The central wing struts of the aircraft and the stabilizer
The Potez 58 had several struts to maintain the geometry of the aircraft. The 4 main ones went from the bottom of the fuselage to the outer parts of the…
Potez 58′ slats
The Potez 58 was equipped with fixed slats on the leading edge of the wing. These are small fixed airfoils designed to prevent airflow at high angles of attack and…
Potez 58 and the back and forth cable controls
My house work is finished and I have resumed the construction of my Potez 58 at 1/6.6 scale. On this video, a progress report of the construction and in particular…
To make the base of the fin
The profile of the stabilizer of my Potez 58 is bi-convex, while the bottom of the fin is flat. The fin will be glued on the stabilizer and it is…
The struts of the aircraft
I was able to finish the shrouds which are profiled and effective on this model, as I did not put any reinforcements between the spars. So the adjustment to keep…
Realization of a scale model landing gear: The Potez 58, episode 2/2
The second part of the video describing the construction of a scale landing gear on an 1/6.6 Potez 58 aircraft. In this second episode, you will see the inner legs,…
The Potez 58 landing gear: Final assembly
In this last step, I will show you the method used to assemble my landing gear. To get started, here is a picture with the equipment I will need. As…
Realization of a scale model landing gear: The Potez 58, episode 1/2
Video describing the construction of a model landing gear on a Potez 58 airplane at scale 1/6.6. In this first episode, you will see the realization of the damped leg,…
Potez 58’s landing gear : Part 4: Leg scale details.
What I described earlier in the articles was the general structure of the landing gear and the damped leg. The next step is to "dress" the inner legs and add…
The Potez 58’s landing gear: 2nd and 3rd part, the connecting piece and the inner legs
Part 2: The connecting piece between the fuselage and the moving leg Once the damped leg was prepared, I started work on the connecting piece between the fuselage and the…
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