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Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 21, 2024 12:29:00 GMT 12
Best of luck with it Peter.
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Post by johnnyfalcon on Aug 21, 2024 13:33:41 GMT 12
Going to be a few sleepless nights ahead.... The best formulae for problem solving usually end up with lying awake visualizing the problem/solution |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2024 19:38:46 GMT 12
Good luck Peter!
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Post by nzgrasshopper on Sept 13, 2024 18:58:30 GMT 12
Finally found a few hours to get back to building. Lots of small fiddly bits to make for the main landing gear retraction. Side sway brace.  |
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Post by nzgrasshopper on Sept 14, 2024 20:02:55 GMT 12
Top multi directional hinge taking shape.  The lower trunnion hinge points were not low enough, so a rebuild was required.  |
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Post by nzgrasshopper on Sept 14, 2024 20:29:38 GMT 12
Lower trunnion, side sway and sway hinge   One more piece to make and the side sway brace will be more or less done.  |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Sept 14, 2024 21:28:35 GMT 12
Really superb.
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Post by nzgrasshopper on Sept 14, 2024 21:46:08 GMT 12
All those sleepless nights for the last few weeks are paying off.
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Post by nzgrasshopper on Sept 16, 2024 11:19:17 GMT 12
Pivot points mostly finished on the starboard leg. A few minor adjustments to get it moving smoothly.  Next challenge will be sectioning out the bevel gear. |
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Post by planecrazy on Sept 16, 2024 13:39:13 GMT 12
Wow that is one of the coolest pieces of scratch built modelling I have ever seen! Looking forward to seeing the gear complete, real one all be it incomplete, for comparison........  |
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Post by nzgrasshopper on Sept 16, 2024 19:18:48 GMT 12
My brain is fried after working on this all day. The oleo leg bevel gear was pretty straight forward, bolts holding the sectioned gear onto a flange. Getting the other beveled gear lined up so the teeth mesh smoothly and the clearances work is going to take a fair bit of time. The middle brass nut should hopefully allow the gear to slide across.  |
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Post by nzgrasshopper on Sept 16, 2024 19:23:20 GMT 12
Wow that is one of the coolest pieces of scratch built modelling I have ever seen! Looking forward to seeing the gear complete, real one all be it incomplete, for comparison........ Thanks for the photo. finding close up information is hard at times. Is that on Bess or one of the Wangaratta restorations? |
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Post by nzgrasshopper on Oct 7, 2024 16:37:57 GMT 12
Very brief break between deployments. Made a temporary centre line jig to align the main webs on the starboard wing half.  Web #1 painted along with a few of the nose ribs. An additional hole will need to be made in Web #1 to allow the longer than original RAM actuator to pass through.  
Plan is to get the retraction movement and alignment set up and then install the vertical section of the bevel gears to allow the 89 deg rotation. |
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Post by planecrazy on Oct 7, 2024 19:06:18 GMT 12
Wow that is one of the coolest pieces of scratch built modelling I have ever seen! Looking forward to seeing the gear complete, real one all be it incomplete, for comparison........ Thanks for the photo. finding close up information is hard at times. Is that on Bess or one of the Wangaratta restorations? "Bess" at Omaka this winter, have posted a video of various bits and bobs during my visit. |
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Post by nzgrasshopper on Oct 17, 2024 22:13:55 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 17, 2024 22:48:25 GMT 12
The complexity of this is mind blowing.
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Post by nzgrasshopper on Nov 3, 2024 19:55:51 GMT 12
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