Not to pile on, but I agree with everything said here. When I first got started, I had the "Paralysis by Perfection" problem. I would come on here to VAF and see so many people chatting about what seemed to me like imperfections only measurable with an electron microscope, which of course made me panic and head out to the garage and start finding all of my imperfections too. Then I calmed down and got back to basics. Think about the principles of stress in flight and what will and won't hurt your aircraft. I don't think I've met anyone on here who doesn't have a minor mar on the skin somewhere. I think it's about knowing when to call a foul on yourself and redo something vs. accepting imperfections. Finally, I am only on the empennage still myself, but thought perhaps my two cents from a relatively newer builder would help in addition to the thoughts of everyone who is done and flying.
Happy building!
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Kyle Hultgren, Fishers, IN
RV-10 empennage done(ish), QB wings 95%, QB Fuse underway
2020 donation made
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