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View Poll Results: Did building make your smarter?
Yes, I am definitely better at problem-solving than before 62 72.09%
No, I don't perceive any substantive difference in my problem-solving capability 15 17.44%
Depends (please explain in the thread) 9 10.47%
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Old 12-09-2012, 02:04 PM
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Doesn't help. What does help, as Jay Leno said, is to get Terry Bradshaw's book - "How To Be More Smarter."
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Old 12-10-2012, 07:23 AM
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It makes you smarter like college makes you "smarter." After solving a problem working on the -3, I FEEL smarter, I know more, and I'm more confident! So yes, I think it does make you smarter. It exercises the brain.
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Old 12-10-2012, 09:40 PM
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Yep;
Your brain is like a tool box. Someone else may have a bigger tool box, but if you have more tools in yours, and use them more often....
Or the Muscle arguement, Use it or Lose it!
Just quit watching TV and find something to do.
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Old 12-11-2012, 07:01 AM
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Default Wiser, perhaps...

Socrates said "I am the wisest man alive. For the one thing I know is that I know nothing." Building revealed to me so much more of what I don't know. Ergo, I am wiser.
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Old 12-11-2012, 07:25 AM
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I'm not smarter or dumber (granted that's a matter of opinion) as a result of the build, but my problem solving skills have definitely improved.
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Old 12-12-2012, 11:15 AM
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I don't think that building makes me smarter, but it helps keep my mind occupied with identifying and solving problems.

I recently started working on an RV6A that I found in the VAF classifieds and hauled to California from Texas a few weeks ago. This aircraft was started in December, 1999 and has been through three previous owners. I am currently evaluating what has been done, what needs to be done and what was done incorrectly and needs to be redone.

I think that I am engaged in more problem solving than if I started the build myself, but that is OK. I retired a year ago from working as an avionics technician on rockets, so finishing this RV6A will keep my mind working, fill my day and give me something of value when I am done.
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Old 12-12-2012, 11:41 AM
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Default Depends.........

My thought, the older 6 kit is more of a challenge than the cnc prepunched versions. Big factor is the earlier drawings vs the later drawings and diagrams.

Did this make me smarter? I'm not sure, as that was not the focus while building.

My sheet metal and fiberglass skills improved a bit

I have learned quite a bit from the forum.

Doug, Thanks for providing this valuable resource!
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