cheap plane build

Two and a half years (the age of the vid) is a long time for an individual developer who makes a plane in 3-4 months. The gist of that vid was that he used "packing tape" for the skin and makes a plane for under $1,000 USD. By now, I'm sure he has more to show.
But it is remarkable that it could cost less to build a plane than a bike.
 
he's probably found out by now, that packing tape becomes brittle and breaks down after some time,
especially when exposed to sunlight
unless he put some uv coating on it, but a very nice cheap way to get at least a good wing shape,
maybe slow cure epoxy ( low heat generated) could be put over the packing tape
 
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