m-tec were asked by a client to undertake the supporting of a real Viper Venom Aeroplane in order to create a breath-taking sculpture reflecting on the heritage of the final site it will rest on in Wantage, Oxfordshire.
The sculpture sits on the former RAF Grove Airfield, which has since become a technology park, and marks the gateway entrance to the site whilst creating a focal point for the local area.
The metal support is a galvanised mild steel tube section and specific structural calculations and low calculations were untaken in order to ensure stability and safety of the unique sculpture.
The Braid Project, Blackburn