Category Archives: Landing Gear

Foundation pier and landing gear scaling

Posted on November 10, 2010 by admin

Just looked back at an insightful reader comment from Darth Humorous from April 2010 about the difference in scale from the 80 foot set blueprints vs. the current 114 foot full size dimension: “The plans for the landing gear are … Continue reading →

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More landing gear components

Posted on November 25, 2007 by admin
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Landing Gear

Posted on November 20, 2007 by admin

Been working on breaking the landing gear drawings down into the component parts. These should be fairly simple to construct. The central tube will be about a 12″ diameter PVC pipe that will serve as the form for the reinforced … Continue reading →

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Exterior project components

Posted on February 15, 2007 by admin

I’ve identified these exterior project components: Armaments Dish antenna Foundation Landing gear Structural steel framing Ramp Lighting Outer hull and plating Weatherproofing Paint and weathering Rough-in Each of these will likely have several sub-projects associated with them.

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