Once I got everything out of the box I constructed a 16' long work bench and hung two 4x8 sheets directly above it for stapling of numerically labeled & bagged items. I also constructed a large drawer on wheels which slides under my existing work bench. I put the majority of my larger parts in there.
The inventory of 800 plus parts was very time-consuming. Rans sends you a parts list with an assigned Priority Number to every part. On the supplied list, I verified that each corresponding part was present, note where each part was in the shop on the list, and check off that I received it. The small, bagged parts were stapled in chronological order on the wall for easy locating. Rans did a very good job packaging and marking contents on all of the parts. I found every item except one consisting of aluminum tubing.Upon inspection of the fuselage I noted the vertical stabilizer was deflected somewhat to the port side. After verification with Rans, they indicated all of their inventory of cages have this problem and originated from a bad jig. The engineer claimed the vertical front tube on the vertical stabilizer is rotated to the left; however, the fin is still reasonably straight and should fly fine as their production models have the same problem; still disconcerting nonetheless.
