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<<Just a small point, it'd have been neat to have
recognized the legions of Lancair builders, myself
included, among the RVers, Rutaners etc. for having
built their own jigs. >>
I'd bet dollars to donuts that the most difficult
thing about building a Legacy, when it's all said and
done, is building the jigs. I'm not sure what kit
number was the first to be able to take advantage of
the factory's jigs, but all I know is that I've got
number 4 (SN 108) and when I did the builder's assist
program in September (2000), not only did they not
have the jigs, but our fuselage was still floating in
the middle of the Pacific ocean on it's way to Oregon.
The rest of the Legacy guinea pigs know what I'm
talking about. But I'm not gonna complain (although
Buzz can vouch for the fact that I've already done my
fair share of that!) - that's the price for being
first, and I needed the time to learn the ropes
anyway. So when you all see Buzz and me at the
airshows (and you're all duely impressed with our
planes), just ask him (or my dad) at what point in the
building process was I the most aggrivated. If I
could hear myself talk in my sleep it would sound like
this: "Cradles... jigs... 1.2 degrees, 1.2 degrees...
water levels... plumb bob, plumb bob, plumb bob... cut
the cradles... what? - the blueprints are all wrong? -
what's that? I've gotta do them all over again?... "
Yeah something like that. Those are my nightmares.
I'm scarred for life. Let's hear it for building
jigs!
:o)
Aaron May
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