Re: Builder Sites & Photo's
Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2014 9:18 am
As a devout reader of Tony's site, I fully appreciate having resources available where you can see how this plane can be assembled. In fact, when his site went down, like many others on this forum, I got very concerned. When it came back up, I spent over an hour reviewing the wing build before going out to continue mine. If he did not realize what a tremendously valuable resource this is for this community, I hope he does now. I send my thanks to him.
For me, the purpose of building the site is mostly selfish, while wanting to share what I can about how I went about building the Panther, the real benefit that I get from taking the time to do this, is to have a document for the DAR, that proves, as much as possible, that I am the builder of this aircraft, and incidentally, that I am truly an amateur. I encourage everyone who can, to do something like this. I have found that years after finishing my last KR2, that I get great pleasure when sharing what I documented, with current builders, and looking back at what I did and how I did it.
Here is a link to my web site. I am a 3 time experimental builder, counting the Panther. This is my first metal airplane and I am loving it.
http://pantherbuilder.org/
PantherBuilder.org is developed in a combination of Word Press and html code. If you choose, you can "Subscribe". This is not required, but if you do, I encourage you to include some information about yourself. If you do subscribe, you can opt to get notices of posts, as you do on the Panther site. This is available only in the Word Press portion of the site. Also, you will notice a menu item for SPA Panther, which takes you directly to "FlywithSPA.com".
The main topics are in the menu under the Panther, and where available, there is a link to more detailed pictures and narrative of the build for that particular topic. For instance, the menu "Wing Kit" takes you to the "Blog" which contains sort of an overview of the topic. Under Wing Kit, you will see two other menu items, one for the right wing and one for the left wing. These take you to the detail images and narrative of the build for those components.
Like my building skills for metal airplanes, my building skills for Word Press blogs are at the novice level. However, I did stay at an Holiday Inn Express, last night.
For me, the purpose of building the site is mostly selfish, while wanting to share what I can about how I went about building the Panther, the real benefit that I get from taking the time to do this, is to have a document for the DAR, that proves, as much as possible, that I am the builder of this aircraft, and incidentally, that I am truly an amateur. I encourage everyone who can, to do something like this. I have found that years after finishing my last KR2, that I get great pleasure when sharing what I documented, with current builders, and looking back at what I did and how I did it.
Here is a link to my web site. I am a 3 time experimental builder, counting the Panther. This is my first metal airplane and I am loving it.
http://pantherbuilder.org/
PantherBuilder.org is developed in a combination of Word Press and html code. If you choose, you can "Subscribe". This is not required, but if you do, I encourage you to include some information about yourself. If you do subscribe, you can opt to get notices of posts, as you do on the Panther site. This is available only in the Word Press portion of the site. Also, you will notice a menu item for SPA Panther, which takes you directly to "FlywithSPA.com".
The main topics are in the menu under the Panther, and where available, there is a link to more detailed pictures and narrative of the build for that particular topic. For instance, the menu "Wing Kit" takes you to the "Blog" which contains sort of an overview of the topic. Under Wing Kit, you will see two other menu items, one for the right wing and one for the left wing. These take you to the detail images and narrative of the build for those components.
Like my building skills for metal airplanes, my building skills for Word Press blogs are at the novice level. However, I did stay at an Holiday Inn Express, last night.