Waiex Construction Pics Part 1

[@5xls]

Wow, what a lot of work! Very inspirational. Very nice close-up photography too!

[@NewEnglandForest]

You do lovely work - radiused edges everywhere, and super clean. And I like the music !

[@utuberagain18]

@W C W C, you so readily criticize this gentleman who did such a fine job of building his plane, but it sounds like you're merely a fabricator and assembler of parts that someone else designed. Perhaps you're not a real, true aircraft builder of a home-built aircraft if you didn't personally produce the design and complete the necessary engineering work yourself. At a minimum, did you create actual engineering drawings for each part, complete packaging studies for the subsections of the aircraft (including the engine, cockpit, and overall aircraft), research the sizes/shapes/and airfoils, ensure the aerodynamic stability and efficiency of the design, conduct the requisite testing to determine the stress and strain loads, research/compute/select the material specifications/thicknesses/hole patterns/rivet sizes etc., conduct the finite element analysis of each part and the overall aircraft, ensure stress risers are eliminated from the design, define and engineer appropriate safety factors, determine tool and hand clearances for the build and assembly of the design, create clear and concise builder instructions, perform clearance and packaging studies for the control mechanisms, fully test the design, and then re-engineer and refine the design based upon testing, optimize the design for weight vs. strength, define the performance envelope of the design, or ensure the engineering design is sound and safe, and that the design meets all applicable FAA regulations for manufacturing and legal operation? No? You did none of that? You simply paid for someone else to perform the intellectual work. Evidently you merely cut and bent a few pieces of metal that someone else actually determined were required. Congratulations, but some would say that hardly rises to the level of a real, true aircraft builder of a home-built aircraft. You can merely cut and bend parts as someone else has instructed you to do. You can follow directions. Now, simply congratulate the gentleman who built his fine aircraft and who took the time and effort to document it for the rest of the world to appreciate and enjoy. I, for one, recognize his achievement as a real, true builder of a home-built aircraft. Have a good day.

[@mathieubertholino]

what is that tool you use to bend the tail spars at 15:30 min?

[@kyqx]

That was a home-made tool that was passed around to a few builders until one guy (unknown) decided to not pay it forward.

[@mathieubertholino]

@@kyqx i need it haha. I have such a hard time to bend the spar with my little arbor press

[@kyqx]

@@mathieubertholino Many builders have had trouble with it. It's something that I wish the factory would do to make it right. Look closey at the tool and you may be able to replicate it. It's pretty simple.

[@savagecub]

How come you didn't zinc chromate the wing ribs as well as the spar ?

[@utuberagain18]

@W C W C, you so readily criticize this gentleman who did such a fine job of building his plane, but it sounds like you're merely a fabricator and assembler of parts that someone else designed. Perhaps you're not a real, true aircraft builder of a home-built aircraft if you didn't personally produce the design and complete the necessary engineering work yourself. At a minimum, did you create actual engineering drawings for each part, complete packaging studies for the subsections of the aircraft (including the engine, cockpit, and overall aircraft), research the sizes/shapes/and airfoils, ensure the aerodynamic stability and efficiency of the design, conduct the requisite testing to determine the stress and strain loads, research/compute/select the material specifications/thicknesses/hole patterns/rivet sizes etc., conduct the finite element analysis of each part and the overall aircraft, ensure stress risers are eliminated from the design, define and engineer appropriate safety factors, determine tool and hand clearances for the build and assembly of the design, create clear and concise builder instructions, perform clearance and packaging studies for the control mechanisms, fully test the design, and then re-engineer and refine the design based upon testing, optimize the design for weight vs. strength, define the performance envelope of the design, or ensure the engineering design is sound and safe, and that the design meets all applicable FAA regulations for manufacturing and legal operation? No? You did none of that? You simply paid for someone else to perform the intellectual work. Evidently you merely cut and bent a few pieces of metal that someone else actually determined were required. Congratulations, but some would say that hardly rises to the level of a real, true aircraft builder of a home-built aircraft. You can merely cut and bend parts as someone else has instructed you to do. You can follow directions. Now, simply congratulate the gentleman who built his fine aircraft and who took the time and effort to document it for the rest of the world to appreciate and enjoy. I, for one, recognize his achievement as a real, true builder of a home-built aircraft. Have a good day.

[@biffaplayz]

@W C Buuuuuurrrnn!!

[@2LoadedDice]

Did you finish it? How many hours?

[@razvan790120]

Very nice job :-)

[@kyqx]

Did you see part II...?

[@Planeolbob]

Ahh, those were the days............

[@rksonex5329]

What a LONG process it is.

[@mally88212]

Nice!

[@kyqx]

Especially for the God-Like plans builders!