This month’s issue of Kit Planes has a directory of kit planes including stats on the 750: Time to buold: 350 hrs Estimated completed cost: $38-65K No completed and flown: 45 Maybe I am further along than I thought.
General
100 Hours
Somewhat coincidentally, the finishing of the tail came at 100 hours into the project. So far I have completed: the rudder the horizontal stabilizer the elevator the slats the flaperons and have started on the wings by assembling the slat supports to the wings nose ribs. I’m pretty impressed by the amount of metal...
Copper State Fly In, Casa Grande AZ
Over the weekend of October 22nd, Teri and I spent a day at the Copper State Fly In in Casa Grande, Arizona. We had a pretty good day walking the flight line, talking to vendors, taking in a workshop and generally enjoying the aviation. One of the highlights of the day was definitely getting...
One Year Down
So today marks the one year anniversary of drilling my very first hole in the rudder. Since then I’ve spent 80 hours of work on the project and have completed the: rudder leading edge slats flaperons horizontal stabiliser and I am about 90% done on the horizontal tail. I have no idea what kind...
Update of Sorts
Two weeks in England and now one week at work mean there has been no physical progress on the plane but I did buy some work supplies and, more importantly, I bought the drawings and manuals making me an official builder. Oh, and the maximum weight of the plane has increased.
Build a plane, really?
The idea of building a plane has been in me for quite a long time but I've never really thought I could do it. I used to be an avid reader of rvproject.com (now defunct) and it was a gripping tale of a plane taking shape but it looked really really complicated. And then...