This might sound like a stupid question but would it be possible to assemble in a lock-up garage without a power supply?
I'm in the UK and a loooooong way from putting the money together and placing an order but this is thinking ahead.
We live in a small-ish semi detached house at the end of a block of four houses. I rent a fair sized lock up garage (think a car width but 1.5x car length) 100 yards from the house at the other end of the block of four. I have power at the house and small parts can be worked in the garden shed so I'm thinking an empennage could be built in the garden / shed. I'd have to enlist help from the neighbours getting it through the gardens to the wider alley at the end but that's not a problem.
When it comes to the larger stuff, wings and fuselage etc I was thinking a quick build would be better to reduce the amount of riveting and spraying but could a medium sized compressor be charged at the house and wheeled to the garage? Can the rest be done with hand tools? A small generator would provide light but I don't want to annoy the neighbours and it wouldn't operate heavier machinery.
I could rent a larger unit but that would be some way away and quite expensive. All the advice is to build as close to your doorstep as possible. My dad has a full four car garage but that's 60 miles away and I'm using one of the bays for my classic car rebuild (another reason I'm not ready to start a plane kit). 60 miles is too far to get anything done in good time.
I'm in the UK and a loooooong way from putting the money together and placing an order but this is thinking ahead.
We live in a small-ish semi detached house at the end of a block of four houses. I rent a fair sized lock up garage (think a car width but 1.5x car length) 100 yards from the house at the other end of the block of four. I have power at the house and small parts can be worked in the garden shed so I'm thinking an empennage could be built in the garden / shed. I'd have to enlist help from the neighbours getting it through the gardens to the wider alley at the end but that's not a problem.
When it comes to the larger stuff, wings and fuselage etc I was thinking a quick build would be better to reduce the amount of riveting and spraying but could a medium sized compressor be charged at the house and wheeled to the garage? Can the rest be done with hand tools? A small generator would provide light but I don't want to annoy the neighbours and it wouldn't operate heavier machinery.
I could rent a larger unit but that would be some way away and quite expensive. All the advice is to build as close to your doorstep as possible. My dad has a full four car garage but that's 60 miles away and I'm using one of the bays for my classic car rebuild (another reason I'm not ready to start a plane kit). 60 miles is too far to get anything done in good time.