The control stick of the Arbalète contains the entire mixing mechanism for the elevons and is made up of 44 individual parts. The...

Pulleys in the required original size made from phenolic resin are no longer available. So, the only option left was to manufacture the...

A little masterpiece. Noble pine wood, laminated, grooved, and painted, with one side covered by a flanged aluminium sheet. This is more...

No, this is not the control room of a steamship. Here, the rudder control is routed via sprockets to the left side of the fuselage. The...

To install the control stick supports, the longerons had to be cut out in a semicircle. This meant manual work. First, roughly cut out...

A new chapter begins: the installation of the control elements. Here, too, each part has to be manufactured individually.

All the longerons are installed, the final corner strip is glued in, the contour has been uniformly fine-sanded, and the fuselage frame...

The upper main longerons and the forming stringers in the cockpit area have been glued in place along with the corner strips. The front...

The upper fuselage longerons are the longest components that need to be made in one piece. As a result, the table with the mould where...

All the corner strips are glued in, the contour is sanded, and the fuselage bottom is finished to the point where the top can now be...

Each fuselage longeon must be planed and sanded to the fuselage contour. By hand, with the help of form templates that were created on...

The bottom of the fuselage is assembled so far. However, before sanding the contour, there’s still one small detail to address: Corner...

The fuselage and wings of the Arbalète are permanently bonded. The mating surfaces must be absolutely precise, and the assembly of the...

The characteristic fuselage shape of the Arbalète, with the implied weapon bay, leads to interesting form stringers in this area. Once...

Two exceptionally strong bulkheads have been installed in the fuselage centre section. The wing spars will later be attached to these,...

With the first 8 bulkheads in position, the main longerons could already be installed.

The two main longerons are assembled and ready for installation

The two main longerons are made up of three segments, which are individually produced and then assembled. The rear segments, in turn,...

How much longer until they come up with a Mustang as a pickup too?!

The fuselage shape is starting to take form. The fifth bulkhead will absorb the forces from the nose landing gear and is therefore made...