Sunday, 20 September 2009

L/G - doing things the hard way

Because I want a cargo ramp on the bottom, to allow for a small rover, the ground clearance has to be quite high. I also want the L/G to be sprung to absorb the impact of touchdown, and they'll have to fit at in a tight spot at an odd angle (both vertically and horizontally).

I've spent hours trying to figure out how I want these to mount.


I used the drawing (see previous post) as a template for the parts.

The mock-up of the mech works as expected (shown below, without the "leg" part attached).


They'll be painted eventually.



I had to make a small mod to stop the coil spring clashing with the lower arm.



I think I'll have to make it a bit shorter too.

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