Why? I mean, they're bigger and there's more of them, but any other reason?cjensen wrote:...wing ribs SUCK!
For me, the biggest SB vs QB consideration is whether I really enjoy building. I'm not far along enough to determine that yet. But if I went SB and thought it was drudgery, it'd take me twenty years to build this thing. On the other hand, if I really enjoy it and can't wait to get home and do another couple of hours in the shop every day, then it'll probably go much quicker.
As far as the money, well, for me, $8,000 is a big chunk. But can I honestly say that I can scrape together $60,000 but I can't scrape together $68,000? Either one of those figures is pretty damn daunting, but the percentage difference isn't that much.
, and the fact that there's more of them doesn't matter, it's the repetition of the work being done that i don't like. that's NOT to say that i don't enjoy being out in the shop working on the airplane. it is to say that my arms and wrists hurt from the same motions over and over again. i don't care for that part, but i DO enjoy it nonetheless.
. Hence I have since posted a better order of the finishing process. I felt it took me far to long to finish the wings but I had Christmas and New Years to deal with and the shop didn't win that war. So the project sat for nearly four weeks with nary a thing getting done. As far as the fuselage goes I have been looking over a few of the better build sites Dan Checkoway and Walter Tondu are a couple of the more informative (but not the only) I've found and are both linked from Rivetbangers. What I have found is that the fuselage when it comes as a QB is at the point of fitting sub assemblies. Canopy and wheel configuration are left at a stage that the specific installs need to be dealt with. Other than that it becomes assembly and fitting of all sub assemblies and the occasional optional part. There is a good deal of minor disassembly involved and some loose ends are left since options such as a step(s) need to be able to be addressed. Looking over builder sites it has become obvious that many builders tend to fall into the trap of putting the cart before the horse by attaching sub assemblies that latter need to be taken off in order to attach other sub assemblies. In my case I recently installed my baggage compartment floor only to realize that I needed to first install a left and right step requiring re removal of the baggage floor. What I have found is that the QB is a one size fits all solution that may or may not need modification by the builder. Aerobatic tanks would be a nice option in the wings but that's not available in the QB at this point so a builder is left with that to deal with. Also no return line for a fuel injected engine. On that point I could use some input from the Captain. All in all a lot gets done on the QB kit for you but it's not the great boost that some seem to think it is but more like a modest leap. It's worth remembering that the QB's are still well within the 51% rule.
CJ
CJ
