How Do You Build An Airplane At Home?
Building an airplane at home is easier nowadays. There are excellent kits available, an organization for the home airplane builder called the Experimental Aircraft Association, and there are even plenty of forums for like-minded enthusiasts. Do you want to get started building your own plane? Purchase an airplane kit from a retailer. These are available online at such sites as Zenith Air, Velocity and more. Create a space in which to work. The area needs to be large enough to accommodate an airplane, especially if you are working in a part of the country where cold weather and snow is a consideration. Make certain your workbench is absolutely level. Have a tracing table where you can trace the plans for the airplane. An old window with a shop light hung beneath it works well. Include two hotboxes: one for keeping epoxy warm, and another, larger hotbox to cure and post cure your fiberglass lay-ups. Buy or make a cloth rack with rolling bars from which to dispense your fiberglass for the
