Vans sent me this letter. I am checking the different parts purchased.
Empennage Kit, QuickBuild Wings and QuickBuild fuselage seem to have been assembled BEFORE the laser cut technique has been put in place (delivery of all the kits in 2019 and 2021.
The finish kit with aluminum parts was delivered on 23rd April 2022. I checked multiple times the items in the list against the List provided by VANS (versione 3)
Apparently there are no parts in the Finish Kit that are in the VANS List.
I also checked the Firewall forward kit that has been sent in march 2023, but also in this case i didn't find any match with the List Version 3.
I also checked the orders on the VANS Shop but i don't find any parts shipped in 2022 or after. I only ordered Hardware and no aluminum parts
For this reason i am confident that no laser cut parts have been used for this airplane.
Key Dates
Empennage Kit Shipment date 31/03/2019 First Laser cut part in storage 16/02/2022
Quickbuild Kit Shipment date 19/06/2020 First Laser cut part in storage 20/01/2022
Finish Kit Shipment Date 26/04/2022 First Laser cut part in storage 20/01/2022 (prudential estimate no date given by VANS)
Firewall Fwd Kit Shipment date 08/02/2023 First Laser cut part in storage 20/01/2022 (prudential estimate no date given by VANS)