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Construction of my Rans S6S
Fuselage Covering
updated
9-12-06
Final assembly & engine install
updated
1-25-07
Use links at left to navigate through the site. I have broken the site into several sections for slower connection speed.
Total time invested as of 1/10/07 : 508 hrs
I bought my kit on Jan 28,2006 and received it on February 11, 2006. I bought the kit from another guy who had never opened the crates. It's an S6S tricycle gear, standard wing, and engine install kit for a 912S. I decided on the S6 after researching sport pilot kits as I am having trouble keeping my special issuance medical. The S6 has a great reputation, good looks and Rans has a superb reputation. This will be my fifth kit, scratch or rebuild project and I can't wait! It may move slowly at first as I have a couple of projects, room addition and finishing this building.
The first problem was I am banned from working on it in the basement and although I have a hanger at Sparta Upper Cumberland Regional airport, it contains my Archer II, so time to build a building. I happen to have a set of trusses left over from another project that were made at the incorrect pitch for that project. I used them to build a 16 by 24 building in my back yard. I plan on building the kit there and moving it to the airport for assembly.
I inventoried the kit on 2/18/06, built some simple shelves with the crates, and hung the alum parts on the walls which I had finished with pegboard.
Bear with me as I set up this web site it may contain broken links, etc. but I'm working on it! I decided to learn HTML a few months ago and began working with simple text editors but I've begun to experiment with FrontPage Nvu and some others. I'm using FrontPage on this site.
Kit inventoried and stored. 2-27-06
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