Mooney Mite M-18x

Hello,
I still really busy with the child and work, but for the fun I start a new project again.

Now I working on a single seat fast light airplane, the first mooney.
A small engine in a small light airplane give low fuel rate and good flight airspeed.
The original aircraft is make from wood & fabric, but I looking at the M-18x, a metal version off the Mite, it is a certified airplane and it get a more heavy empty weight (but I choose this one for something more Plane-Maker related).

I start this plane some days ago, first I have  make the Plane-maker model with the help off 3 views object.

I let the Plane-Maker work aside for a moment to work on the 3d model (in fact just wanted to have fun in blender, the Plane-Maker part can be frustrating sometime, specially for the Mooney Mite flaps/trim, that I am not sure to be able to remake, and the Mooney tail trim.
The good point off the M-18x is that they remove the flaps/trim system for a more conventional one, that I will have less trouble to make in Plane-Maker, the M-18x use a separate trim & flaps system, like any other light airplane.

Now I have make the external fuselage, and start to give it some detail,the wings with flaps & ailerons & gears doors, I have make the engine and just starting to work on the gears, for the gear I got trouble to found good pictures or drawing off the system, the tail is still a template and I got a lot of work to put on it.

Here what that look like at this time

The Mooney logo is a 3d object, if somebody need it, just ask for it.

The airplane doesn’t fly good in X-Plane, but that something I will ask for help later on X-Plane forum, still need to get a good 3d object interior and panel for the flight tester.
For the people wanted to see a more conventional version, like the M-18c or M-18l, the objects must be able to share the all version, I using the custom objects in Plane-Maker for the external part, and the cockpit object for the interior with the 3d panel (I planned a other interior in low poly for external view with pilot, and a more detailed interior for the 3d cockpit), that mean that you can easily take the fuselage and other external part on any other Mite version, and make a modification for the 3d cockpit to suit your need.
(The sources files .blend will be available for anybody want to use it, whatever I planned to give the final 3d objects to some Blender web site offering free 3d model, but for the simulation X-Plane & Filghtgear, modification are welcome)

Any X-Plane user a welcome to give a hand on that project, even take the project in hands, I get really busy so I don’t really use the sim and modeling for the fun in my free time.
No release date planned, perhaps I will not finish it, if I get busy elsewhere, like a lot off other X-Plane projects I have on my HDD.