Please forgive if I missed it. I've looked at what I can find and haven't been able to learn if TIGHAR suspects the Bevington object to be the left main or the right main gear assembly from the Electra. Which do we suspect it may be?
Thanks,
Diane
I have been studying the Bevington Object by building a 3d model of the landing gear components using Autocad. The specific intent is to study the shadows. Autocad can calculate the shadows of the sun for the time of day at any location. Ric provided the coordinates which were entered for the location. The triangulation Jeff Glickman did was used to determine the direction to view the object.
The brake is closer to the inboard tip of the axle and has a larger diameter than the outer hub. The fender is a 2 piece design with a smaller front piece and larger rear piece. I intend to study the object in 4 different configurations.
1. Starboard with the brake facing the camera and the smaller front fender on top of the fork
2. Port with the brake facing the camera and the larger rear fender on top of the fork
3. Port with the outboard hub facing the camera and the smaller front fender on top of the fork
4. Starboard with the outboard hub facing the camera and the larger rear fender on top of the fork.
Because it is possible the larger fender can be bent to look like the smaller one, that may not help determine which gear it is. However, I think it may be possible to determine if the fender is too big to be the smaller one. Because the brake is probably not as likely to deform as much as the fender or tire, IMO, it may be possible to guess which landing gear it is more likely to be. Again this is just my opinion. So far I have only studied configuration #1.