Because of the way kits are manufactured and assembled by a modern airplane manufacturer plans don't necessarily exist any more in the way you're referring to. Quique designed the Splendor by drawing traditional full scale plans. We then redrew those plans in 2D CAD with corrections for airfoils, continuity and such (what I showed a little of in the News section of our web site). Next they're redrawn in 3D with further modifications for shape and other refinements. What you end up with makes perfect parts on 3D and 2D CNC routers, but not something that would make much sense to a home builder. Keep in mind that the way the planes are manufactured requires no formers in the fuselage, so we're not even using cross sections by the end of the process.

The jist of this is that these planes are designed to be ARF/ARC's from the ground up using certain materials and techniques not available to a home builder. We'd have to redesign the planes in order to turn them into home builder type kits and given the low potential demand vs cost you wouldn't save any money and we'd probably lose money. With all this said we'll probably make some sort of lesser configuration available to a few custom builders, but those guys are few a far between, charge top dollar for their work and can do what they do without any sort of instructions or support from us.

Lee Davis
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