Today, as I continue with my parts inventory, I’m also working on batching items that need to be sent out to be welded. It’s a good time for me to be doing this because I don’t have much happening on the S-51 build at this time. Partly because I’m deeply involved in building the F1 […]
Stewart 51 – Landing Gear Retract Components
Another part shipment showed up on my doorstep today containing many landing gear retract components. These parts came from an S-51 builder out of Utah who has pretty much completely redesigned the entire Stewart 51 landing gear retraction system. The original parts supplied with the kits were pretty inferior. Included in this parts shipment are […]
Stewart 51 – Main Landing Gear Forks Arrive
I have just returned from Oshkosh Air Venture and picked up my main landing gear forks. While at Oshkosh I was able to meet up with a fellow Stewart 51 builder who brought the forks with him to the show. This builder did a bunch of machining on the new forged steel forks which was a huge help for […]