The motorbox is almost complete. I will not move to the next step just yet, as you are all aware, I am paying special attention to the landing gear plate and the support for this, in particular, my concern of this area failing. I do not know about you all, but i prefer the landing gear to break (fracture), instead of the wood frame. Would this be an accurate statement? Some will say, well , you want the gear plate to give. But to me, it is much more difficult to repair, than to replace a CF landing gear. Interesting to hear what you all have to say.
In any event, this is where I am at so far.
I have drilled my holes thru Landing gear and thru the plate, and thru the 1/2" hardwood runners.
Then, I have glued in 1/2" by 1/2" aluminum angles, that run pretty good both ways from the screw hole area, and these are 1/8" thick. Pretty darn tough and hard to bend.
Ok, now, on top of that, i glued on a 1/2" aluminum bar, this, is also 1/8" thick.
Once this glue cures, i will remove all of the extruded glue, and then clean this area up, and then glue in some oak dowels, 1/2 by 1/2", and use blind nuts.
I think this will be pretty darn tough.
