You all know the Fokker Wingnuts?
This one-armed wing nuts to fasten trim panels etc. ..?
No, not all?
OK, I'll tell a few words about it.
These wing nuts were in the original made from heavy brass - or later, when raw materials were scarce - made of iron.
The part with the female thread was spherical, and the wing is thicker toward the end.
The metal cover has been attached a washer which in the inner diameter of which was several millimeters larger than the threaded pin, which passed through this disc therethrough.
Thus, the contact area of the ball of the Fokker wing nut was relatively small.
Due to the weight and the fact that there was only one wing, a "coming loose" in flight - or so -, of these Fokker nuts was almost impossible.
Ok, so far so good.
Now back to modeling.
Specifically, to Lukasz from Taurus.
I asked him if he can manufacture these Fokker wing nuts in Resin.
"But that these things are damn small", I wrote him.
No problem, he wrote back, - If so, Then it's just a new interesting challenge for me - he said.
Well, we'll see - I thought to myself as I read his response.
On Monday of this week I got a small package of Lukasz.
There I was speechless when I saw the contents.
See for yourself, fine and tiny Fokker wing nuts from Resin. Even the threaded parts with the shims are there.
This man is a sorcerer
A Resin sorcerer.
And from now on I will call him only "Lukasz, the Resin sorcerer".
Servus
Bertl
P.S.
Unfortunately I have this weekend no time to test the handling with these mini-nuts.
I have to prepare my Kawasaki for the race track ......
But next week I'm testing - and will report.
