---------------------------------------------------------- Allegro-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Fri 11/02/07: 2 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 06:57 PM - Quick build Kit (vertcnc) 2. 07:46 PM - Re: Quick build Kit (Amy Hackworth) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 06:57:00 PM PST US Subject: Allegro-List: Quick build Kit From: "vertcnc" I was looking at the quick build kit, and was curious your feeling on how complete it is. Besides the poor manual that I have read about here. I have no experience in building airplanes, but good mechanical abilities. I have about 55hrs flying the Allegro 2000 during Sp training and solo and was looking to move forward. Does any one know how many Kits have been sold and flying in the US? Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=143523#143523 ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 07:46:44 PM PST US From: "Amy Hackworth" Subject: Re: Allegro-List: Quick build Kit I have no idea how many kits have actually been sold in the U.S., but I purchased mine almost two years ago at the Sebring, FL Sport Aviation Expo. You may have read one of my prior messages about the state of the assembly manual - it left MUCH to the imagination. Maybe by now some changes have been made. I also had no plane building experience, but consider myself fairly handy. Had it not been for an Allegro 2000 within flying distance to use as a reference, I would have been pulling my hair out. As it turned out, that plane got sold, so we spent quite a bit of time on the phone with B-Bar-D and found some answers there. This was after photographing every square inch of what we thought we might need to refer to later on. The kit was mostly complete, but it was hard to tell this without a thourough parts list. Many of my parts appeared to have been thrown together at the last minute without being sorted by category (perhaps in an effort to make a deadline?). We did have to bother B-Bar-D quite a few times towards the end for parts that we didn't even know existed until we got to that particular project. Once again, hopefully Allegro has remedied this issue. Now that my plane is completed, I must say that it's gorgeous and I'm glad we built it. Don't hesitate to take on this project, but be prepared to put lots more time than advertised into the building process (part of which is simply "creative solution" time). We have another plane that we were able to fly in the meantime, so we were still able to get in the air without renting. Just some things to think about.... Dale Hackworth Hobe Sound, FL Allegro 2000 N306AD ----- Original Message ----- From: "vertcnc" Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007 9:56 PM Subject: Allegro-List: Quick build Kit > > I was looking at the quick build kit, and was curious your feeling on how > complete it is. Besides the poor manual that I have read about here. I > have no experience in building airplanes, but good mechanical abilities. I > have about 55hrs flying the Allegro 2000 during Sp training and solo and > was looking to move forward. Does any one know how many Kits have been > sold and flying in the US? > > > Read this topic online here: > > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=143523#143523 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message allegro-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Allegro-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/allegro-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/allegro-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.