Thursday, April 13, 2023

Finish Kit Inventory (2)

No fun pictures to show for it, but I finished the finish kit inventory.  There were a few things missing that I emailed Van's about.  Like with the fuselage kit, a number of things are on back order as well.  Given how much work I have left to do on the fuselage, I don't think that's going to be a problem though.  Now I just have to figure out where to store it all!  I think a lot of it will have to come inside for a while until I've made my way through the remaining fuselage parts.

I do still have to order the firewall forward kit at some point, but I think I can wait on that for at least a while.  Once all of these major assemblies are done, the head scratching will really ramp up.  While the plans have generic instructions regarding the engine, fuel, and electrical systems, there is so much variability in how people do it that they don't go into a lot of detail on how it should be done.  I've got a decent idea just from what I've learned over the years, but it's still going to be a big learning curve.