This weekend I finished fabricating the flap control brackets for my -4 and experienced first-hand what so many talk about in terms of this part's complexity. Despite reading as many relevant builders' websites as I could find, there were still plenty of surprises when I did it for myself. I'm sure newer RV variants have superior manuals along with improved designs, but it occurred to me that perhaps another way to help each other would be if we collectively edited Vans construction manuals. I think Vans is disinclined to invest such additional manpower in the older airplanes, especially.
My idea is that Doug could host a Word text document containing the build manuals and we could add to that text to help clarify or correct where the drawings don't tell the whole/right story. That way we wouldn't have to fish through multiple websites and hope for relevant comments. It could include imbedded hyperlinks to websites for pictures and descriptions. It would be another way to synergise all the great help on this site. I don't have a website but I'd sure contribute on the manual. Whatdayathink?
My idea is that Doug could host a Word text document containing the build manuals and we could add to that text to help clarify or correct where the drawings don't tell the whole/right story. That way we wouldn't have to fish through multiple websites and hope for relevant comments. It could include imbedded hyperlinks to websites for pictures and descriptions. It would be another way to synergise all the great help on this site. I don't have a website but I'd sure contribute on the manual. Whatdayathink?
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