So I have been retired for 5 years now, which went by in a blink of an eye, and now I am seriously thinking about building a QB 9A. My goal is to complete it in 3 years since it will be my primary job, other than honeydo's, lawn mowing, and such. When I look at Van's lead times the Empennage/Tail is 4 months, which is okay because that would give me time to get the shop cleaned and together, acquire tools and do another practice kit, I already took the EAA sheetmetal class. The wing and fuselage QB kits are both 12 month and the finishing kit is 5 months lead times. A Thunderbolt engine is 8-12 months.
Let just say that these lead times are close to being accurate, what I am thinking is to order the Empennage/Tail and the wing kit together and that way I would have 8 months to complete the tail which should be plenty of time. At what point do you think the fuselage, finishing and engine should be ordered to try to balance not having kits sitting around in the way but also not having dead time in the build.
Let just say that these lead times are close to being accurate, what I am thinking is to order the Empennage/Tail and the wing kit together and that way I would have 8 months to complete the tail which should be plenty of time. At what point do you think the fuselage, finishing and engine should be ordered to try to balance not having kits sitting around in the way but also not having dead time in the build.