"I had my son-in-law with me and he was a HUGE help, in fact he had some good ideas that we used that were not in the instructions."

Having an exerpienced flyer available for valuable advice is extremely helpful. My instructor has been there to advise and help. The owner of the company I bought the Exporer from has contacted me with helpful suggestions. He just put one together and told me of the problems with the instructions. He sent me some pics of his pushrod installation. As I don't like the dowel type pushrods, I'm installing regular 2-56 rods and tubes. As the formers in the plane don't have space for supporting the pushrods, another fellow flyer gave me some good advice on how to get inside to put in the tube supports. Having good help and advice is the key to a newbie's success at building and flying.