I am reading it too, and I agree it is helpful.


Edited April 24, 2007:
I'm editing this post of the thread to add a "Lessons Learned" diary so anyone else following along will see my mistakes and hopefully will prevent them from making the same ones.

Rule 1. Read the entire installation manual and review every detail of the plans before you do anything else!
Rule 2. Make sure what you are doing is EXACTLY as pictured on the plans. Unless you are confident about deviating from the plans, DON'T.
Rule 3. Measure twice, cut once.

Lessons learned:
Do not only inventory the parts, but measure them too. I found that one elevator was shorter than the other and had to cut the long one and the horizontal stabilizer. It was not worth the time to get a replacement since it was only 1/8" short. If I had discovered this before I was ready to assemble the empennage, I would have got a replacement before I started it.

Step 17b. Assembling the aileron torque rods.
I had to sand the torque rods blocks in order to get the wing to fit into the fuselage. Maybe I should have sanded the backs of them, or perhaps I needed to sand more off of the trailing edge of the wings. So, fit the wing before you sand anything off of these blocks.
(April 30, 2007) I just realized that I placed the blocks on backwards! The slot faces the wing, not the tail. Geez... See rule 2!

Step 20. Fueslage bottom sheeting.
On the top of page 8 there is a note that says:
NOTE: COMPLETE THE STEPS IN "MOUNTING THE WING TO THE FUSELAGE" ON PAGES 10-11 BEFORE PROCEEDING.
Even though it is in uppercase, I did not notice this before I did step 20. DOH! See Rule 1.

Step 29a. Mounting the landing gear.
I somehow mounted the gear off center. I should have drilled one hole, bolted the gear down, drilled another hole, bolted the gear down, then drilled the last hole. Something slipped during the drilling.