bsbarnes10
Active Member
Hi,
First of all I'll acknowledge that the folks at Vans are under a lot of stress from numerous setbacks and I'm sure they're working very hard to get caught back up. I imagine these delays are costing them quite a bit of money when you consider the man-hours and overhead increases on a per-kit basis to get them out the door after delays caused by COVID, weather, etc. So I, like so many of you, am doing my best to be patient and get stuff done around the house while waiting for my next kit.
Yesterday I received this email from Vans regarding my RV-12iS fuselage kit:
"We are waiting on center sections for the Fuse kit.
I don’t have your order in front of me, but if you opted to have it ship without the center section then it should be shipping in the next few weeks. If you want to hold for the center section then we are expecting them in late June."
My question to all of you is: Should I have the fuselage kit shipped now, or wait for the center section? I.e. is there enough I can get done before I need the center section that I won't be twiddling my thumbs in a week or two after I receive the kit with nothing more I can work on?
My gut feel is YES I should get it sooner rather than later because if nothing else I can be deburring, building subassemblies, and other minor tasks while I wait on the "center section."
The argument against includes increased shipping costs (I assume) and the general increase in likelihood of errors or other problems when doing things out of sequence.
As I said, I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts. In particular, any idea specifically what the "center sections" are that they're referencing?
Thanks a lot,
-B
First of all I'll acknowledge that the folks at Vans are under a lot of stress from numerous setbacks and I'm sure they're working very hard to get caught back up. I imagine these delays are costing them quite a bit of money when you consider the man-hours and overhead increases on a per-kit basis to get them out the door after delays caused by COVID, weather, etc. So I, like so many of you, am doing my best to be patient and get stuff done around the house while waiting for my next kit.
Yesterday I received this email from Vans regarding my RV-12iS fuselage kit:
"We are waiting on center sections for the Fuse kit.
I don’t have your order in front of me, but if you opted to have it ship without the center section then it should be shipping in the next few weeks. If you want to hold for the center section then we are expecting them in late June."
My question to all of you is: Should I have the fuselage kit shipped now, or wait for the center section? I.e. is there enough I can get done before I need the center section that I won't be twiddling my thumbs in a week or two after I receive the kit with nothing more I can work on?
My gut feel is YES I should get it sooner rather than later because if nothing else I can be deburring, building subassemblies, and other minor tasks while I wait on the "center section."
The argument against includes increased shipping costs (I assume) and the general increase in likelihood of errors or other problems when doing things out of sequence.
As I said, I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts. In particular, any idea specifically what the "center sections" are that they're referencing?
Thanks a lot,
-B