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Fuselage Attachment of Vertical Stabilizer
With the engineer's signature, the proof was completed with 61 pages of calculations. The newly designed structure now channels the...
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Aug 2, 20231 min read


Design Rather Than Production
For those wondering about the lack of visible progress in recent months, here’s the explanation: No aircraft construction project goes...
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May 17, 20232 min read


Cockpit Floor
New Parts, New Material: Carbon Composite Instead of the pre-formed plywood panels used in the original aircraft, the cockpit floor of...
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Dec 24, 20221 min read


Vertical Stabilliser and Rudder finished
✓ Vertical stabilser skinning completed ✓ Balance weight with covering fabricated and mounted ✓ Coverings for flap lever balance weigt...
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Oct 21, 20221 min read


Mechanical Stops Elevons
The mechanical limitation of the elevon control surface deflection is achieved through stops on a pair of levers. These stops are...
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Oct 2, 20221 min read


Nose Landing Gear Update 8
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...
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Sep 28, 20221 min read


Rudder Static Compensation
At the top of the vertical stabilizer, the weight for static balance is installed. It consists of two lead profiles, hidden under a...
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Sep 17, 20221 min read


The vertical stabiliser sheathed on both sides
The sheathing consists of four plywood segments with varying thicknesses and grain orientations, which had to be assembled into one piece...
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Sep 3, 20221 min read


Nose Landing Gear Update 7
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...
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Aug 20, 20221 min read


Habemus Main Landing Gear!
The perseverance has paid off. Thanks to the active search of numerous enthusiasts, two complete Bf-109 landing gear legs (ex Pilatus...
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Jul 6, 20221 min read


Construction flaw eliminated
I was never truly satisfied with the original design of the control cables for the rudder trim on the vertical stabilizer, particularly...
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Apr 15, 20221 min read


Nose Landing Gear Update 6
What are functional tests for? Exactly, to ensure that there are no unpleasant surprises. After the final parts were finally manufactured...
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Mar 16, 20221 min read


Nose Landing Gear Update 5
As part of the redesign of the nose landing gear mechanism, a locking device was also necessary to secure the gear in its retracted...
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Feb 19, 20221 min read


Nose Landing Gear update 4
he nose landing gear, along with the suspension and retraction mechanism, is now assembled. After the welded parts were stress-relieved,...
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Feb 3, 20221 min read


Nose Landing Gear update 3
The knee piece for the landing gear attachment is also fully welded. Together with the main fitting, both parts will now be...
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Dec 29, 20211 min read


Nose Landing Gear update 2
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...
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Dec 24, 20211 min read


Nose Landing Gear Update 1
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...
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Nov 22, 20211 min read


Re-design of the Nose Landing Gear
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...
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Oct 26, 20211 min read


Vertical Fin Attachment
The Attachment of the Tail Fin to the Fuselage is Complete The tail fin has been precisely positioned using lasers to ensure...
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Sep 26, 20211 min read


Rudder Lower Support
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...
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Sep 24, 20211 min read
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