✓ Vertical stabilser skinning completed ✓ Balance weight with covering fabricated and mounted ✓ Coverings for flap lever balance weigt...

The mechanical limitation of the elevon control surface deflection is achieved through stops on a pair of levers. These stops are...

The last parts have finally arrived. I've assembled the electric control system in the form of a prototype, and I was also able to finish...

At the top of the vertical stabilizer, the weight for static balance is installed. It consists of two lead profiles, hidden under a...

The sheathing consists of four plywood segments with varying thicknesses and grain orientations, which had to be assembled into one piece...

The nose gear is now installed in the fuselage. It took quite a long time until the last hole was drilled, the final nut tightened, the...

The perseverance has paid off. Thanks to the active search of numerous enthusiasts, two complete Bf-109 landing gear legs (ex Pilatus...

I was never truly satisfied with the original design of the control cables for the rudder trim on the vertical stabilizer, particularly...

What are functional tests for? Exactly, to ensure that there are no unpleasant surprises. After the final parts were finally manufactured...

As part of the redesign of the nose landing gear mechanism, a locking device was also necessary to secure the gear in its retracted...

he nose landing gear, along with the suspension and retraction mechanism, is now assembled. After the welded parts were stress-relieved,...

The knee piece for the landing gear attachment is also fully welded. Together with the main fitting, both parts will now be...

Just in time for Christmas, the main fitting for the nose landing gear is finally welded! Of course, a jig had to be built first. And it...

The construction of the nose gear components is in full swing. For the first part, the knee piece with the pivot axle, I had to build a...

In the past few weeks, the focus has not been in the workshop but at the computer screen, working on the re-design of the nose landing...

The Attachment of the Tail Fin to the Fuselage is Complete The tail fin has been precisely positioned using lasers to ensure...

The lower support of the rudder also carries the pulleys for the control cables. The base is a complex welded structure made from 1.0mm...

The tip came from an old Air Force colleague. Apparently, a complete nose landing gear was displayed at a friend's house, and the owner...

The front attachment of the vertical stabiliser to the fuselage has been completed and screwed into the measured position on the...

Drawing the Nose Gear and its Associated Mechanism in CAD took several weeks. The landing gear is extended and retracted via a worm gear...