What do you need to cut a glider cockpit in half?  A reciprocating saw and a hacksaw, that's what!  After 2 hours of very loud noises we finally managed to get it apart, which will allow me to construct a mock up frame and work out where the hell I'm going to put the hydraulic rams!

We've taken the executive decision to cut the cockpit in half behind the first seat.  This will mean that we can get much greater angles of pitch and roll without the entire thing being miles off the ground!  These pictures are the result of me preparing it to be cut in half.  I've removed the rear joystick and a couple of the control cable fittings, and the flap and spoiler controls have been disconnected.  The landing gear controls were proving tricky (They are locked in place and the split pin is impossible to get at...), so we took the combat engineering approach and grabbed a large pair of bolt cutters.  :P

My stunningly sophisticated modelling equipment.  It's a start, ok?

You can barely notice it's there!  :P  

I think it's safe to say that we got a couple of funny looks  :P

Cradle finished and ready to go!!

Here are the photos from the weekend.