Pentathlon by the numbers
 

I have been hit with a few PM's requesting a new thread to document a start to finish kit build.


Step 1

First, inspect the contents of the kit...make sure everything is there.

Have a look at all the laser wood parts and the foam parts, make sure there was no shipping damage, etc.

You will want to check out the enclosed CD which contains many, many photos, dimensioned drawings, and most importantly, build notes. Feel free to play with your new stick plane will reading through the build notes.


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RE: Pentathlon by the numbers
 

Step 2

Sheeting the foam parts. I prefer to do this early on for a couple of reasons. The most important, being that the sheeting process can take up a good bit of workspace. Those with a big shop (and/or awesome shop like hanglider) can afford to do this while building on the wood fuse frame....read envy here.

Those that purchase the kit with all of the 1/16" sheeting will need to inpsect the sheeting and begin truing the edges of these sheets. I normally use a long straight edge and a sharp razor. You can also setup a straight edge sanding jig to do the job.


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