Is my shop going to be too cramped?

SteelMike · #1 10-02-2008, 08:27 PM

Curious if you all can help me out. I've "mocked up" my shop with car-in-the-garage and the two wing stands. I'm trying to decide if the shop will be too cramped to build both wings at the same time. In the picture, the 4x4s represent where the wings would be on their stands, should I install the stands where I'm tentatively planning on installing them.

I've put the car in the garage and the DRDT-2 in the frame for size reference. Do you think this will be too cramped? Anyone else build both wings in the one-car side of a two-car garage?

By the way, how thick are the wings?

L.Adamson · #2 10-02-2008, 08:35 PM

I built the majority of my 6A in a 10' * 16' shed. I later added 3' to the back for the fuselage. Later, I moved it to a new house with a three car garage. This worked well for mounting the wings; yet when they were removed, most of the plane sat in just one bay of the garage.

L.Adamson

SteelMike · #3 10-02-2008, 08:55 PM

Did you build the wings at the same time as above, or one at a time, and do you think the fit is too tight in the picture?

vmirv8bldr · #4 10-02-2008, 08:55 PM

Dude, I'm not saying it can't be done, but it is going to be extremely tight working between the two wings if you build them at the same time. If working in one half of a 2-car garage, I firmly believe one wing at a time should be your strategy. When working, you're going to have to sit between them and work, so you'll probably need a good 2.5-3' to maneuver.

My $0.02, YMMV

Webb · #5 10-02-2008, 09:09 PM

My 2 cents. Move your bench to the end wall instead of the side wall so you can move the wings further apart.

Just for round numbers, wings are about 10 feet long and about 10 inches thick. If you can move them further apart you'll enjoy working between them a lot more. Also, if your bench is at the end instead of the side, it beats the heck of walking around them instead of just to the end to get a tool off the bench.

L.Adamson · #6 10-02-2008, 09:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SteelMike

Did you build the wings at the same time as above, or one at a time, and do you think the fit is too tight in the picture?

One at a time.

SteelMike · #7 10-02-2008, 09:42 PM

Sounds like it's got to be one at a time. The benches can't go at the end because of the shelving units (dumb design, but whatever). Thanks for the input.

MB

Webb · #8 10-02-2008, 09:52 PM

Just a thought, build 2 rolling stands. Put the car out, roll the wings around to work on them, roll them back out of the way, pull car in.

n2prise · #9 10-02-2008, 10:02 PM

You can see what I did on my web site:
http://www.n2prise.org/rv9a003.htm

Read the whole section on the wings to get the idea of the space I used in my one-car garage. The car lived outside when the wing jig went up in January 2003. The airplane went to the airport in April 2005. First flight was June 9, 2005.

Jaypratt · #10 10-02-2008, 10:02 PM

10 x26 is plenty to build a RV. I have done it several times. No reason to build two wings at the same time. jig one up and build it, make parts for both as you go,flute, ect, and the second one will go together quicker.