Replicating the F-14 Landing Gear
Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2011 6:50 am
I have been having a lot of inquiries about making the replacement landing gear for the F-14.
Picking up after the now infamous Sky-----
These landing gear were not made by the proprietor of that now defunct web company.
He may have plotted the design of it but the originals were either made with a 3D printer or CNC machine.
Then they were subed out to a metal caster which they were made.
They were plenty complicated being used statically 3-4 more times complicated if they were to function.
That is why they were never made that way.
I do not have the savvy to plot a computer in 3D mode nor do I have a printing bot.
But I do know how to make moulds and copy parts.
I also know a guy who makes metal toy figures. He uses the heat vulcanising for his molds. They are put into a high speed spinner and the metal is melted poured into the middle of the mould and with centrifical force the metal fills the moulds.
I have lost contact with him after the storm. But he could be around.
So if anybody has any original Sky----- landing gear and is willing to send them to me so I can replicate them.
Maybe I could.
Of course after the never ending Horten project.
This will go on the list if ever the Horten project finishes.
Picking up after the now infamous Sky-----
These landing gear were not made by the proprietor of that now defunct web company.
He may have plotted the design of it but the originals were either made with a 3D printer or CNC machine.
Then they were subed out to a metal caster which they were made.
They were plenty complicated being used statically 3-4 more times complicated if they were to function.
That is why they were never made that way.
I do not have the savvy to plot a computer in 3D mode nor do I have a printing bot.
But I do know how to make moulds and copy parts.
I also know a guy who makes metal toy figures. He uses the heat vulcanising for his molds. They are put into a high speed spinner and the metal is melted poured into the middle of the mould and with centrifical force the metal fills the moulds.
I have lost contact with him after the storm. But he could be around.
So if anybody has any original Sky----- landing gear and is willing to send them to me so I can replicate them.
Maybe I could.
Of course after the never ending Horten project.
This will go on the list if ever the Horten project finishes.