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Al Gietzen wrote:

> I think that is easier to do without adding excessive weight in an
>
> aluminum kit plane than in a plans built tube structure.
>
> ALUMINUM? In my head “aluminum and rivets” is somewhere over there 
> with “connecting rods” J. Think “composite”.
>
> Al (running for cover)
>
Sorry, didn't mean to insult your or anything 8*)

Composite guys have it the easiest in the 'fit-n-finish' arena. From the 
extremely limited amount of glass work I've done, to get any sort of 
decent part at all you have to have smooth flowing curves. The finish is 
built into the structural build. Much different from aluminum which has 
all sort of angled endpoints that have to be treated or hidden, or a 
tube frame, which is just a visual mess (unless like me you can see the 
beauty in a tube frame...then it's gorgeous!)

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