Really? You would say that getting really vague and badly detailed plans for a VP1 or Piet and having to build umpteen ribs and parts by hand is better than free plans and files to allow you to build on a CNC? OK. BTW, Bernie Pietponpol is dead and no-one else appears to be doing what MakerPlane is doing.... sooooooooo what is your point again?

Umm... 6-pack is the only avionics in your aircraft? Other folks probably have radios, transponders, ADS-B receivers, glass cockpits, intercoms etc. Lots of room for open source avionics there. What has the local EAA chapter got to do with it? Have you been to one lately? How many people under the age of 60 are there? How many have 3D printers or CNC machines?

This post is misleading. Nowhere on the MakerPlane site does it say they are aiming for the worlds first Open Source Aircraft!!!! They don't claim that at all!! This from their site if anyone has actually bothered to read it: MakerPlane Aim “The mission of MakerPlane is to create innovative and game-changing aircraft, avionics and related systems and the transformational manufacturing processes to build them. As a result of this aim, aircraft can be built with consistent, repeatable and highly accurate processes which create safer flying at lower cost. ” Objectives The objectives of the Open Source Aircraft project are: Foster a new wave of innovation and creativity in aviation which will lower the overall cost of ownership; Provide new ways of building aircraft that the average unskilled builder can comfortably achieve success with; Create innovative, popular, safe and modern aircraft designs; Provide free and open source based files and plans for low-cost airframes; and Create accessible and affordable open source avionics systems.

OMG, has anyone actually bothered to go to the site and read up on the project instead of making stupid uninformed comments?