Earlier, Jerry Springer wrote:

What an IDIOT you are DUDE...

That's a pretty strong response to a relatively moderate post.

I'm with Dude on this one. If it was me, I'd also probably think twice
or thrice before hiring someone to build a high-tech airplane like a
Lancair who didn't have email.

I've been farming out a fair chunk of composites development (plugs,
molds, detail parts, etc) lately, and by far the most effective
relationships have been with shops that are well-connected with the
Internet. With the shop doing my fuselage plug and mold, I send
coordinates, drawings and sketches via my Web site, and answer
questions and recieve progress photos via email. With the shop that
did the foam cores for my wing, tail, and aft fuselage plugs, I sent a
fileset of planform and profile coordinates as an email attachment,
and later recieved finished foam cores via UPS, with online tracking
of the packages. Same for the shop that did the station templates for
the forward fuselage plug.

I wouldn't say that having a computer is a requirement for building an
airplane. That is provably false; by most measures the majority of all
airplane development and manufacturing preceded the development of the
pocket calculator. However, computers almost always do make it easier.
Furthermore, having and using a computer demonstrates the sort of
high-tech savvy that I like to see in someone who I'm trusting to do a
relatively high-tech job.

On the other hand, I don't think I'd disqualify someone just because
they didn't want to post to RAH. I don't happen to believe that an
opinionated nature and a thick skin are prerequisites to good
craftsmanship - present company excepted, of course... ;}

Thanks, and best regards to all

Bob K.