brahman104 Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 Sooo good! love it! Craig Pete Fleischmann 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Fleischmann Posted February 4, 2021 Author Share Posted February 4, 2021 (edited) Hey all- I need straight-ish, lift-producing rotor blades for this display. Kitty Hawk did 99.99% of us a huge favor by molding the blades with droop; but not gonna work for me- I thought I could flatten them by clamping them to a flat steel strip and using my heat gun to coax them straight. nope. huge fail. sooo- the old Academy kit has straight blades, so I grafted the straight Academy blade to the Kitty Hawk root section. Harold at AMS Resin kindly agreed to cast me blades from my master, saving me from scratching out the rest of them- little more to do- of course the Academy blade was too big in chord and thickness- careful sanding with a block on a glass plate did the trick. cheers Pete Edited February 4, 2021 by Pete Fleischmann Speling John1, Starfighter, Greg W and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeroen_R90S Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 On 2/3/2021 at 8:25 AM, Starfighter said: It doesn't get any better than this - fullstop. What a brilliant result, Pete! ^^ this Out2gtcha and Pete Fleischmann 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmy! Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 Can’t tell from the photo. Can you get a smidge of aerodynamic twist in them. Just a few degrees higher AOA at the root than the tip. Maybe they can get molded with a wee bit of twist in the mold. If too much effort don’t worry about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Fleischmann Posted February 4, 2021 Author Share Posted February 4, 2021 13 minutes ago, Timmy! said: Can’t tell from the photo. Can you get a smidge of aerodynamic twist in them. Just a few degrees higher AOA at the root than the tip. Maybe they can get molded with a wee bit of twist in the mold. If too much effort don’t worry about it. For sure! lucky for me the extra thickness of the Academy blade played right into my hand- I was able to mount the Kitty Hawk root section with a smidge of +AOA, and sand back the Academy section to match..and the pitch fades towards the tip along the leading edge yay me! P Starfighter, Marcel111 and A-10LOADER 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmy! Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 Excellent Smithers!! Starfighter, A-10LOADER, Pete Fleischmann and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkwrench Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 Great recovery Pete!!! (Like you couldn't do it!) Tim Pete Fleischmann 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Fleischmann Posted February 6, 2021 Author Share Posted February 6, 2021 A few little tail rotor adjustments- I needed to throw some pitch into the blades, so the mounting stubs were modified to adjust the pitch, and the center actuator oleo (in/out) rod shortened- a few bolts that I sanded away were replaced- time for paint! Anthony in NZ, chukw, Derek B and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkwrench Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 If it's not too late, you oughta remove the metal nuts and just use your rivet decals. Their are no bolts there in the paddles. Tim J.J., USMC Herc, John1 and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phartycr0c Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 Superb jaw dropping work as ever Pete! Pete Fleischmann 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Fleischmann Posted February 7, 2021 Author Share Posted February 7, 2021 49 minutes ago, Hawkwrench said: If it's not too late, you oughta remove the metal nuts and just use your rivet decals. Their are no bolts there in the paddles. Tim Thanks Tim- not too late- easy fix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themongoose Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 This is such an exciting build! Just beautiful work Pete Pete Fleischmann 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkwrench Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 (edited) You've got me thinking about an inflight hoist rescue involving a Ky National Guard UH-60 medevac from 2019 where they rescued an injured civilian off a cliff. MAYBE!!!!!!!! Tim Edited February 8, 2021 by Hawkwrench Pete Fleischmann 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmy! Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 Or you could try this one. IWould be nteresting to try to add motors and sound... Timmy! fyi. Nobody died and the helo was rebuilt only to be shot down in the ‘Stan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkwrench Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 4 hours ago, Timmy! said: Or you could try this one. IWould be nteresting to try to add motors and sound... Timmy! fyi. Nobody died and the helo was rebuilt only to be shot down in the ‘Stan. Yeah, no!!! I'll pass on that. I'm scared to even attempt an in-flight after Pete's work. Let alone the re-riveting of the entire helo. Tim Pete Fleischmann 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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