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This story was posted on a CGS Hawk yahoo group that i belong to and

i thought it was too priceless not to be posted here.

The author of the story is Robert Metzler and i thank him for his approval

to post his story on our site.

 

 

 

A good work space really makes a lot of difference in how long it
takes to complete a project. Its easy to find time to work on the
project if the work space is temperature controled, well lit, large
enough to have plenty of room and located so that its easy to start
work.

 

I didn't have any place that met any of those requirements so I had to
get creative enough to build my plane inside the house. Of course it
took some careful planning and checking to be sure that everything
would fit ... and to be sure that I could get the plane out after it
was completed. I was lucky the way the house is laid out and it has
wide doors. I moved everything out of the dining room and laid
plywood sheets down to protect the hardwood floor then moved in a
large work bench.

 

The first thing I had to do was assemble and complete the entire tail
assembly. That was then disassembled and put in storage so that the
boom could be stuck outside through the dining room window. Plywood
with a 5 inch hole for the boom sealed the window opening until I
finished.

 

The rest of the plane was completed on top of the workbench. The
prop, landing gear legs, and wheels were installed and then removed so
the plane could be carried out of the house where they were re
installed. The fuselage cover was installed after the fuselage was
inside the trailer used to haul the plane. The tail pieces were
covered inside the house then re installed on the plane while it was
in the trailer. The wings were installed and covered outside. The
wing battens and a few other final assembly details were finished at
the 2000 annual Hawk fly in. Chuck inspected the plane and Jim
Kajampa did the test flights there.

 

It worked out great because every spare minute I had I could just step
into the dining room and go right to work. Of course it takes a VERY
understanding wife to do something like that. I remember one evening
when she had to get on her hands and knees and crawl under the plane
because I had the plane blocking the hallway while I was working on
the window opening. She's a great wife but she wouldn't let me
include that picture in my construction photos :)

As you may have noticed there is a new download structure and more planes popping up on the site. There will be plenty more added in the coming days and a new tools section where youll be able to find several helpful tools for FSX.

 

Note that only decent quality and above aircraft will be posted. All aircraft must have a working virtual cockpit. As always SimGameIt reminds everyone to be careful of what planes they install as some have major issues. For instance in the search for more aircraft we ran across a freeware F-86 Sabre on simviation, this aircraft will cause your fsx program to crash when loading back into a session. To fix the crashing just simply uninstall the aircraft from your SimObjects/Airplanes Folder and youll be ok.

 

We test all the aircraft before they go onto the site in the best interest of our members. Its a shame more add-on sites dont show this care and dedication.

 

Enjoy and let us know what you think. Mike aka SimGameIt