Wednesday 8 February 2017

Model details

A closer look
Pilot seat, wind screen, engine and airspeed indicator

Instruments and controls

Airspeed indicator, model Etévé, from WW I
Instrument panel
Instruments from left: rate of climb indicator, altimeter, tachometer, compass, pocket watch
Engine controls: power and mixture levers, near the engine the decompression lever

Control system

Front and rear wing linked together.
Wing actuation levers oriented conversely
Front wing control: stick pushed, trailing edge up
Front wing control, right
Rear wing control: stick pushed, trailing edge down
Rear wing control, right.
Rear wing control, left. Rudder control and rear landing gear
Front wing control, left

Landing gear

Pressed rim wheel, slide bearing
Axle suspension
Sprung rear support

Insignia

Registration (format abandoned 1929 ;-): H(olland) - P(ou) D(u) C(iel) C(ontrollable)
West-Frisian flag, H(enry) M(ignet) - (model) 14 (version) 2 (1936)

Tuesday 7 February 2017

Engine

Aubier et Dunne, 2-cylinder, 2-stroke, 17 h.p. engine
Carburettor and fuel filter
Fuel and oil supply, fuel gauges and oil flow indicator
Engine with tachometer cable, cylinder lubrication, exhaust tubing, decompression valves and ignition
Exhaust tubing
Cylinder lubrication
Cylinder heads with spark plugs and decompression valves
Engine mounting

Running engine

Not running
Slow
Fast running

Monday 6 February 2017

Building phase

 Fuselage

Fuselage sides
Undercarriage and control cut-outs
Fuselage under construction
Fuselage top view
Bottom view
Front bottom view
Fuselage nose
Control stick

Rudder

Just before covering

 Rear wing

Wing during construction
Top close-up

Front wing

Wing awaiting balsa covering rib fronts 
Wing centre with fuel tank bays and oil can mounting bracket
Before final covering
Wing tip
Fuel tanks and oil tank installed
Brass fuel tanks and oil tank made from oil can

Engine

3-D printed engine parts
Just foundry work ...
... after a metallic spray coating
3-D printed small parts: exhaust manifolds, decompression valves and  levers, various oil nipples, carburettor pieces, spark plugs, ignition cable exit box, tachometer pick-off
Engine dummy with built-in electric motor