Greetings all,
I am wanting to get a better grasp on big ticket items in our near future. We have completed the Empennage and Wing kits. Just started the fuselage kit. Working on the Firewall, Section 27. We had the fuselage kit delivered in February, of this year, and only just started on it in September. So we had a kit sit idle for several months. My big question is how long after placing the finishing kit order, and allowing for kit lead times, should we start placing orders for the engine and avionics? Is the point we are at now allow for a year or more before we need to order the finishing kit? We build about 20-25 hours a week.
I know there are a lot of variable like our pace and whom we order from. We plan on the Lycoming engine from Vans and a quick panel.
We just don't want 10's of thousands of dollars in equipment sitting idle for months.
Thanks for any input!
I am wanting to get a better grasp on big ticket items in our near future. We have completed the Empennage and Wing kits. Just started the fuselage kit. Working on the Firewall, Section 27. We had the fuselage kit delivered in February, of this year, and only just started on it in September. So we had a kit sit idle for several months. My big question is how long after placing the finishing kit order, and allowing for kit lead times, should we start placing orders for the engine and avionics? Is the point we are at now allow for a year or more before we need to order the finishing kit? We build about 20-25 hours a week.
I know there are a lot of variable like our pace and whom we order from. We plan on the Lycoming engine from Vans and a quick panel.
We just don't want 10's of thousands of dollars in equipment sitting idle for months.
Thanks for any input!