landing gear
06-04-2008 New brake parts arived (on my birthday). The drumbrakes where not holding the plane when the engine revs over 2000 rpm 22-08-2008 Re-worked the axels, testfit on gearleg. brakelines and master cilinder follow later.
02-02-2006 finished the nosewheel fork including the handbrake bumpstop (hardly vissible) Need some frixion material for anti shimmy brake. anyone???? 07-03-06 Top end ready including the turn buckle? The bungee arrived at last! Thank you Christian (only available in France) http://www.malbert.fr/Essieux.htm ( battery cables are also vissible)
After lots of sanding and shaping it is ready for receiving a layer of glass on the fairings 03-04-05 The PS foam fairing got a layer of glass and epoxy
Top end ! I put a soft PVC tubing in the fairing for brake cables.
Testfit the wheels and brakes. ( azuza ). at this stage i have to glue the fairings. You can see the mold in the back! The fork is machined from a single piece of aluminium. In this stage it is not working well. It need some extra milling. the fork is comming to the shimmy brake plate.
Nose wheel testfit. No anti shimmy brake yet and the wrong bungies! Laminating the ash 10 layers (10 days). After curring and releasing the clamps it became 1 inch wider.