This model should be much simpler than the Warhound. On further watching the video I see that both forward and back actuators pivot on both ends and double as hydraulic cylinders to extend the pad and shock struts (No small feat of engineering that!) but when the strut is full extended down the front and rear cylinders become shock struts and are able to compress and absorb the landing shock.Īnd very little room is taken up when fully retracted.īelow is my interpretation of the landing gear mechanism: Here's the result of a mis-spent Saturday morning:ĭesigning a viable landing gear was paramount on my mind for the past weekend until I saw this video. And where are the actuators for the forward cargo hatch/ramp?) All these problems will have to be addressed before the interior detail can be affixed Someone's in for a bit of a shock when that nose gear bursts thru the cargo compartment floor (All together now, "Poor engineering planning FW, nowheres near as well thought out as the Warhound. (Poor baby Blackadder.)Īny way the floor is done and the side panels are clamped in place but I won't be gluing just yet because I still haven't figured out where the landing gear cylinder goes when the nose gear is retracted. I thought I'd never find a use for this size strip but I ran out two strips short of finishing and had to buy more. Sometimes I wonder why I start these things, they monopolize a lot of time plus I ran out of crucial styrene for the floor ribs and had to make a hobby shop run this morning. Not so with the Jumbo 'hawk the interior is coming along nicely but is a chore. I know there is a wealth of detail in the FW kit, (They should invest some of that energy in making their moulds stable.) but what I have seen in most of the resin kits I've rescued is that the hatches are glued shut, the doors are inoperable and if there is a panel that can be removed to veiw some internal component it is invariably cemented in place for eternity. I'm going to stick with the cargo bay cockpit and under the air brake flaps.
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