The wood quality for the wing spars must be of uncompromisingly the highest standard. No effort is too great to source this premium...

Built from carbon fibre with a layer of Kevlar and a recess for the pilot's parachute. The first attempt was a complete failure because I...

The underside of the fuselage is fully enclosed, and the top side is planked as far as the construction process allows. Before the top...

The underside of the fuselage is fully planked, the landing gear doors are installed, and the time has come to remove the building frame...

The rearmost nose gear door has also been fabricated and installed. What’s still missing is the actuator that will open and close the...

From one large piece to three smaller ones. With the side rails screwed in place and the associated roller carriers precisely aligned,...

In the past month, the N-20.3 Arbalète project has reached an important milestone. This progress, although not directly related to...

The inside of the nose gear doors is starting to take shape. All three doors are still connected, and they'll only be separated into...

With the fuselage in an inverted position, the conditions are ideal for making and installing the nose gear doors. There are three doors...

The original slot covering consists of a screwed metal plate in the middle. Fitting a metal sheet precisely to the fuselage shape...

With the cockpit floor fully installed, the lower fuselage could be completely covered. The frontmost segment had to be bent to...

During an extensive trip through Southern Africa, the project shifted away from the workshop and onto the screen. My CAD software runs as...

Before I could sheathe the cockpit section of the fuselage, the cockpit floor had to be installed first. Instead of using plywood as...

Finally, a new blog post! After the website was hacked twice and then crashed by itself, a few important adjustments had to be made in...

The fuselage sheating is being done entirely with 3mm plywood. To determine how to bend the boards of this thickness over the fuselage...

The first parts of the fuel tank have been made. I've decided against building it from composite materials. The effort required for the...

The installation of the reinforcement box is complete. This structure channels the forces from the vertical stabilizer into the fuselage...

With the engineer's signature, the proof was completed with 61 pages of calculations.  The newly designed structure now channels the...

For those wondering about the lack of visible progress in recent months, here’s the explanation: No aircraft construction project goes...

New Parts, New Material: Carbon Composite Instead of the pre-formed plywood panels used in the original aircraft, the cockpit floor of...