Has Anyone Seen Me?...my name is N3N

Well, I meant IATA. *Ahem*


I sure am 125.73% Kraut (mostly sour), but that doesn't stop me from being interested in aviation in the country that took the concept and ran hog wild with it. I've got almost all of Rob Serling's books about airline biographies* plus some about the wild 1980s and each is a much more interesting read than any state-run airline here or elsewhere (well, maybe Aeroflot) could have ever provided - even Interflug, which I hold dear for different reasons.

My enthusiasm for trains stays within the country border or at least on the continent though.




* All ordered online from second had bookstores based in the UK or USA. The one about Eastern is doubly special because Frank Borman himself had signed it for the original owner.
 
Ahem. Jeeves was a valet, not a butler. He occasionally butled at a pinch but only if absolutely necessary, what what!
 
who ever heard of a valet who butles...prap's on the docks after midnight one might imagine but certainly not in society..gad
 
anyone who is familiar with a netflix show 'F is for Family' must chuckle at these old Mohawk Airline references..
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and I can't help but wonder if this ever happened in flight..
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Oh NO! It's the Demogorgon from Stranger Things! Seriously though, this is awesome accessibility! I wonder why this wasn't done on the Mars rather than risk dropping cowling panels into the drink? (Other than getting past the side petals via the attachable work platforms would've been tricky if they were open.)
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Hi Jan,

I'm hoping that you will have the chance to grace us here with an occasional progress update on your Convair project.

Bill
 
I'll loan you my stick..it says 'N3N' on it but that isn't important right now - Jan (and the horse) don't care either way
 
Well, slowly but steadily is the word today guys. Finishing up the maingearbays including anims and such.

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Did some work on the N3N too, Heywoody ! Putting the first gauges in the Convair VC so i put some in the N3N's VC as well. :smile:

Note: actually quite surprised to see the main landinggear doors being closed/opend by the gear's front folding strut pushing down on/letting go of (thru a spring) both doors' connection strut. No hydraulics or electrics involved...sort of an Aha erlebnis for me.. Good example of KISS :cool:

Until later,
Jan
 
that is some very CLEAN work, Jan...

also a nice engineering touch at Convair..less is more- or at least equal in this case
 
Thank H. ! Yeah, i was actually thinking of popping the question here: anyone knows what that contraption is for that connects both doors ?.... Adding it to the model and playing around with it made the quarter drop... hehe.. No way of seeing landinggears/doors at work in RW videos of course. Still not sure about if the aft part of the nacelle, in conjunction with the flaps, moves independently of the flaps movement..

cheers,
jan
 
Jan, I believe there's a hydraulic arm that runs upwards from the center of the linkage, which is how the two doors actuate in sync. Vertical motion translates into opening and closing via the contraption.

C
 
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