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)

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

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