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Here is one wheel fork with the hydraulic brake, a wheel fork with the wheel installed, and the fork doubler included with the HD option.

The center spar and left rear ribs. These ribs have 'L' stiffeners (primed grey here) to make them stronger since this section of wing is walked on while entering and exiting the plane.

The spar control stick mount can be seen on the left side of the picture.

This is the rear torque-tube (which the control stick is connected to) bearing and an aileron bellcrank. Both come as plain solid triangles of aluminum in the 50% kit.

The white blocks on both sides of the rear bearing are plastic through which the control cables pass.

The aileron bellcrank mounts to these fixtures.

These two nose ribs form the box that holds one landing gear leg. The leg is held in place by a steel bracket on the bottom and a 3/8" aluminum plate at the top. A bungee cord holds the gear at its lowest place when not deflected.

Aluminum extrusions are used to stiffen the landing gear on the bottom of the wing. These extrusions are bent to match the curve of the wing's leading edge by beating the hell out of the vertical flange with a hammer - this stretches the flanges and forces the bend.

This is the top view looking down into a gear leg assembly. You can see the bungee cord wrapped around the leg, and the 3/4" steel tube that rides up and down in the aluminum gear slides.

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