| Hangar |
Aircraft |
Category |
Date |
Preview |
| TJH | Guillows Series 400 - P-51 Mustang | Build | 13-Mar-22 19:40 |  |
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| edtherenderman | Cleveland Westland Whirlwind | Build | 13-Mar-22 18:29 |  |
| Views : 772 |
| Fully retracted from the top. |
| edtherenderman | Cleveland Westland Whirlwind | Build | 13-Mar-22 18:29 |  |
| Views : 804 |
| Fully retracted |
| edtherenderman | Cleveland Westland Whirlwind | Build | 13-Mar-22 18:28 |  |
| Views : 705 |
| Gear partially retracted. |
| edtherenderman | Cleveland Westland Whirlwind | Build | 13-Mar-22 18:28 |  |
| Views : 680 |
| Gear fully down from the top as if looking into the engine nacelle. |
| edtherenderman | Cleveland Westland Whirlwind | Build | 13-Mar-22 18:27 |  |
| Views : 689 |
| The landing gear is another engineering challenge. I was able to find an original drawing of the landing gear configuration, which was really helpful. I didn’t understand how the supporting struts worked until I found it. So I spend several evening trying to create the struts using brass and copper tubing, but realized I could 3D print them with enough detail and strength to work. I had already cut the gear doors out of one of the nacelles and was able to use that as a rig. After getting everything working, I created a test rig out of bamboo skewers for to build the other side. Here is the gear in fully down position. |
