I bought my LT-40 kit at the beginning of winter and got most of the first wing done and then got lazy and there is an unfinished wing sitting in my basement with all my tools next to it. Normally I'd go out to a field and watch people fly and that would kick my butt into gear and get me building again but to the best of my knowledge nobody around here is flying (Current Temperature: 9) and watching videos isn't quite amusing enough. I will probably finish the wing today because I am bored and having nothing to do all weekend, but what do you guys do to motivate you to keep building?? I can't be the only one that gets bored when its cold and stops building.

I'd be in more of a hurry but I still can't find a job so have no money and therefore I have only a kit, no radio, no engine, not even a trace of a glow plug in the house.

Skitcen I truly understand your plight. I got layed off in Sept. I just got back to work 3 weeks ago. New job and all. I know I will get hammered for this buuut. I say let it sit. You really need the engine and radio to do the fuse. So let it sit untill you have them. i have several projects on hold right now due to mafunsalo. I will not buy them untill I have the money. I do have a lot of stuff I could use. But I want some beefier servo's, a new engine for one ect. ect. So untill I have the money they will sit.

I actually tend to build more during the flying season. i work on them after work at nights. during the winter I have other activities that take up a lot of time. So I usually build in the summer. Cheer up If I can get my Ca-Ca together so can you. Hang in there it will get better.


Mark Shuman

Sure, let it sit...

Then when the weather's nice, you can watch everyone ELSE fly THEIR planes.

Maybe you'll get motivated enough to have it ready fore next WINTER! (Note: <---- Heavy Sarcasm)

Get off yer butt and get it ready!!!! SPRING IS COMIN' !!!!!!!!!!!

I must concur with Minnflyer. Get busy! The dang thing ain't gonna build itself!

I got the wing finished in about an hour, going to eat some lunch now and then it will have to sit for a little bit longer till I build myself a shelf to keep the wing I have done on. I got motivated a lot by just making this post and realizing that there have been a few days already this year that I could have been out flying but throwing an uncovered wing into the wind is probably going to do more damage than good. Gotta hook up the sim again and get doing that.

Keep posting insulting me for being stupid and not having finished this yet

phread: Yeah, I figured I wouldn't want to build the fuse yet because I need to have the things in there to balance it and all, but I can get the wings and some of the basic fuse assembly done. The plane will be completed by august no matter what because I will have money enough to buy everything in June and I'll give myself two months assembly time. Im going to go out on a new effort to get myself a job and get money before then and it seems prices are just going down on radios.

Of course now tower has a combo with an engine for only like $130 or something which I could have afforded at the time I bought the plane had they had that deal. Of course then again I spent a good $50 on building equipment and stuff too.

I had the webcam running while I was building some of the time today, as soon as I figure out a way to turn a thousand images into an animation without having to do it frame by frame I'll post up a link.

for anyone interested

AVI video of some of the wing construction

I'll be posting more as I make them. Perhaps when I become good at this I can make these videos as tutorials for new builders. Toward the middle of the video you can see where I was just doing glue, place, glue, place with the parts. I had to get myself reaquainted with the instructions and everything toward the beginning, and at the end I was trying to figure some things out.
Next time the camera will be moved to lessen the glare (it was hanging next to my work light) and to cover the whole area as toward the end of the video you can't see what I am doing.