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Yes indeed!

Baldwin drawings made a milestone. Got those complex heads drawn including most of the injection pump and fuel rack. Still have fuel lines to add. Injector piping itself is going to be too fine to print successfully. I might try just for fun, but don't have high expectations. That odd shadow coming off the middle of the engine is an aberration due to having the engine center below the imaginary horizon line.

BLH Injector Pumps

Had to redo the failed S-38 landing gear. This was version 3.0 and three times is a charm. I machined a new hub out of steel, using, for the first time, my 4-jaw independent chuck for my Taig Lathe. Never chucked up non-round stock before. It worked well, and it's fun. I you really want to get an object dead on, four jaws are actually more accurate with a dial indicator.

I soldered the new hubs to the existing cylinder struts and drilled the wheel hub to accept the turned 1/8" hub shaft.

S-38 Machining LG Hub

The little tails were cut off after this image.

S-38 LG Ver 3

Here are the wheels fully mounted. They're much stronger now. They snap in so securely, I won't have to epoxy them. That resin hub with the holes drilled through it weakened it a lot. The hinge pins on the ends are simulated. I actually thought about making it articulate, but that was silly since the hinges next fuselage are not movable. If the whole deal was metal, one could make them actually retractable. Oh well… All they need now is paint.

S-38 LG in Place LftS-38 LG in Place Rt

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