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Old 12-14-2007 | 01:01 AM
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Frank Alvarez
 
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Default RE: The new Saab J-35 Draken arrived!!!

The next few pictures of the aileron horn cut-out and the fitting of the to the wing.
Also, the forward fuselage avionics bay for some of the service units onboard the jet. The rear shot is of the main engine mount, yes, its true, the turbine for the Draken is mounted in the most rearward aft location in the fuselage! In the end I may need a short lenth dual wall exhaust tube for the gases to exit the last 1-1/2 foot of aft fuselage!
Perhaps the most profound moment for me is the fact that the Draken is now sitting quite nicely on her own gear!
I will be installing the nose gear steering servo forward, then the wing aileron flight control systems in the next few days. The elevator/trimmer system will be constucted concurrent to this for proper alignment of the trailing edge of the jet.
Here are the latest shots of the Draken.
Man she is huge!!!!!!!!!!!!
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