[Wing] fuselage jig

[Norman Younie]

That figure sounds good to me, with new engine from Bart, and good 
avionics. Should be able to paint it for that if you do it yourself. Out 
side paint job, the skys the limit.

Norman

Perry Yaremchuk wrote:

>Thanks everyone for the valuable feedback.....I'm a big fan of jigs from my 
>manufacturing days, prior to CAD/CAM, but even then, step-and-repeat setups 
>saved time.
>sounds like if I get the 'new generation' RV-9 kit, it will minimize jigs 
>anyway.
>I'm also looking for some realistic figures before I get in too deep!!! 
>.......everyone tells me it's gonna end up costing me $75,000 cdn before I 
>can fire it up in my driveway, or more if I want paint & some avionics etc. 
>I realize everyone has different priorities, and time & money constraints, 
>so it's tough to gauge......
>any other sources for this info?
>
>Perry in Penticton
>
>On 6/10/05, Tedd McHenry <tedd at vansairforce.org> wrote:
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>>It's more grey than just "pre-punched" versus "non-pre-punched." The later 
>>-6
>>kits were partially pre-punched (i.e. skins only), but still required 
>>jigs. At
>>the time that was a fairly significant advance, because locating all those
>>holes in the skin took a lot of time.
>>
>>Building the jigs takes very little time. But, from what builders tell me, 
>>the
>>current generation of kits saves a lot more time than just the time spent
>>building jigs and jigging parts.
>>
>>Tedd McHenry
>>Surrey, BC
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