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| edtherenderman | Cleveland Westland Whirlwind | Build | 30-Mar-22 11:23 |  |
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| 3D designed and printed the nose cone. Big holes for four 20MM cannons to stick out of. Lots of punch for a mid-1930’s British aircraft design! |
| edtherenderman | Cleveland Westland Whirlwind | Build | 30-Mar-22 11:21 |  |
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| Here is the tailwheel, which also retracts. Much simpler process here. Simple horizontal pivot. Wheel and yoke assemble was created in 3D and printed using my FDM 3D printer. |
| edtherenderman | Cleveland Westland Whirlwind | Build | 30-Mar-22 11:21 |  |
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| Gear fully retracted in the Nacelle. Looking down into the top of the nacelle. |
| edtherenderman | Cleveland Westland Whirlwind | Build | 30-Mar-22 11:20 |  |
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| Gear doors closed. Doors where created using the piece cut out of the nacelle as a buck, then vacuum formed styrene over the buck. The styrene was supper thin and flexible, so I built up the insides with many layers of tissue and EZ-Dope. The outsides where filled with spackling compound, sounded, tissued, doped and painted with sanding primer. I still need to add small magnets to keep the doors together when closed. |
| edtherenderman | Cleveland Westland Whirlwind | Build | 30-Mar-22 11:19 |  |
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| Inside of nacelle looking down. You can see the hinges for the gear doors. The tee pins will be replaced with hinge pins before installing the nacelle on the wing. |
| edtherenderman | Cleveland Westland Whirlwind | Build | 30-Mar-22 11:18 |  |
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| Did not estimate that it would take over a month of weekends and evenings to get the landing gear sorted, but here it is. Starboard landing gear down. |
