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Some time back there was a bit of discussion on making new struts from scratch. It was especially interesting to those of us with really old planes since we didn't want the larger size of the new replacement struts that were all that was available right after the strut mess from the factory (the OLD factory, not the current one).
Now there are struts available from several sources and the Wag ones are even very close to the size of my pre-war ones.
Back then I talked about a friend I have in Germany who is making his own streamline tube from round stock. Better late than never I have some pictures of his process and tools. Achim Engels, from Fokker-Team-Schorndorf, makes WW-I replicas that are really works of art and so accurate he puts his own stamp on every part. Museum experts have mistaken his work for originals!
You can see more of his work in the FTS thread at http://www.worldwar1aeroplanesinc.or...splay.php?f=97
Hank
Now there are struts available from several sources and the Wag ones are even very close to the size of my pre-war ones.
Back then I talked about a friend I have in Germany who is making his own streamline tube from round stock. Better late than never I have some pictures of his process and tools. Achim Engels, from Fokker-Team-Schorndorf, makes WW-I replicas that are really works of art and so accurate he puts his own stamp on every part. Museum experts have mistaken his work for originals!
You can see more of his work in the FTS thread at http://www.worldwar1aeroplanesinc.or...splay.php?f=97
Hank
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