What is "makerplane"

MakerPlane is an open source aviation organization, started by a group of Canadian plane building enthusiasts. Its members are designing the first open source airplane, which they estimate could cost about $15,000US to build.

Many do-it-yourself aircraft projects are abandoned before they are completed. Some of the causes are complex and vague plans and assembly instructions, lack of builder support, the thousands of hours needed to create a complete plane and manufacturers of parts and plans going out of business. The MakerPlane members participate in networking, share information and work together on a simple and economical plane design, and make some of their own parts, in order to overcome these obstacles.