Not only does it allow the builder to focus on the project without many of the usual distractions, it also allows him or her to get organized, to learn from experienced building assistants, and to develop good working habits from the start. Participants can spend any length of time in the program. Special tools, shop equipment, rags, sandpaper, clean-up materials, gloves, drinking water, and coffee are provided at no extra cost. Builders insure their project while on site. For those just starting their project, the work day often begins with a lesson on the next step to be completed.
Builders continue on their own, seeking technical help as needed.
Often the Service Center has Velocitys in various stages of construction, and builders find it a great advantage to look at finished steps before beginning the same ones on their own kit. The uncertainty that I had the right skills had kept me from building my own airplane sooner. Now I am confident that I am learning the correct methods and using the right tools. Expert help is available when I need it, and there is a sense of community among all of us in the Head Start program which helps encourage, motivate and teach me. Here I can concentrate entirely on my project, and get help with the names of the tools, measurements not in metric, and more.