I worked about 10h starting yesterday evening on the new Squirrel instructions!

Here is the progress so far. In addition to a clear diagram of a completed Squirrel, there are some newly made assembly diagrams, a ruler for part identification and the beginning of some new text. And there will be less text!

Still more assembly diagrams to come. Also coming is new text and diagrams for flying!

I may include an aileron as standard. I think that will be fun.

This packaging will weigh 1/4 less and use less ink as well. That will save on shipping costs as it will get many of the packages under shipping cost thresholds.

Current Challenges

It is a little painful getting 2D projections off 3D projections in Sketchup (CAD) without buying some expensive software. I am able to get the projections needed but am keeping my eyes peeled for a rendering system or other mechanism.

I’m using InkScape. It doesn’t allow two pages so I have a separate document for each page. I have Corel, I suppose I could switch to that. But I’m pretty far down the road so I may just grin and bear that one. I’ll just chain two PDF files together later.

I better start the hunt for people who can test the new instructions. I need some people who know about model planes and some who know nothing. Less is more. 🙂  Let me know if interested or if you know someone!