ORIGINAL: RCKen
ORIGINAL: Al Lewis
I had actually mentioned to Bill James that I was tossing around the idea of doing a series of videos building a basic plane any newbie might buy if I could talk my neighbor into doing it with me. He's been building kits for 20+ years. I figured we could shoot 10-15 minute videos on each segment of building a plane from it's arrival and inspection to its maiden flight. You know, something like the WM .46 CAP. Just an ARF. Explain the ins and outs and hows and whys. You can upload videos up to 200megs on Putfile for free and there is no limit on the number so it could prove to be an interesting venue for helping folks out. You might want to think about doing that yourself. You certainly have the knowledge and skills needed and I'm sure after the first few you'd get over the camera-shy part! LOL Think about it buddy, it could start a whole new era in teaching on here. Your own mini-series. I really do think it would be an outstanding project.
Al
Al,
Actually, Minnflyer and myself already have this very same project in the works right now. We have done up a series of building videos that we are going to make available on the web. They are videos of getting a plane together, start to maiden flight. I'm in the process of finishing up the website now. We're hoping to have it launched either late this month, or early next month. We have plans to follow on with a complete set of how-to's, tutorials, and other help for beginners down the road. The entire site is going to be devoted to helping beginners getting started in the hobby.
Ken
Ken,
Sorry to butt in here, but had a question. My son and I are going to build our first kit (Tiger 60) together right after Christmas (presuming my son is not on Santa's naughty list). I have your LT-40 build on my favorites, planning to refer to it a lot. Great thread, but has a lot of "non-building" posts from others. If you have a readers digest version of the build or videos that I can purchase, I would be very interested.
Thanks,
Pete