BwanaJoe

[QUOTE=BryanR;31627]I received my gimbals in the mail from Aerodrome Accessories. Now I just needed to figure out a good way to install them.

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I was planing on gluing the ball part into the plane, and mounting the ring part on a stand like Col. Hajj suggests. I even ordered a bunch of extra ball bearings so I could switch out all my minis, and future minis with the ringed pegs. But I couldn't bring my self to drill into my minis, so I opted for the following solution.

I wanted a way to give the most realistic hinge point while maintaining the size of the peg, so the plane would be at the same height as a plane without a gimbal. Also so it would be obvious what altitude the plane was at if I ever decided to use the altitude rules. This is a highly technical mechanical drawing of my plan:

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All I need to do was to put the gimbal inside the peg.

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And like magic it is done! Click here to see the Detail of how it was done: [URL]http://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/showthread.php?p=31848#post31848[/URL]

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Here it is on a stand, next to a normal stand:

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Here it is with aircraft on the stands (do the heights look the same?):

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Here are a couple of shots showing some of the angles:

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After a small amount of time I was able to put together eight gimbals:

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It is even strong enough to hold 2-seaters in position:

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And now I can use them for both my WWI and WWII minis. (I don't have my WWII minis yet, so I had to use an aircraft from a later period):

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