Jesse,
You got me thinking how I started out. We live in the Middle East in
attached Concrete villas.
While living in our first place I got back into models after 20 years as
I had to keep busy with my hands over here.
I fly for my day job as well, but it's actually pretty boring. So I'm
most happy getting grease under my nails, in fact just imported a 65
Dodge Monaco and spent all day at customs clearing today. Think of all
the red tape you'd have back home and then doing it with mostly none
English speakers.
That's another story though for any Mopar fans out in Rebel land. BTW
Wayne it needs more work then I though but the 383 4bl sounds so sweet!
What I first used to build large models was a 12x12 bedroom. had benches
along two walls and even a compressor. Neighbors never complained about
the noise
of drills, dremels and compressed air, or were afraid too!. Even spray
painted in the room. Ended up being an expert builder but found out it's
a bad combination if
you're a novice model flyer. I did enclose the car port on our current
place so now have a large area.
My vote is go for it. You could build the rudder, fin, ailerons, flaps
as well as prep (read debur) a lot of other parts such as wing ribs on
an 8' table and would need about 12' for the elev and stab. Just be
organized.
Most of the noise will be drilling so go electric. When time to use any
chemical just take the parts outside, same when riveting major
components like skins.
For small areas you'll only be mixing tiny amounts of epoxy primer so
not a big issue. If your Landlord upstairs complains just say you're
cleaning the nail polish off your toes. That'll keep him well out of
your way I'm sure. You could hand rivet a lot of parts such as ribs to
spars but would need to fire up the compressor for large areas. Even
then it doesn't use too much air and you could plan for when the
landlord is out ;-). And yes you can defer doing the major riveting till
later.
There's lots of drilling and deburring to keep you busy for some time.
Speaking of bedrooms, I have my moose windshield above the wardrobe next
to the TV and the wife doesn't even see it anymore while watching TV.
You sound motivated and that's 90% of it. You'll easily find enough to
keep you busy for a year before you'd need a large area.
Good luck with your Rebel which we know you're now getting!
Warren
Jesse Jenks wrote:
Thanks to all who replied. I appreciate your input. What I get from this is
that the chemicals are not a good idea in the house. I anticipate moving
within the next six months/year maybe, and I will definitely be looking for
a better building space at that time. In the meantime though, I just really
want to get started. I have been dreaming of building a plane since
highschool, but have never had the right combination of money, time, and
workshop all happen at the same time. I have decided that like many things
in life I just have to make it happen. The other thing that feels good right
now is deciding on the Rebel. I (like most of you, I'm sure) have gone
through many ideas of what kind of plane I wanted, and could afford. I have
enough flying experience now to know what I really want to do with an
airplane when I finally have one. From there, it was pretty clear that the
Rebel fits me the best, and knowing what you want is half the battle. It's
kind of funny to think that I started out on this whole flying thing about
20 years ago with models, and dreamed of building my own airplane, but had
no idea that you actually have to make a living in this world. I went off to
flight school with that innocent thought. Luckily it turned out that people
actually want to pay me to fly airplanes (not much though). Anyway, here I
am droning along day after day at 20,000 feet and still dreaming about
building my own plane.
Another question: Could I prepare all the tail assemblies without riveting,
and then take the whole thing elsewhere to prime and rivet? Or do you have
to do some riveting along the way, like ribs to spars or whatever? Even so,
could I just do a minimal amount of priming/riveting outside the house to
get things assembled to that point? As I understand it, most of the time is
spent drilling and preparing for riveting, so that part might be doable in
the house, and just keep the chemical part outside completely, and save as
much as possible for when I have a real shop, or just take it to a friends
hanger for the final assembly. (I can use his hanger/workshop, but it's a
45min drive).
Thanks again all.
Jesse
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