| Hangar |
Aircraft |
Category |
Date |
Preview |
| edtherenderman | Cleveland Westland Whirlwind | Build | 13-Mar-22 18:29 |  |
| Views : 375 |
| Fully retracted from the top. |
| edtherenderman | Cleveland Westland Whirlwind | Build | 13-Mar-22 18:29 |  |
| Views : 433 |
| Fully retracted |
| edtherenderman | Cleveland Westland Whirlwind | Build | 13-Mar-22 18:28 |  |
| Views : 348 |
| Gear partially retracted. |
| edtherenderman | Cleveland Westland Whirlwind | Build | 13-Mar-22 18:28 |  |
| Views : 329 |
| Gear fully down from the top as if looking into the engine nacelle. |
| edtherenderman | Cleveland Westland Whirlwind | Build | 13-Mar-22 18:27 |  |
| Views : 315 |
| 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. |
| mark eggebeen | Guillows Series 2000 - B17 Flying Fortress | Build | 11-Mar-22 11:14 |  |
| Views : 689 |
| I have read the instuctions on the card..I have coated the card stock and have a piece of clear . .Now. I need some step by step to get me through the rest of this and ready to glue up. |
