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...

The nose wheel was stored in a dark cellar of a Venom owner. Thankfully, he was willing to sell it to me. However, I'm still missing the...

The fabrication of the foot part was a real challenge. The cutting and bending of the individual sheet metal pieces was done entirely by...

Countless litres of shielding gas, several metres of welding wire, and a worn-out metal cutter later, the second fitting for the vertical...

The first fitting for the attachment of the vertical stabiliser spar has been made. That took a solid four days of focused metalworking...

The anchor for the forward vertical stabiliser mounting consists of three parts, each a welded construction made from CrMo sheet metal.

The past few weeks I spent, for a change, not in the workshop but on holiday. This doesn’t mean the project has come to a halt, though....

The control of the rudder tab is routed from the compensation mechanism via two deflection levers and three control rods to the...

Assembling the gearbox took longer than expected. The tapered pins for securing the cross lever are not available on this side of the...

The individual parts of the gearbox have been manufactured and some are already assembled.

The mechanism for controlling the trim tab on the rudder is causing issues. Only two drawings are available, which are far from...

The pulleys and cable guides in the landing gear compartment have been installed. The bases are made exceptionally sturdy. A size...