Alan's XL-G-43

[Apotter]

Just received my plans yesterday for G-43. I won't be able to build my bench until I have a few garage sales!

[Bob Wood]

Congrats, Alan,

I have just 30 hours on mine now most fun I have had in years. Keep it light !! Stay to the plans & the documented mods on the forum..

Have fun,

I am thinking about building another one, it was so much fun to build.!!

Bob

[Apotter]

Thanks for the advise Bob I appreciate it and I'm glad to hear of your enjoyment. I've had a ton of fun already surfing the internet, YouTube, and now the plans.

[914pete]

Alan, search building the work table too.  You'll find some good suggestions.  One thing that I did just by luck was leave a 1.5" lip around the whole work table.  Great for clamping things to.  Pete

[Bob Wood]

Yes good idea on the clamping room. I ended up building 2  8 footers  to push together to use in other ways when done,  Build wide enough to have working room

[Apotter]

Pete and Bob, 

Thanks for the tips guys, I was planning on building a 2' x 16' table with a lip based on a few YouTube videos I saw. I was thinking it would be big enough but maybe not? I know it would work for the fuse and ribs but not sure about the wing. I need to look deeper into the size I'll need a little more I guess.

[914pete]

Pete and Bob,

Thanks for the tips guys, I was planning on building a 2' x 16' table with a lip based on a few YouTube videos I saw. I was thinking it would be big enough but maybe not? I know it would work for the fuse and ribs but not sure about the wing. I need to look deeper into the size I'll need a little more I guess.

Consider building the table wider then 24".  The XL longerons at station 2&3 are 24" apart center to center.  I built mine 30" which allowed plenty of room to block/brace the longerons to the table.

[Apotter]

Yes your right Pete will 30" be wide enough to build your wing on it?

[914pete]

Yes your right Pete will 30" be wide enough to build your wing on it?

I haven't started the wing yet but I built my table for an LE then switched to the wider XL.  So most of my table is 24" wide.  I had to make it wider from station 3 forward.  It will need to be wider. I will reconfigure it when I start the wing. 

I built my table using 2 engineered trusses resting on cider blocks. I just need to unscrew the ply, slide the cinder blocks/trusses wider and screw new ply down.