Sonex Builders Checklist

[N418SX]

We picked up a fuselage kit Sunday with Plans #1710. The seller did not have the Sonex Builders Checklist book. A search of the Sonex website and Google did not produce anything. Does anyone have a copy we can borrow to duplicate?

[Mikegaydos]

I too have a need for this, particularly at the drawing level. Please let me know if you find anything.

Thanks,

M

[sonex1566]

I don't think that it actually exists! I believe that the plans contain all the info you need. I know that this may cause your head to explode but the system does work. I'd been building for a couple of years before discovering that there was a material planning guide! I cut my parts out completely different from what was suggested and only ended up purchasing 2 extra sheets, one of those was due to being a complete numpty when making the leading edges for the wings.
Good luck, I recommend more coffee and head scratching.

[Rynoth]

The building tree page in the blueprints(plans) basically IS the checklist. You pick the bottom of a branch and work your way up through the pages.Eventually it will join another branch, which also needs to be completed (bottom>up) before you can proceed from where they join.

I cut out the building tree page and stuck it on the wall. I would x off each box on the tree as I completed the pages (and usually added the date for posterity) and eventually you end up at the very top box, Aircraft Complete!

[N418SX]

Actuall it does exist. We found one less than 40 miles from our hangar.