Build plan gantt chart...because boredom
Want to know how bored I am waiting for my empennage kit to arrive? I made a gantt chart. A GANTT CHART! See below.
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EDIT: Many commentors have indicated the timeline doesn't account for the numerous delays that I'm sure to encounter along the way, which will extend the timeframes. I appreciate your thoughts on that. The main point wasn't to map out exactly how long it would take, but to map out the order in which things needed to done. The timeframe selected was simply a mechanism to frame the process and to set ambitious goals, which has served me well in other aspects of life. If it takes longer, and surely it will, that is no concern of mine.
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I looked at several RV-14A build logs, and tallied the time it took to complete each kit. I then guessed how long it would take me by averaging them out and adding a 20% buffer. Because I'm building 15 seconds from my doorstep, I work from home, and my daughter is rather low maintenance these days, I figure I can get in 15 solid hours of work (some with my wife's help) per week, minimum. So that is how I figured the length of each blue bar.
The flags at the top represent when I would need to order various things given the current lead times from Vans, Lycoming, and (insert Avionics shop here). Of course, this assumes money isn't a factor, and there sure is a lot of money to spend in 2023.
One thing I would like to know from you, dear reader, is whether I have the order of operations correct, or if I got something totally wrong. This is my first kitplane build, so I'm just going off what I've researched so far.
Want to know how bored I am waiting for my empennage kit to arrive? I made a gantt chart. A GANTT CHART! See below.
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EDIT: Many commentors have indicated the timeline doesn't account for the numerous delays that I'm sure to encounter along the way, which will extend the timeframes. I appreciate your thoughts on that. The main point wasn't to map out exactly how long it would take, but to map out the order in which things needed to done. The timeframe selected was simply a mechanism to frame the process and to set ambitious goals, which has served me well in other aspects of life. If it takes longer, and surely it will, that is no concern of mine.
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I looked at several RV-14A build logs, and tallied the time it took to complete each kit. I then guessed how long it would take me by averaging them out and adding a 20% buffer. Because I'm building 15 seconds from my doorstep, I work from home, and my daughter is rather low maintenance these days, I figure I can get in 15 solid hours of work (some with my wife's help) per week, minimum. So that is how I figured the length of each blue bar.
The flags at the top represent when I would need to order various things given the current lead times from Vans, Lycoming, and (insert Avionics shop here). Of course, this assumes money isn't a factor, and there sure is a lot of money to spend in 2023.
One thing I would like to know from you, dear reader, is whether I have the order of operations correct, or if I got something totally wrong. This is my first kitplane build, so I'm just going off what I've researched so far.
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