deek
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I've built 2 LongEZ's, one moderately stock and one heavily modified. My glass fabrication skills are excellent but my sheet metal skills are terrible. One look at the baffling on my airplanes indicates i don't know how to rivet or bend aluminum ![Big grin :D :D](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
On an EZ one builds parts that don't show first, and as you build the structure your fab skills improve to rise with the criticality of the part you're building. With composites you can fix anything; it seems that sheet metal is completely intolerant of less than perfect work all the time, every time...or you throw it away. ??
How does one go about gaining metal skills from day-one to build a nice bird? My first EZ was a Wright Brothers Award winner but I'm not so concerned about building another show plane as building something safe to fly and be proud of. Honestly, I hate it when having to work on sheet metal parts on the EZ 'cuz I don't know what i'm doing and don't have the right tools.
Is the -14 beyond the scope of a first time metal bird builder? I am very comfortable with systems installation, canopy, wiring, engine, etc - but the sheet metal work scares me.
Thanks in advance!
deek
On an EZ one builds parts that don't show first, and as you build the structure your fab skills improve to rise with the criticality of the part you're building. With composites you can fix anything; it seems that sheet metal is completely intolerant of less than perfect work all the time, every time...or you throw it away. ??
How does one go about gaining metal skills from day-one to build a nice bird? My first EZ was a Wright Brothers Award winner but I'm not so concerned about building another show plane as building something safe to fly and be proud of. Honestly, I hate it when having to work on sheet metal parts on the EZ 'cuz I don't know what i'm doing and don't have the right tools.
Is the -14 beyond the scope of a first time metal bird builder? I am very comfortable with systems installation, canopy, wiring, engine, etc - but the sheet metal work scares me.
Thanks in advance!
deek
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