August 15, 2014

Landing gear Frwd. bracket

Need to wait until September before i can start building the fusolage, because i want to talk about my project with Frank.. first, which is a experienced welder, that has done a lot of work around here.
Anyway i'm on vacation! So i've time to build some spare parts!


I ordered a pice of 4130N steel 0.100" thick from ACS, and drew template on A4 adhesive sheet of paper that i've cut and attached on for reference.





Than i made rough cut! Fortunally my vertical bendsaw works great!
 Shaping project whit files.

I use 6"-10" flat file first, than 4" half round, for smoot trim and shaping round corners,and also a 4"-6" round file on narrow corners.
Finally i sand all borders with a 120 grit cloth sandpaeper.








All Drilled!! still need to bend the two tabs and weld tubes.