Nose landing gear doors Part 1
With the fuselage on its back, ideal conditions are provided for the production and installation of the nose landing gear doors. There are a total
With the fuselage on its back, ideal conditions are provided for the production and installation of the nose landing gear doors. There are a total
The cladding of the bottom of the fuselage consists of a bolted sheet metal cover. I decided to mold the fuselage geometry and manufacture the
With the cockpit floor now in place, I was able to fully plank the underside of the fuselage. The front section required some intricate bending
During an extensive journey through southern Africa, the project shifted away from the workshop towards the screen. My CAD runs as a standalone version on
Before I could plank the cockpit section of the fuselage, the cockpit floor had to be installed first. This is now a composite construction, not
Finally, a new blog entry. After the website was hacked twice and then crashed by itself, some important adjustments had to be made in the
The planking of the hull consists entirely of 3mm plywood. Some basic research was needed to find out how boards of this thickness can be
The first parts of the fuel tank have been produced. I have decided to abandon the idea of building it with composite material. The effort
The installation of the reinforcement box is completed. This directs the forces of the vertical fin into the fuselage and therefore had to be constructed
With the engineer’s signature, the proof was completed with 61 pages of calculations. The newly designed construction in it directs the forces of the vertical