Sometimes you need to walk away from it!

[Sonex570]

During my build, I messed up a rather expensive part for the second time. Put everything away and walked away for 6 months. Sometimes a man has got to know his limitations.

Smart Man lol

[Sonex570]

I was successful on that part because I lowered my standards.

I think I should lower mine, wait a minute they are already as low as they can go lol

[Sonex570]

Sonex570,

Don't beat yourself up. Building my Waiex I had to replace one ruddervator that mysteriously "warped itself" during drilling and clecoing. I didn't do it! LOL
Same replacement ruddervator got caught up in the polisher and threw itself into my sheetrock in the garage. Not my fault. It was the defective polisher.
Riveted up the fuselage sides before getting the tunnel completed. Completely not on me! Someone read the plans to me incorrectly.
Building airplanes is like our national politics. Never accept responsibility for what you can blame on the opposing team.
The scrape pile of metal makes you look like your really someone special that gets things done.

Larry
Waiex121YX, 476TT, New Camit 3300 18hrs and loving it.

I think the rudder was the first thing I boogered up, the worst was recently, I thought I layed out the webs incorrectly on the spars(they are different on left and right), I emailed Kerry to see if their was a work around, he replied back sorry your doom, keep in mind its been years since I layer up the spars and they were sitting 45 minutes away from me in my hangar, I tried to look at old photos to confirm my suspicion, so getting to the point of almost crying and throwing up I had to take a ride to the hangar to double check, thank God when I got there, the webs were layered up correctly after-all, what a relief : ) My next heartburn coming down the pipe, is my cowling, 2nd canopy and drilling out the 3/8inch hole in the wings lol

[fastj22]

That rib is pretty tricky. As I recall, cutting the aileron there is tricky too. Despite having the wing kit, I still ended up tracing the end of the aileron and making my own outboard ribs.

I was scared shitless cutting out the ailerons hoping I did it right after viewing it numerous times on the plan and others on the web lol

My motto became, measure twice, cut once, then call Sonex for a replacement.

[Sonex570]

That rib is pretty tricky. As I recall, cutting the aileron there is tricky too. Despite having the wing kit, I still ended up tracing the end of the aileron and making my own outboard ribs.

I was scared shitless cutting out the ailerons hoping I did it right after viewing it numerous times on the plan and others on the web lol

My motto became, measure twice, cut once, then call Sonex for a replacement.

Ha ..ha lol : )

[sonex1374]

Or, you can do like me....

"I've cut this part 3 times now and it's still too short!"

Now that's discouraging!

Jeff

[Sonex570]

Or, you can do like me....

"I've cut this part 3 times now and it's still too short!"

Now that's discouraging!

Jeff

Yeah........Jeff.....but you always seem to turn it around and make it better than the plans.....lol

[rk2436]

Yep, that aileron tip rib can be tricky to fit without ending up with a big pucker. I messed my up too and ordered a replacement that looked like a two year old beat it out on his playskool bench. When I called to inquire was told just to make it work,,easier to make your own.