The past few weeks I focused on engineering work. Since the original nose landing gear retraction system proved to be problematic it needed to be 

The attachment of the vertical fin is completed.The exact positioning was done by the help of a laser  beam before the holes were drilled. That’s

The bottom bearing of the rudder also carries the pulleys for the cables. It is a fairly complicated structure built from 1.0mm CrMo sheet metal.

The hint from a good old Air Force colleague sounded very promising. According to him there is a familiar looking nose gear on exhibit at

The vertical stabiliser forward attachment brackets are completed and installed.The next building step will be the attachment of the vertical stabiliser spar to the fuselage.

The drawing of the nose landing gear and its mechanical components on CAD took me several weeks. The gear retraction and extention is actuated through

A spontaneous visit to a Venom owner paid out. The wheel was hidden away in a dark basement for decades. Fortunately the owner was prepared

Manufacturing the base attachment plate proved to be a real challenge. Cutting out and bendig each metal part took hours of pure handwork. In order

Countles liters of Argon, several feet of welding wire plus one dull milling cutter, the second bracket is completed.

The first bracket for the vertical fin mount is completed. It took me a full four days of intensive metalwork and welding, reject included.  Note