A word about Manuals

Probably for most of the people that read this log, talking about manuals would be Duh…. 

But webuildplanes.com has a great feature and I am taking advantage of it.  I can write and post things that are not in the official build log.  As I have never build a plane before, I anticipate on occasion I will want to document and explore parts of the process that may be of interest to other newbies or folks unfamiliar with the process.  For me and for them, I offer this insight and perspective.  Take it or leave it as suits you. 

Hot off the presses… the manual is easy to understand and follow.

At the beginning of each section is a diagram of the completed assembly, an exploded view of how the parts go together, and a parts list. 

Following this page are pages explaining how each subassembly goes together. In the upper left of each page is a box that provides the reference number for the part used in the diagram, the part number, description, and quantity.  Each part is depicted in a different color which is really helpful.   

The diagrams show how the parts are assembled, where rivets are installed at this stage of the build, and arrows indicating the direction of the rivets.  

There are build notes provided that are important to pay attention to.  Additionally information about the subassembly is provided on the bottom including the name of the assembly and the page number relative to the number of pages for this assembly.

These are brand new manuals, and the fact that I know little to nothing about what I am doing allows me to offer a fresh perspective on how understandable the manuals are, and helps us catch errors or omissions in Revision 0.