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edtherendermanCleveland Westland WhirlwindBuild13-Mar-22 18:29
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Fully retracted
edtherendermanCleveland Westland WhirlwindBuild13-Mar-22 18:28
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Gear partially retracted.
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edtherendermanCleveland Westland WhirlwindBuild13-Mar-22 18:28
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Gear fully down from the top as if looking into the engine nacelle.
edtherendermanCleveland Westland WhirlwindBuild13-Mar-22 18:27
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The landing gear is another engineering challenge. I was able to find an original drawing of the landing gear configuration, which was really helpful. I didn’t understand how the supporting struts worked until I found it. So I spend several evening trying to create the struts using brass and copper tubing, but realized I could 3D print them with enough detail and strength to work. I had already cut the gear doors out of one of the nacelles and was able to use that as a rig. After getting everything working, I created a test rig out of bamboo skewers for to build the other side. Here is the gear in fully down position.
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