Main Gear And Doors - Carf-Models MiG-15 Construction Manual

10. Main Gear & Doors
Work steps:
- fit the gear units into the mounts
- install struts, brakes and wheels
- mount the gear with each 4 M4 screws
- install the support air cylinder
- install small outer gear door and linkage
- install main gear door to the gear strut
- detail with vacuum formed sheets
- install inner gear door to fuselage
- install detailing
- build cylinder mounts and install gear door cylinders
If everything went well up to
that state of construction, you
finally reached the most
challenging point right now. It
took us months to determine
the correct angles of the
landing gear mounts, struts,
wheels and all, and still some
work is left up to you, as
manufacturing tolerances do
not allow to preset everything.
There is still a slight amount of
"try and error' to be figured out,
and the gear units might have
to be supported by thin
plywood sheets, acting as
spacers and angle adjusters,
down to the thickness of thin
cardboard, even this can make
a difference whether the
angles will work out or not.
So please accept, that we will
have to ask you for patience
again, but hopefully the last
time, to set everything right. Do
not expect it to be done in a
sunday afternoon. It takes
more time to do it right, but the
result is a very strong, reliable
gear system, which is 100%
scale in outfit and function.
Also the gear doors are
detailed inside and outside as
the original ones, and give the
plane the 100% authentic look
on the ground.