Scale F7F Tigercat 1/4 scale

[Forgues-Research]

Having some time in the shop before flying season arrives , which will be testing both the Laser and the Dalotel and also finishing the design and fabrication of a single stick for a friend

 

[BalsaDust]

This should be exciting.

 

[dhal22]

 

[WMcNabb]

What’s better than 1 radial engine?
Two, flying in formation!!

Great to see this thread! One of my favorite full scale aircraft.

 

[Forgues-Research]

designed and printed the nose wheel of the Tigercat, this is only a proof of concept, once please , it will be CNC in Titanium which is lighter then aluminum

 

[BalsaDust]

Nice work. Amazing what we can do wit h3D printers.

 

[TonyHallo]

Looks great, bet it will look even better in titanium!

 

[Snoopy1]

Titanium is very difficult to get. I was trying to get some titanium rods to make some threaded rod to mount a motor and was not able to find any. Where were you able to buy it.
How big is the wheel you are holding.

 

[Forgues-Research]

Looks great, bet it will look even better in titanium!

I mistakenly said it was going to be Titanium sorry but I meant Magnesium which is lighter then aluminum and a bit stronger,

 

[Forgues-Research]

designing the wheels, or should I say revising the drawings, to get a 6 inch outside dia of the whole wheel, the rim was enlarged and to keep the tire at the proper outside dia, I reduced the interior dia to give a more scale tire profile.
The different colors, is simply to help with the drawings, the red part is the wheel bearing retainer