Planes or aircrafts made out of LEGO Technic parts, is something quite unusual to see and difficult to create with a good appearance.
Maybe the most recent new parts will turn this a bit easier and we will see them more often.
At least, this is what Khan (Ismaël Juhoor) may lead us to think, after his fantastic Pilatus PC-21 trainer aircraft.
Very well done, full of details and plenty of sweet functions. 
Among its features we have:
- Dihedral angled wings
- Detailed front cockpit
- 5 Blades Propeller
- Retractable 3-wheeled landing gear
- Steerable nosewheel and rudder
- Ailerons control
- Elevator control with trim
- Dual student/instructor controls for these 3 last functions
- Ejection seats
- Slotted flaps
Khan as also published some CAD representations of a few mechanisms from this aircraft, like the retractable and steerable nosewheel and ejection seats, at SeTechnic forum.
You may find a lot more photos with details about this model, at Khan's host, with names matching "pilatus*.jpg".
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7 comments:
This is one of the most visually stunning models I have seen in a long time. And from the video, there are some lovely tech touches to it.
Well done!
VERY impresive and lots of functions cramed into such a small package
Really great model. Awesome.
I am a big fan of planes, and this one is very well done. Not just the plenty of functions, but also it is all done in a relatively small size - great work!
The ejection seats are the best feature.
I like the nose wheel the most:
A brilliant combination of functions in such a small scale.
Always nice to see a modulo-5 item, in this case the propeller. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 are easy, 5 is not.
Also good that the Technic bodywork parts work for this model. It's not always easy to integrate them.
Mark
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