Interesting thoughts today.
Nearing completion of my PT-26. My first scale project. Started with an old Sterling kit.
Many many hurdles were overcome in this process. The kit was terribly designed in many respects.
All along I was wishing it had been a better engineered kit, but today I understood the value of it as it was.
I learned so much from this build. some things I recognized were designed badly before touching them. Reengineer that and go. Some things I realized were badly designed in mid process. Some of these I could remove, redesign and go on, others I couldn't and did what I could to improve what was there. Some things I didn't catch until it was too late to really do anything about it.
Through it all, each one of these things taught me something. The entire build was a learning experience that taught me much more than I would have learned had it been a better engineered design to begin with.
As far and the end result goes, yes, I wish I'd started with a better kit. I'd have a better looking and possibly better flying airplane come the regionals in May.
But as far as a process to learn from, I'm better sacrificing a little appearance on my first project , and taking that knowledge forward on the builds that follow.
Never underestimate what you can learn from overcoming problems.
Topic: Learning from mistakes (Read 703 times)