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Rudder Compensation Mechanism Installed
Assembling the gearbox took longer than expected. The tapered pins for securing the cross lever are not available on this side of the...
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May 15, 20211 min read


Rudder Compensation Mechanism
The individual parts of the gearbox have been manufactured and some are already assembled.
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Apr 23, 20211 min read


Reversed Engineering
The mechanism for controlling the trim tab on the rudder is causing issues. Only two drawings are available, which are far from...
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Apr 7, 20211 min read


Elevon Trim, Even More Pulleys
The pulleys and cable guides in the landing gear compartment have been installed. The bases are made exceptionally sturdy. A size...
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Mar 28, 20211 min read


Elevon Trim Pulleys
Small Pulleys, Big Effort. In the construction drawings, the cables for the elevon trim run along the right cockpit wall towards the...
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Mar 24, 20211 min read


Rudder Control Cables Installed
According to the original drawings, all control cables were spliced. However, the lateral spacing of the cables was so tight that the...
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Mar 11, 20211 min read


Elevon Control Fully Installed
With the installation of the last two control rods, the elevon control in the fuselage is now complete.
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Feb 18, 20211 min read


Further Control Rods Installed
Two more control rods have been completed and installed. The required aluminium tube dimensions of 15.0 x 2.0 are no longer available....
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Feb 17, 20211 min read


Control Levers Behind the Seat
More levers. The bearings for these levers are directly mounted on the support of the nose landing gear. However, this support only...
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Feb 12, 20211 min read


Levers for Elevons Controls Installed
The levers connect the control system in the fuselage to the control rods in the wings. The short levers lead to the compensation tab on...
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Feb 11, 20211 min read


First Control Rods Installed
The control rods under the seat have been installed. Each rod consists of 16 individual parts. Riveting the end pieces gave me quite a...
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Feb 6, 20211 min read


Shaft for Rudder Compensation Tab Installed
The drive for the rudder compensation tab is routed through an inclined shaft at the rear of the fuselage. A bent lever is attached at...
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Jan 30, 20211 min read


Intermediate Shaft for Rudder Control
The rudder cable control is routed from the left side of the fuselage to the central axis in the rear fuselage section. This is achieved...
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Dec 18, 20201 min read


Control Stick
The control stick of the Arbalète contains the entire mixing mechanism for the elevons and is made up of 44 individual parts. The...
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Nov 10, 20201 min read


Pulleys for Rudder Control
Pulleys in the required original size made from phenolic resin are no longer available. So, the only option left was to manufacture the...
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Aug 14, 20201 min read


Elevon Trim Wheel
A little masterpiece. Noble pine wood, laminated, grooved, and painted, with one side covered by a flanged aluminium sheet. This is more...
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Jun 1, 20201 min read


Rudder Mechanism
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...
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May 9, 20201 min read


Control Stick Support
To install the control stick supports, the longerons had to be cut out in a semicircle. This meant manual work. First, roughly cut out...
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May 7, 20201 min read


Rudder and Brake Pedals
A new chapter begins: the installation of the control elements. Here, too, each part has to be manufactured individually.
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Apr 27, 20201 min read


Fuselage Frame Construction Complete
All the longerons are installed, the final corner strip is glued in, the contour has been uniformly fine-sanded, and the fuselage frame...
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Apr 19, 20201 min read
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