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Old 06-17-2015, 06:29 AM
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Originally Posted by SunDevilPilot
Just FYI,

I've been doing a bunch of "Modeling" just not on my project!

A friend of mine is in the final stages of an Aviation Concepts PT-19. He asked me to create the inner brakes and outer wheel cover for his plane. He enters scale competitions with his models so I had to work pretty hard on them. The inner portion remains stationary on the axle while the wheel turns. It attaches to the axle with a small set screw. There is about a 1/32 gap between the inner assembly and the wheel itself.

The first photo is of the landing gear of a PT-19 at Pima Air and Space Museum in Tucson. I had taken the photo when I heard my friend would be working on a new build and thought he may want it for reference. My friend did go down to Tucson and was allowed access to the plane where he took a bunch of photos.

They took a couple weekends to complete and I hope they added in a positive way to his model.

They aren't perfect but I had to work within the limitations of the Robart wheels he was using for this project.

SunDevilPilot

Hope that RICH Guy paid ya well for the lathe work. LOL