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                  Dauphin N-4 build-up
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The inner bay finished is semi-gloss black,
cockpit pics coming soon, console sides are
black. Springs shown here for luggage bay doors.

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Landing light bay area, there are two lights, like  I said
before, there are usally two to do!

Light semi- extended.


Light fully extended and on.

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Close up of light and reference shot, scale is perfect as per full size!
It will look superb when they drop with gear!

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FRRetracted position up and away.

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This is how it works, the whole system weighs less than an ounce. A hollow alu rod rides
on brass bushes(5/32" tube) bedded into hard balsa blocks, spare servo arms glue to sanded
portion of shaft (1/8" dia) with stabilt express glue. works great!!!
The center arm ties into the main control for the retract servo that is to be mounted
up front now to accomodate the fully scale nose wheel assembly that is coming soon.
 I will go over lighting install with part numbers and how to get em asap!
The lights will have 2800 candlepower and turn on when lowered via electrical
relay to reciever. Those are standard airplane E-Z connectors to hook up and adjust
light pushrods. Everything gets hidden under cockpit floor.
Kevlar/carbon can be seen here in floor/prototype only .
 

In order to save some filler and paint weight on the balsa skins,
I chose to metal tape them instead and the results are great.
Metal up front on little door, sanded 2 nd door, and 3 rd door
is primered in foreground.


Here is a better shot of finished inner doors.
 
 

More to come...



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