JonJay
Well Known Member
I have already made two mistakes on the empenage related to how the plans are dimmensioned. Early 3 builders, and early 4 and 6 as well, know that the drawings where dimmensioned from point to point as apposed from a datum to all points. Hence, if you screw up one dimmension all following it are messed up too. It also allows for minor discrepencies to "grow" down the line. I know this, yet, it still bit me twice.
While I was picking up my new VS-303 and VS-307 today, (option #1 - Vans left them out of the kit, option #2 - I totally screwed them up) I suggested to Ken Scott that I would be redimmensioning the plans to try to avoid my idiot mistakes. In his usual friendly yet dry and somewhat condenscending manner, that I enjoy as he is my friend, he said "good luck". However he did offer a great suggestion. Get a carpentors calculator which adds fractions automatically and converts them. I intend to pick one up and start to work on the plans. I will try to make the corrections neat enough to reproduce for anyone interested.
Fun fun fun....
While I was picking up my new VS-303 and VS-307 today, (option #1 - Vans left them out of the kit, option #2 - I totally screwed them up) I suggested to Ken Scott that I would be redimmensioning the plans to try to avoid my idiot mistakes. In his usual friendly yet dry and somewhat condenscending manner, that I enjoy as he is my friend, he said "good luck". However he did offer a great suggestion. Get a carpentors calculator which adds fractions automatically and converts them. I intend to pick one up and start to work on the plans. I will try to make the corrections neat enough to reproduce for anyone interested.
Fun fun fun....