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I promised myself not to make the same (many) mistakes I made when trying to build the Plouf. The mistakes I made then? Hmm. How about building two left wings? Twice. Neither wing was straight, and both where unequaly not straight. Wavy trailing edges. Ribs of unequal height (don't ask) The alumium tubes inside the wings (for the cf wingrod) were not in line, any line. The reason(s)? Inexperience. Impatience. No proper building board to pin the pieces down. No proper equipment. Basically, I had no idea what I was doing. But now I do (I think).
I've come a long way since I (re-)started in this hobby almost 4 years ago.
So, as I didn't want to cut up and to put pins through the original plan, and also because it was printed on both sides on very flimsy paper, I made 2 sets of photocopies of the plan. One set to drool over, and hopefully use to build. If I've drooled too much I can use the other set. But the other set is also as a spare to give to a friend (if that's ok with Peter), who I am sure will want to build one as well, after he's seen mine... |
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