Don Dunbar wrote:

Thanks for your answer Greg. it seems strange to me that the designer

cant give

these detail's as one would think there is a master plan with all the

main

dimension's on. I am having trouble coming to grip's with being told to

scale of

the so call dwg in the back of hard cover.
When I complete the Cad 2D dwg I will post it for all to use.
As a naval architect and aluminum shipbuilder I find some of the plan's

for home

builds lacking in dimensions and all the templates on three sheets of

paper with

no center lines for reference strange.
Don Dunbar

I think that was Bulent and not Greg Don. Puffer wants you to buy the

motor

mount so there is no need for a thrust line call out. You drill four
holes in the firewall, bolt on the mount and your thrust line comes out
where he wants it. Experimental aircraft "plans" are not really plans
at all but merely instructions on how to build the airplane using many
off the shelf parts.

Paul Lamar

Mark Waldron wrote:

Paul,
  You are right regarding the nature of most acft plans, but I have a set of
the Vision plans (foam and glass, sandwich construction [no hot wire
cutting], non-canard) and most everything can be built from the plans.  A
real shocker--the designer does not discourage builders from deviating from
the plans in order to get the airplane they want--provided they understand
the risks.
  I think a 13B would be just the ticket for this plane.

Mark Waldron

There certainly are some exceptions. The BD4 plans were quite complete.

Paul Lamar
 
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