Are working flight controls feasible?
5. Wing covering; how to handle a single ply of tissue?
6. Build sequence: I build the fuselage including skids first and then started adding stuff. Another sequence could have been building wing halves and tail first, followed by fabrication of the fuselage. I guess I am pre-conditioned: in real life quite a few airraft are build fuselage first, followed by adding the tail surfaces, wing, landing gear and engines, in that particular sequence.
7. Bracing wires, especially the sequencing of adding the wires. I decided to work from the inside out, in order to avoid accessibility issues. So far, so good.
Despite its deceivingly simple looks, it's by no means a simple and straightforward build. If one is looking for an interesting scratch build without building instructions and numerous drawings, this is worth your while.
PS The swear jars need a little more filling up before I'm off to a nice warm land with sunny beaches...
