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Looks great. Keep going and keep us updated.

She has wheels! Maybe held on with clamps, some bolts are the wrong length and I know it’s the wrong stub wing rib but….. she has wheels! Not long now before I can sit in her and make silly aeroplane sounds!

14 deg 30 min on my drawings. I get the undercarriage back from the welders in the next few days, I will post some photos.

Not by me! There is a company near me which makes replicas of historic cars, fantastic craftsmen and great welders.

Undercarriage mounting brackets. 14 deg +/- 30 mins! Just need to finish the centre spar. She will soon be on her legs.

I may have sourced some links which have been CNC’d from an aluminium block, they look nice - but they haven’t come back to me with the cost 😬

Productive couple of days in the workshop. Undercarriage stop rings, axles and torque link brackets all done. Soon it will be welding time. Just need to make the torque links. The brackets for the legs are with the welder now. After the torque links I need to assemble the centre spar and then I will have an aeroplane on its wheels 😁

Just collected my legs from a local engineering firm. They have done a great job. Axles and torque links next and I will have a pair of undercarriage legs 😁

Happy Christmas Don, every job is one less😃

The rudder cables were - as you said straight forward. Elevator I am still working on, but I had a breakthrough when a friend sent me some pictures of the inside of his machine. Some angled pulleys has made for a neat system, so I will try to replicate that. He also had an issue with the aileron cables. As he moved the stick fore and aft the ailerons moved as the cable was tensioned. Both ailerons going up or down together. He has solved that by routing the cable from the bottom of the stick through the torque tube (picture attached). I am going for steam gauges, simple, reliable.

It’s with a specialist VW company. I’m not that good!

Hi Don, Its too cold in my workshop to glue at this time of year so I am getting on with the metalwork. I have got the wing fittings water jet cut. Much better than laser as the laser heat treats the metal as it cuts. Undercarriage and associated fittings are progressing. Engine? After much angst I am going for a VW 1776cc with a 110 or scat 25 cam. Single port heads with 1:1:1 rockers. This should give enough power but the torque will be lower in the rev range. The case has been vapour blasted, now to get a line bore.

Looking good. We have had the same drone issues here in the UK - looking at military bases mainly 😱

Warm day here in the UK, so that random it’s a glue day! Replacing the rear spar on the Mono’s tailplane.

To be honest I am just kicking around ideas. I don’t have much contact with other Taylor Mono owners as they all seem to live on the other side of the UK from me. So as my build progresses, just trying to see what other people think. It’s part of the fun of the build 😁