Yeah, just by watching this, I can tell, I'd have to multiple those 300-400 hour estimated build times for an airplane by a factor of 4. I suppose you could build one in 300-400 hours if you have built dozens before. Even with my woodworking shop experience, it'd take me 6 hours to build this an another 2 hours spent admiring it or worrying about it or just trying to figure out how to attack things looking at nothing but a flat lifeless paper plan.
Crazy, its the year 2010, and people still have to fabricate airplanes laboriously by hand all the way through the entire process. Its as if the economies of the assembly line and mass production never existed. You know, if instead of building fifty million different types of airplanes, we standardized on a few mass produced ones, airplanes could be affordable for everyone. I go to auto junkyards and ask myself, does the world really need 200,000 different types of automobiles?
Building it by hand is the joy of doing the whole thing. I've built five planes now. And will probably build another in the future. The flying is great .. but.. the building is a lot of fun and great too.
I loved this video what I wanted to know was how the wooden dowels used for the rudder spars actually hold that in place. I guess I just want to know if its a full length dowel in there or if its just a smaller length piece like 6-8 inches or something.
Love it! Robert thank you for all you do, you are very talented. Please make more videos on construction techniques, I am starting to feel very confident!
What scares me is that aviation expenses is on the rise most likely due to terrorist threats....Sooner or later we will have restricted flying....
the FAA might let you do a 60 degree bank once in a while but....
airlinerdude12 8 months ago
The Dream Classic is an awesome looking airplane!
pdutube 1 year ago
Yeah, just by watching this, I can tell, I'd have to multiple those 300-400 hour estimated build times for an airplane by a factor of 4. I suppose you could build one in 300-400 hours if you have built dozens before. Even with my woodworking shop experience, it'd take me 6 hours to build this an another 2 hours spent admiring it or worrying about it or just trying to figure out how to attack things looking at nothing but a flat lifeless paper plan.
cobrachoppergirl 1 year ago
Crazy, its the year 2010, and people still have to fabricate airplanes laboriously by hand all the way through the entire process. Its as if the economies of the assembly line and mass production never existed. You know, if instead of building fifty million different types of airplanes, we standardized on a few mass produced ones, airplanes could be affordable for everyone. I go to auto junkyards and ask myself, does the world really need 200,000 different types of automobiles?
cobrachoppergirl 1 year ago
Building it by hand is the joy of doing the whole thing. I've built five planes now. And will probably build another in the future. The flying is great .. but.. the building is a lot of fun and great too.
dstarks1943 1 year ago
I wonder how many rudder kits get bought, never finished, or end up hanging on someone's garage wall.
cobrachoppergirl 1 year ago
I loved this video what I wanted to know was how the wooden dowels used for the rudder spars actually hold that in place. I guess I just want to know if its a full length dowel in there or if its just a smaller length piece like 6-8 inches or something.
JDT738126 2 years ago
6 to 8 inches will be plenty.
dstarks1943 2 years ago
Love it! Robert thank you for all you do, you are very talented. Please make more videos on construction techniques, I am starting to feel very confident!
InfidelisMax 2 years ago
A short construction but the editing took 8 years! haha
Wufnu 2 years ago