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- IMG 8813
- IMG 8814
- IMG 8816
- IMG 8812
Tara and the lot The entire lot is in this image. You can see one of the green markers on the left, which also indicates where the road will be. The other marker is just off to the right. - IMG 8806
The back yard - IMG 8807
Tara - IMG 8805
- IMG 8804
- IMG 8810
The lot See the green markers? They mark either side of the lot at the street. The picture is taken from what I think is the buffer-zone boundary. - IMG 8809
Tara and Trees - IMG 8808
The tree line - IMG 8817
- IMG 8811
The lot #2 Taken from on top of a mound of earth, just next to the previous image. The lot is between the green markers. - 132 3271
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- IMG 8843
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- IMG 8844
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- IMG 8842
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- IMG 8887
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- IMG 8886
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Size comparison - 134 3420
- IMG 8834
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- IMG 8833
- P0000002
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- IMG 8835
- IMG 8839
- 133 3333
Size comparison The universal measuring device: A Coke can. - IMG 8838
- IMG 8840
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- IMG 8846
- P0000001
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- 134 3412
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Defects Picture taken of Appt. in Arlington prior to moving in - P0000010
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Outdoors [4/4] - DSC00115
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- 133 3332
Rear view - DSC00117
- 133 3368
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Defects Picture taken of Appt. in Arlington prior to moving in - 133 3342
Outdoors [3/4] - 133 3341
Outdoors [2/4] - P0000009
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Defects Picture taken of Appt. in Arlington prior to moving in - 133 3327
It's looking a bit big Note we have an exhaust (muffler) now also. - 133 3328
The exhaust It's shiny now. I'm sure that will change. The silicone pipe runninf from it is a fuel tank pressurisation aid. There's no fuel pump - a certain amount of exhaust gas is used to push the fuel into the carb of the engine. Quite neat, really. - DSC00118
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Defects Picture taken of Appt. in Arlington prior to moving in - 133 3338
The radio I decided to start small. A 6-channel JR transmitter. It came with the servos and a 7-channel receiver. - P0000004
- 133 3337
Wires/servos Much cabling. Notice how I had to trim some of the servo "horns" - they interfered with the ball-link attachments. - DSC00101
Defects Picture taken of Appt. in Arlington prior to moving in - P0000003
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Rotor hub It's really busy up here - I can't imagine this thing spinning as fast as it will need to. - 133 3335
The electronics arrived All the servos are on, the receiver is mounted and hooked up. - 132 3275
The swash plate This little device is freaky. In a nutshell, the pitch of the blades varies through their rotation, according to the motions of the aileron/elevator servos (called cyclic on a helicopter) and the collective pitch. It's all a bit mad and I onyl slightly understand it so far. - DSC00104
Defects Picture taken of Appt. in Arlington prior to moving in - P0000011
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Busy busy There's a lot going on with this machine. - 133 3331
The body/canopy This will be it's ultimate shape. - 133 3326
Progress! With the main rotor blades on, it's starting to look like a helicopter now. - 132 3276
The engine OS 32 helicopter engine. Here it is with the Raptor cooling fan attached, basically a centrifugal fan. - DSC00404
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So far... - P0000007
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Defects Picture taken of Appt. in Arlington prior to moving in - DSC00112
Defects Picture taken of Appt. in Arlington prior to moving in - 132 3278
Engine, other side - P0000006
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Defects Picture taken of Appt. in Arlington prior to moving in - DSC00113
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I fired it up... So, I took it outside, just to fire up the engine. Nobody else around to take pictures, so this is after the event. They definately make good lawn mowers - notice all the grass and grass stains. I'm so far away from flying this thing (still practising on the simulator) but I thought it would be good to give the engine and mechanics some exercise before it does fly. These things are not quiet! - IMG 3014
- 132 3274
Side view - 132 3277
Engine, closeup - DSC00098
Tara - 133 3340
Outdoors [1/4] - DSC00108
Defects Picture taken of Appt. in Arlington prior to moving in - DSC00109
Defects Picture taken of Appt. in Arlington prior to moving in - DSC00110
Defects Picture taken of Appt. in Arlington prior to moving in - DSC00107
Defects Picture taken of Appt. in Arlington prior to moving in - 132 3286
Look at the mess! - 132 3283
Assembling the rotor head These bits will eventually sit atop the swash plate. - 132 3288
Flybar again - 132 3281
Engine in the frame, other side - 132 3290
Tail rotor assembly This was a fiddly piece to put together. - IMG 7794
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Getting started When I remembered I wanted to take pictures of the construction, this is far as I was already. - 133 3306
Digital servo The Gyro came with this servo. Because the tail rotor pitch is being computer controlled, and you want it to react fast, you have to use a fast servo. Better yet, you use a digital servo, which mostly means the servo PWM's the motor inside much much faster. This is a reasonably speedy digital servo. When it's going, it whines a bit, but I am pretty sure that's normal. - IMG 2978
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The engine The slot-shaped hole you can see is where the exhaust (muffler) pipe will attach, when it arrives. - IMG 2972
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Engine in the frame - IMG 7796
- IMG 8434
- IMG 7791
- IMG 7848
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Gyro This is described by many as the "most cost effective" stabilisation gyro on the market at present. It's job: keep the machine pointing in the direction you want it to. In the old days, you would program a "revolution mix" into your radio which altered the tail rotor blade pitch according to what you were doing with the throttle/collective, the idea being that you could match the rotational energy being put out by the main rotors to make the tail rotor counteract it, and keep the machine steady. Technology these days simply measures the rotation and does what it needs to counteract it. Funky. This is what makes the difference between whirly-top-with-dangerous-bits and simply "dangerous".
IMG 4263- IMG 7800
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Rotor head and flybar The fly bar, I think, ,ostly balances the main blades. They are on a single bar whose pitch alters with the cyclic, but not the collective (I think, lots of "I think"'s here!). The bar is supposed to be near-perfectly balanced otherwise it causes really nasty vibrations in the rest of the machine. Rememeber, this thing is a huge spinning top, really.
IMG 4296- IMG 7787
- IMG 7792
- IMG 7788
- IMG 7790
- IMG 7865
- IMG 7855
- IMG 2973
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Engine in the frame, closeup - IMG 2995
- IMG 7720
- IMG 7866
- IMG 8202
IMG 4301- IMG 7806
- IMG 2974
IMG 4303
IMG 4262- 133 3304
Clutch The silver drum in the centre of the picture is the clutch bell. Inside this is a clutch disc, which runs directly from the engine below it. It's designed to be fully diengaged below about 7000rpm and fully engaged above 10000rpm. The rotor blades operate at a fraction of this speed, not normalyl going faster than about 1700 rpm. - IMG 7733
- IMG 7867
- IMG 7710
IMG 4300- IMG 8120
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Tail rotor The orange material you can see through the hole is the belt. The blades twist together, in opposite directions. This is how you point the helicopter. - IMG 7851
- IMG 8254
- IMG 2971
IMG 4265- IMG 7798
- IMG 7715
- IMG 7805
- IMG 7807
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IMG 4246- IMG 7853
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Tail rotor assembly The red coloured pulley is a two-piece item, a flange fits on one end, and it can go two ways round. The correct way si with the shorter end into the pulley, longer end outwards. Otherwise, as I discovered, there is about 2 to 3mm play in the tail rotor shaft. Not good. - IMG 7772
- IMG 7708
- IMG 8250
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Main drive wheel The belt goes back to the tail rotor. The grey spindle meshes with a drive wheel on the engine drive shaft. There is a shaft going up through these two wheels directly to the rotor hub. - IMG 8206
- IMG 7705
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Rotor head bearings At this point, I only assembled one end of this piece. The bearing set in the bag fit onto the shaft with a collection of washers, spacers, bolts, loctite and so on. It's all a bit busy. Particularly sicne I forgot to put in a supporting piece rigth in the centre to had to disassemble the thing.
IMG 4309- IMG 7846
- IMG 7716
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IMG 4297
IMG 4298
IMG 4295- IMG 8436
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Coming together nicely now Tail piece is in, various tail-plane bits and bobs. The tail rotor blades are on the wrong way round here (and remained so for a while) until I realised I had the belt on the wrong way. I noticied this long before firing up the engine, thankfully.
IMG 4339
IMG 4260- IMG 8173
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IMG 4299- IMG 7728
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IMG 4337- IMG 7776
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IMG 4269
IMG 4308- IMG 8239
IMG 4338- IMG 7773
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Beastie so far - IMG 8187
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IMG 4294- IMG 8359
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IMG 4254
IMG 4344- IMG 8106
IMG 4250- IMG 7703
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IMG 4391- IMG 8148
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IMG 4429- IMG 8146
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IMG 4340- IMG 7868
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IMG 4287- IMG 8720
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IMG 4333- IMG 8108
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IMG 4305
IMG 4274- IMG 7758
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IMG 4320- IMG 8087
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IMG 4292- IMG 7756
IMG 4245- IMG 8719
IMG 4332- IMG 8806
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IMG 4293- IMG 8803
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IMG 4336- IMG 8188
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IMG 4330- IMG 7743
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IMG 4276- IMG 8086
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IMG 4331- IMG 8440
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IMG 4341- IMG 8264
IMG 4310- IMG 7785
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IMG 4343- IMG 7775
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IMG 4256- IMG 8099
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IMG 4428- IMG 8044
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IMG 4421- IMG 8100
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IMG 4315- IMG 7779
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IMG 4317- IMG 7744
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IMG 4430- IMG 7998
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IMG 4249- IMG 8242
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IMG 4272- IMG 7564
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IMG 4427
IMG 4313- IMG 7811
IMG 4248- IMG 8067
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IMG 4318- IMG 7741
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IMG 4400- IMG 7880
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IMG 4425- IMG 8079
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IMG 4328- IMG 8271
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IMG 4270- IMG 8375
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IMG 4304
IMG 4314- IMG 8429
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IMG 4282- IMG 7873
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IMG 4334- IMG 8181
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IMG 4342- IMG 7565
IMG 4474- IMG 7755
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IMG 4239- IMG 7829
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IMG 4319- IMG 8235
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IMG 4286- IMG 7627
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IMG 4456- IMG 7597
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IMG 4390
IMG 4401- IMG 8709
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IMG 4280- IMG 7831
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IMG 4420- IMG 7628
IMG 4327- IMG 7742
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IMG 4279- IMG 8664
IMG 4398- IMG 8382
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IMG 4329- IMG 7582
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IMG 4324- IMG 8413
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IMG 4325
IMG 4414- IMG 8178
IMG 4394- IMG 8289
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IMG 4415
IMG 4277- IMG 8286
IMG 4417- IMG 8441
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IMG 4477- IMG 7989
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IMG 4241- IMG 8588
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IMG 4323- IMG 8131
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IMG 4393
IMG 4418- IMG 7652
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IMG 4422- IMG 8054
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IMG 4237- IMG 8742
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IMG 4399
IMG 4335
IMG 4402- IMG 8008
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IMG 4397- IMG 7746
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IMG 4475- IMG 8415
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IMG 4462- IMG 8737
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IMG 4454- IMG 8583
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IMG 4321- IMG 8469
IMG 4322- IMG 7922
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IMG 4463- IMG 8005
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IMG 4473- IMG 8579
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IMG 4482- IMG 8057
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IMG 4413- IMG 8690
IMG 4395- IMG 8055
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IMG 4476- IMG 8755
IMG 4403- IMG 7699
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IMG 4392- IMG 8792
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IMG 4465- IMG 8555
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IMG 4467
IMG 4396- IMG 7609
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IMG 4464- IMG 7555
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IMG 4458- IMG 8536
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IMG 4461- IMG 8766
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IMG 4453- IMG 8781
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IMG 4457- IMG 7575
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IMG 4471- IMG 8547
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IMG 4416- IMG 7932
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IMG 4466- IMG 8598
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IMG 4455
IMG 4431- IMG 7673
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IMG 4472- IMG 8550
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IMG 4419- IMG 7616
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IMG 4460- IMG 7897
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IMG 4451
IMG 4470- IMG 7634
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IMG 4481- IMG 8491
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IMG 4479- IMG 7923
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IMG 4468- IMG 8546
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