Hi all you religious followers (I've met one so I know you exist)
Not updated this website as it doesn't add to my business particularly with most trade being word of mouth.
However I wanted to mention I am still working on the SSDR when I get a moment between the Tiger Moth projects and other work.
I have completed the flap assembly on the second wing, this took quite a bit of effort as despite best efforts the flap position was slightly different, so I had to remove the flap bearing ..... arms/wings I guess you would call them, and fit blank ones and pickup on the track centers manually.
The aileron installation and controls are also replicated in the second wing. Without issue.
I have just upgraded the undercarriage considerably. I decided the wheels I machined up from bar (4.5") the largest I could source, and the sack barrow tyres, about 9" diameter, where just too small for the scale of the aircraft, rabbit hole threat. So I aquired some ultralight wheels with incoorperated disc brakes. They are about 13" diameter and weigh the same as my machined wheels.
I originally replicated the square block, box section undercarriage design that is utilised on my Menestrel, this essentially has an aluminium block riveted to the top of the leg strut, that slides inside the box section top leg, it retains allignment and holds the rubber shocks on the top.
I decided the scale of the new wheels, and the small box section I opted for, would provide too much torque for the sliding block, so I designed, fabricated, welded on bushings, and fitted torque links to each leg which I'm quite pleased with.
