The Sequential Optimism Problem

Twenty episodes in, and We Are Not Experts has done something it has never done before: let someone else into the building. Brandon — the builder behind the Slink Air YouTube channel and a Van's RV-14A in progress — joins Chris and Tim for the first outside guest appearance in the show's history. His build is further along than his videos suggest. His timeline is, by most measures, optimistic. He fits right in. Also this week: Tim's RV-8 stands on its own landing gear for the first time, Chris's fuel tanks have developed opinions, and the local EAA chapter president pays a visit that one correspondent described as less an inspection than an intervention. The Experimental News Desk dispatches three correspondents into the field simultaneously, which is either a sign of growth or a staffing problem. We Are Not Experts in Airplane Building Podcast. Episode 20. The actual one.