Brief Description: Deciding plane building was far too hard
I think is was some time in 2009. I don't really remember.
I'd flown my bought 1987 Long-EZ for a while and wanted to learn about fibreglass construction. Later I did the Education Chapter from the plans that came with the plane.
This was a flat layup with several layers, that worked out OK. Then a so called confidence piece to prove how tough and strong composites can be. Finally a bookend which was complex and used many of the basic techniques needed for plane building.
I did them all and learnt a lot. After finishing the bookend, I did such a poor job that I decided NOT to build a plane or EVEN consider it. I was being encouraged by a couple of local builders to get into building. I thought they were crazy and the plans were far too hard for me to understand and it is a HUGE task of many years better left for talented people.
So the book end ...ended up being...a book end. And that was the end of it except I was able to do a few small jobs on my flying plane... really small jobs.
oh... and I put a photo of my old 17 meter glider on that bookend. A great aircraft.
