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Old 01-24-2018, 05:03 PM
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Cool Landing gear struts

The upper nose gear structural assembly has wood dowel that is cut to shape and glued using super glue at the joints. It is then covered up with the card.
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and the upper gear is installed
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now it is complete and in place
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Main gear struts are metal paperclip cores that are wrapped.
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now wheels are added
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note the tilt angle
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and installed
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the rest of the details will be added next


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