I work in aerospace engineering and our teams are spread worldwide. Distance is no longer an impediment. Time zones are a bit, but it’s possible to work around them. The key is having clear targets, a good plan and good management.
I ran my own aerospace composites company for 15+ years so fully understand the processes. The Rutan method of shaping foam and then laying up over it is very time consuming and can give inconsistent results. A well designed set of tooling can make one of this type of aircraft almost snap together and somewhat self fixturing. A consistent, high quality product can be achieved for very little additional unit cost, but with more consistency any potentially higher quality, all in much less time. The mind numbing monotony of sanding and filling is reduced to almost zero!
If there is no interest, that’s fine. I’m not planning to build an EZ, but would be happy to help others.
Ian
SoCal