N546RV
Well Known Member
So I've finally gotten back to working on the plane (yay!), but that puts me back in the mode of trying to get some kind of mental map of what's going to happen when. The big upcoming purchases are obviously 1) finish kit, 2) engine/prop, and 3) avionics and such. So this leads me to thinking of what I should get on ordering next.
At the moment I'm working on the seat floors. Browsing ahead in the construction manual I'd roughly guess that I'll be to the point of fitting the empennage sometime this month. From there I see some general systems stuff (flap motor, fuel system, brake system), and then lots of stuff that I probably don't want to do right now anyway (wing fitting, upper skins).
So the question is, is it about time for me to be thinking about ordering the finish kit? Or should that come after I get the engine, avionics, and such ordered, or at least planned out? I seem to recall reading that you need to know what engine you're doing before ordering the finish kit - if that's the case, that kinda answers my question, I guess.
So yeah, any general thoughts on the order you did things would be helpful here. Thanks!
At the moment I'm working on the seat floors. Browsing ahead in the construction manual I'd roughly guess that I'll be to the point of fitting the empennage sometime this month. From there I see some general systems stuff (flap motor, fuel system, brake system), and then lots of stuff that I probably don't want to do right now anyway (wing fitting, upper skins).
So the question is, is it about time for me to be thinking about ordering the finish kit? Or should that come after I get the engine, avionics, and such ordered, or at least planned out? I seem to recall reading that you need to know what engine you're doing before ordering the finish kit - if that's the case, that kinda answers my question, I guess.
So yeah, any general thoughts on the order you did things would be helpful here. Thanks!