Here’s a picture of the nose gear retracted.

If the nose gear gets turned while it’s retracted, the metal “fork” will catch on the edge of the opening and won’t be able to extend (I’ve been there before and it ain’t fun!).

To prevent this from happening, two “guides” are made to keep the nose gear from rotating once it’s retracted. The guides are made by creating flat, 1/8″ thick layups and letting them cure. Then cutting them out and attaching them to create the guides.

Once the layups cured, I cut out the guides and supports for the left and right.

Then the supports are attached to the guides with 5-minute epoxy. When that sets up 2 BID layups are used to permanently attach the supports to the guides.

Once those layups cure, they’re trimmed and then the guides are fitted to the opening in the nose with 5-minute epoxy. When that cures, a radius is created with micro and 2 BID attaches the guides to the fuselage.

Trimmed and ready to go.

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