I am no Don Szczur by any stretch of the imagination, and when it comes to building, I am not even Don Knotts, but I have to say that so far I really like the way the plane goes together. I am not intelligent enough to imagine how in blue blazes someone could frame one of these up in a week though. I have been nearly six months, admittingly working on it two days a week, to get it to this point. That is still about 48 building sessions. I am probably one of the slowest and least experienced builders in the whole pattern forum so that should be taken into consideration.

I have to agree with Mike that there really isn't anything particularly difficult on it, even for a hack like me. I have to really thank Mark Atwood for holding my hand along the entire way. He has taught me how to correct just about every mistake I can make, and I have made some real head scratchers. You should see the look on his face when I complete a step and say "why does it look like that"? [X(] He has this expression that is kind of a combination of puzzled amazement with a hint of sadness and bewilderment.

With any luck, a lot of fuel, and some time to practice, I will be collecting advanced points all over D4 this year on my way to a district championship I'll keep my fingers crossed that mine is built straight and light enough to make me look good. Now if Mike could just design one to keep me from flying the wrong maneuvers.

Anthony
NSRCA #759