Tonight at the shop it’s just me and some Glenfiddich 14 and some raw 4130.
Landing gear. The Baby Ace take Cub landing gear of which I have but I want to make my own just because fabrication is the fun. Tonight I cleaned up one end of some a Cub gear just to examine it and see if I can’t mentally deconstruct it. As you can see by the photos the factory gear is made slightly different than the Wag-Aero replica gear.
Looks like Piper factory cut the end differently and I’m sure because of mass production they had a unique process that was fast and efficient for the time period. I’m following the Wag-Aero plans.






Landing gear. The Baby Ace take Cub landing gear of which I have but I want to make my own just because fabrication is the fun. Tonight I cleaned up one end of some a Cub gear just to examine it and see if I can’t mentally deconstruct it. As you can see by the photos the factory gear is made slightly different than the Wag-Aero replica gear.
Looks like Piper factory cut the end differently and I’m sure because of mass production they had a unique process that was fast and efficient for the time period. I’m following the Wag-Aero plans.





