California Smelly...yak 2

[MarnochS]

continuing on with the gear leg installation. Recessing the pieces into the balsa.

[MarnochS]

Long legs....and some hanger flying.....

[MarnochS]

Mounting the Gear leg sockets......
Looking at the 3-view and pictures, the wheel axle looks to be even with the leading edge of the wing.




Finally settled on the gravity method to hold the gear leg in place, also since the leg has about 7 degrees of forward sweep, I opted to angle the bottom mounting plate and back-fill with WestSystem epoxy/404 filler. I placed three 0.130 shims on the back of the mounting plate to get the correct angle


....the inside is never pretty .....

[ARUP]

Where's that beer?

[MarnochS]

It's super plush on the initial part of the stroke too.......going to be like landing on a couch.

[gunny11]

Nah! What Scot is doing is totally Cool!

[gunny11]

That gear is totally sweet!

[MarnochS]

It's just a nickel and dime project

[jgallacher]

Looks like it costs a lot to glue the wings together

[BryanB]

Gunny is going to have to step it up to have the coolest tow plane on the circuit!

[MarnochS]

On to the Wing and gear mounts
Ordered the scale landing gear from Air World RC and they survived shipping......




The Air World Z-37 gear is 24mm OD so some minor adjustments was made to the mounting plates along with the new 24mm ID carbon tube as a socket.

[MarnochS]

Whew, glad that part's over with.

[MarnochS]

Thanks Guys,

The all important engine controls..... with an off-set on the choke arm for the proper geometry



I love my Dremel 90 degree attachment to get into those spaces that need servo wire holes.



Figured I would have my best luck with the front wind screen if I glued the pieces on first and then cut things out. Accidentally glued a good patch of skin on my finger to the wood......... couldn't get a picture of it as the camera was too far away, needless to say some quality time slowly peeling my "signaling" finger off.......

[kjkavaney]

"Smokin" as they say...WOW

[ARUP]

+1 on the louvres!