AAV Drop Ship

[yuumi2891103]

Thanks for your kind words, my friends.
Now I'm back to normal operation.

Here's the small progress of the last 2 days.

I've been working on the gear-down mechanisms.

This part will be finished soon.

Thanks for looking,

katsu

 

[Hagoth]

So glad you are back to normal operation!
Those gear drivers are sweet. Always amazing to see simple household articles become tech hardware.

 

[yuumi2891103]

Thank you,Hagoth-san!

 

[edge10]

Glad you are feeling better Katsu-san.

Why do I get the feeling this vehicle will actually fly, when you are done?

 

[stevielewis]

So glad you are feeling much better Katsu-san. You always do something amazing with simple items.

 

[Pcoz]

Amazing as usual....

 

[SmilingOtter]

Glad you are feeling better Katsu-san.

Why do I get the feeling this vehicle will actually fly, when you are done?

I would not be even slightly surprised.

 

[yuumi2891103]

Thank you very much for your comment.
Your praises are really making me feel better by far!

All the best!

 

[kerick]

The landing gear is top notch as always my friend!
Glad it was only a cold and that you are back to normal again.

 

[yuumi2891103]

Thank you, Ken-san! I'm OK and my wife took 7 days of spring holidays.
While I am on the workbench, she is petting her plants in our small garden.

The fitting and its movement of the landing gears.

I think it's OK with me.
I will make some fairings for the box modules.

Thanks for looking!

katsu

 

[Analyzer]

It is always nice to take some time off


Those landing gear look awesome

Very cool to see the APC under there

 

[joberg]

Landing gear and stance of the whole drop ship is cool Noticed that the real landing gears are touching the side of the vehicle
I'm sure that could be fixed. Eager to see your next update Katsu-san

 

[Hagoth]

Very nice execution and deployment of that landing gear! Give a nice image of the AAV loading sequence.

 

[yuumi2891103]

It is always nice to take some time off


Those landing gear look awesome

Very cool to see the APC under there

Thank you, Analyzer-san!

Landing gear and stance of the whole drop ship is cool Noticed that the real landing gears are touching the side of the vehicle
I'm sure that could be fixed. Eager to see your next update Katsu-san

Aghhh!! ... No sweat.
I didn't put the fixture for the claw on top of the roof. So the ship will be about 1/3 inch higher. Not the wide gap but it will be OK.
I will test fit them again later.

By the way, I think I need to change the thin coil springs inside the landing gear strut to a bit stronger one. So that the ship could hold the appropriate height. Maybe a spring of the ballpoint pen or I will make some if it's still weak.
Thanks for the close looking at my model.

Very nice execution and deployment of that landing gear! Give a nice image of the AAV loading sequence.

Thank you very much, Hagoth-san!

I will fix some issues and adjust the gears and post the results in a couple of days.

Thank you very much, my friends!

katsu

 

[Analyzer]

By the way, I think I need to change the thin coil springs inside the landing gear strut to a bit stronger one. So that the ship could hold the appropriate height. Maybe a spring of the ballpoint pen or I will make some if it's still weak.

In metalsmithing, we used to harden silver, brass, and bronze wire by heating it until it was red hot, then quenching it in water

That caused it to retain it's shape better without bending as easily. It might help in creating more support for homemade springs

 

[yuumi2891103]

In metalsmithing, we used to harden silver, brass, and bronze wire by heating it until it was red hot, then quenching it in water

That caused it to retain it's shape better without bending as easily. It might help in creating more support for homemade springs

Thanks for your kind tips! Yes, I did heat up the 0.8 mm thin piano wire with my gas burner but it was broken when I tried to coil it. Maybe my heat control was not good enough or anything. Then I found that it doesn't need to heat up if I use 0.5 mm piano wire. And I got a one with good tensioning.

Wrap with 0.5 mm piano wire around 3 mm screw bolt to make a coil spring.

So, I made whole new landing gears.

Thanks for looking!
And again, thank you Analyzer-san!
katsu

 

[SmilingOtter]

Just beautiful.

 

[Analyzer]

That piano wire seems to have worked out perfectly!

 

[NakedMoleRat]

I’m constantly blown away by your work. The only thing this doesn’t have is a fuel tank. If it did, I believe it would fly.

 

[Hagoth]

Fantastic work here my friend! Piano wire spring making technique is simple and effective. Great demo video.