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IMG 4141
dsc00084- IMG 8243
IMG 4272- IMG 8427
- IMG 0879
- IMG 7869
- IMG 7735
- IMG 8450
- IMG 0250
- IMG 0888
- IMG 8038
- IMG 8005
- IMG 8086
- IMG 0186
- DSC00116
IMG 4332
IMG 4336- IMG 0892
- 3C2A3304
IMG 4421- IMG 7573
- IMG 5941
- IMG 3048
- IMG 8271
IMG 4427
IMG 4428- IMG 8234
- IMG 8144
IMG 4131- IMG 8287
- IMG 7816
- IMG 5970
- IMG 7873
- IMG 7992
- IMG 8184
- IMG 8212
- IMG 7741
- IMG 1781
IMG 4330- IMG 8159
- IMG 8282
- IMG 8807
- IMG 1782
- IMG 7825
- IMG 5981
- IMG 8040
- IMG 8422
- IMG 3167
- IMG 7585
- IMG 8293
IMG 4119
IMG 4147- IMG 2600
- IMG 1151
- IMG 0151
- IMG 1088
- IMG 8939
- IMG 8136
- IMG 8411
- IMG 0164
- IMG 7744
- IMG 8085
- IMG 8010
- IMG 2701
- IMG 2570
- IMG 0152
- IMG 7775
- IMG 8648
- IMG 5948
- IMG 7985
- IMG 1117
- IMG 8242
- IMG 8420
- IMG 8368
- IMG 7815
- IMG 7994
- IMG 8079
- IMG 8447
- IMG 5954
- IMG 2691
- IMG 0188
- IMG 8065
- IMG 8067
IMG 4130
IMG 4151- IMG 8070
- IMG 2601
- IMG 8084
- IMG 8115
IMG 4142- IMG 8000
- IMG 2456
- IMG 7767
- IMG 8274
- 017
- IMG 2637
IMG 4256- IMG 7779
- IMG 7880
- IMG 8316
- IMG 2583
- IMG 0189
- IMG 7564
- IMG 8371
- IMG 7751
- IMG 2676
- 3C2A3292
- IMG 8076
- DSC00267
- IMG 8098
- IMG 0868
- IMG 8100
- 3C2A3332
- IMG 7729
- IMG 8117
- IMG 8004
- IMG 8719
IMG 4105- IMG 2695
- IMG 2618
- IMG 0235
- IMG 7656
- IMG 8404
IMG 4333- IMG 7567
- IMG 5969
- IMG 8050
- IMG 3173
IMG 4305- IMG 7753
- IMG 8188
- IMG 8808
- IMG 7754
IMG 4169
IMG 4172- IMG 8044
- IMG 0458
- IMG 7740
IMG 4148- IMG 8016
- IMG 8111
- DSC00290
- IMG 8771
- IMG 7778
- IMG 7809
- IMG 8219
- IMG 7811
- IMG 8614
- IMG 1089
- IMG 7821
- IMG 8169
- IMG 7997
- IMG 8705
- IMG 1778
- IMG 0170
- IMG 8455
- IMG 2565
dsc00086- IMG 7984
- IMG 5951
- IMG 3178
- IMG 2699
- IMG 8121
- IMG 7994
- IMG 8956
- IMG 3133
- IMG 2461
- IMG 0893
- IMG 8078
- IMG 0878
- IMG 3083
- IMG 3078
- IMG 8041
IMG 4276- IMG 3127
- IMG 7785
- IMG 0191
- IMG 8174
- 2015-01-25 018
- 3C2A3284
- IMG 2616
- DSC00199
Merlin and the Squirrels again #2 2002-04-28 - 018
- IMG 5963
- IMG 2630
IMG 4165- IMG 1084
- IMG 8261
- IMG 3161
- IMG 0453
IMG 4320- IMG 8232
- IMG 8698
- IMG 7878
- IMG 0187
- IMG 7814
- IMG 7823
- IMG 3191
- IMG 3160
- IMG 3047
- IMG 0895
- IMG 7998
- IMG 8157
- IMG 1028
- IMG 5956
- IMG 3151
- IMG 8013
- IMG 2690
IMG 4340- IMG 8933
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IMG 4163- IMG 7983
IMG 4245- IMG 0864
- IMG 8066
- IMG 8932
IMG 4293- IMG 7989
- IMG 1785
- IMG 0830
- IMG 7756
- IMG 8264
- 142 4227
- 3C2A3341
- IMG 1162
- IMG 7960
- IMG 8099
- DSC00097
- IMG 2696
- IMG 1147
- DSC00272
- IMG 7993
- IMG 3135
- IMG 0162
IMG 4292- IMG 7743
IMG 4101- IMG 8720
- DSC00326
The Moon Meade 10" Newtonian, Sony DSC-P1, Meade Plossl 26mm - IMG 7766
- IMG 8701
- IMG 8011
dsc00085- IMG 8440
- IMG 3049
- IMG 8004
- IMG 3170
- IMG 3132
- IMG 0863
- IMG 8247
- IMG 8339
IMG 4120- IMG 5978
- IMG 8047
- IMG 8000
- IMG 8934
- IMG 5964
- IMG 2726
- DSC00349
- IMG 7758
- IMG 8069
- IMG 8249
- IMG 8803
IMG 4274- IMG 3158
- IMG 1159
dsc00083- IMG 7706
- IMG 8699
- IMG 8702
- IMG 1132
- IMG 1152
- 114 1500
- IMG 1164
- IMG 7827
- IMG 8086
- IMG 8806
- IMG 7996
- 114 1495
- IMG 3134
- IMG 0827
- IMG 8942
- IMG 5985
- IMG 8060
- IMG 3154
- IMG 8652
- IMG 8043
- 142 4226
- DSC00105
- IMG 7748
- IMG 8191
- IMG 3131
- IMG 7777
- IMG 8276
- IMG 8706
- IMG 3155
- IMG 0362 1
- IMG 0884
IMG 4391- IMG 7802
- IMG 7872
- IMG 7944
- IMG 8050
- 2015-01-25 017
- IMG 2598
- IMG 2569
- IMG 0150
- IMG 8938
- IMG 7826
- IMG 5949
- IMG 7717
IMG 4127- IMG 7992
- IMG 8721
- IMG 3153
- IMG 2698
IMG 4429- IMG 8002
- IMG 8200
- IMG 8072
- IMG 2602
- IMG 0856
- IMG 7768
- IMG 8122
- IMG 0163
IMG 4287- IMG 8265
- DSC00376
IMG 4344- IMG 8123
- IMG 8046
- IMG 8204
- IMG 0156
- IMG 0894
- IMG 8108
- IMG 0855
- IMG 8083
- IMG 1154
- 133 3303
Beastie so far - DSC00112
IMG 4308- IMG 5957
- IMG 3157
- IMG 2572
- IMG 0848
- IMG 8180
- IMG 2689
- IMG 2587
- IMG 7745
- IMG 7765
- IMG 8208
- IMG 2454
- IMG 7703
- IMG 3086
- IMG 2702
- IMG 6011
- IMG 1131
IMG 4338
IMG 4100- DSC00545
Saturn Meade 10" Newtonian, Sony DSC-P1, Meade Plossl 26mm - IMG 8109
- IMG 2575
- IMG 0826
- IMG 3189
- IMG 3082
- IMG 2628
- IMG 1130
IMG 4337- IMG 7558
- IMG 8651
- 016
- IMG 2599
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IMG 4254- IMG 2586
- IMG 0256
- IMG 7732
- IMG 8087
- IMG 5993
- IMG 2595
- IMG 8189
- IMG 8296
- IMG 3168
- IMG 7856
- IMG 8006
- 132 3285
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. - DSC00288
- IMG 8297
- IMG 8356
- IMG 8145
- IMG 0148
- IMG 8255
- IMG 0158
- IMG 7781
- IMG 8187
- IMG 8320
- IMG 3046
- IMG 2685
- IMG 2460
- 132 3292
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 7824
- IMG 8654
- IMG 3148
- IMG 3087
IMG 4250- IMG 3063
- IMG 2688
- DSC00196
- IMG 7868
IMG 4102- IMG 3077
- IMG 0115
dsc00091- IMG 7961
IMG 4106
IMG 4150
IMG 4177- IMG 6000
- IMG 1780
- IMG 1779
- IMG 3088
- IMG 7941
- IMG 5960
- DSC00271
- IMG 8109
- IMG 3192
- DSC00110
- IMG 5980
- IMG 0865
IMG 4123- IMG 0441
- IMG 0236
- DSC00273
- IMG 8359
- IMG 8437
- IMG 8017
- IMG 3129
IMG 4104- IMG 8008
- 132 3295
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 0550
- IMG 5996
- IMG 8146
IMG 4299- IMG 0145
- IMG 8700
- IMG 8035
- IMG 8172
- IMG 2638
- IMG 2594
- IMG 1150
- IMG 8103
- IMG 8088
- IMG 2632
- IMG 8947
- IMG 8107
- IMG 8439
- IMG 0169
- IMG 8438
- IMG 8148
- IMG 3180
- IMG 3059
- IMG 8256
- IMG 8100
- IMG 8009
- IMG 3042
- IMG 2623
- IMG 8033
- IMG 0183
IMG 4294- IMG 8125
IMG 4103- IMG 3195
- IMG 8252
- IMG 3043
IMG 4339- IMG 0880
- IMG 2620
- IMG 0882
- DSC00250
- IMG 2451
IMG 4129- IMG 0165
- IMG 8943
- IMG 7731
- IMG 8104
- IMG 8653
- IMG 8051
- IMG 8195
- IMG 8107
- IMG 8955
- DSC00583
- IMG 5955
- IMG 3065
- DSC00242
- IMG 8355
- IMG 8039
- IMG 3123
- IMG 0833
- DSC00382
- IMG 0144
- DSC00375
IMG 4133- IMG 7769
- IMG 8105
- IMG 8708
- IMG 0087
- IMG 3075
- IMG 3149
- IMG 3084
- IMG 3035
- IMG 2579
- IMG 1786
IMG 4269- IMG 7773
- IMG 8281
- IMG 8704
- IMG 7986
- IMG 2627
- IMG 0887
- IMG 0234
- 132 3291
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 5952
- IMG 0566
- IMG 8251
- IMG 3152
- IMG 8959
- 3C2A3288
- IMG 7812
- IMG 3128
- IMG 8015
- IMG 7991
- IMG 2731
- DSC00287
- IMG 8071
- IMG 0844
- IMG 8106
- IMG 7727
IMG 4309- IMG 7776
- IMG 7870
- IMG 8037
- IMG 0862
- IMG 0454
- IMG 8197
- DSC00103
- IMG 8150
- IMG 2556
- IMG 8032
- IMG 6012
- IMG 5986
- IMG 1149
- IMG 7760
- IMG 3136
IMG 4099- IMG 0172
IMG 4298- IMG 7774
- IMG 2694
- IMG 0860
- 132 3294
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 3171
- IMG 0167
- IMG 0861
IMG 4260- IMG 8809
- IMG 2571
- IMG 2566
- IMG 0829
- IMG 0437
- IMG 8049
- IMG 2593
- IMG 7770
- IMG 8703
- IMG 7786
- IMG 7983
- IMG 3172
- IMG 2633
IMG 1062 raw- 114 1499
- DSC00585
- IMG 8203
- IMG 3058
- IMG 2692
- IMG 8099
- IMG 8046
- IMG 0851
- IMG 5997
- IMG 2682
- IMG 0264
- 103 0377
- IMG 7771
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IMG 4164- IMG 2677
- IMG 7728
- IMG 7747
- IMG 7761
- IMG 8198
IMG 4295- IMG 7714
- IMG 8041
- IMG 2590
- IMG 0157
- IMG 3125
- IMG 3051
- IMG 8241
IMG 4154- IMG 7987
- IMG 3119
- IMG 0854
- IMG 2592
- IMG 0840
IMG 4134- IMG 3179
- IMG 7738
- IMG 8283
- IMG 2686
- IMG 5995
- IMG 2555
- IMG 8945
- DSC00350
- IMG 8435
IMG 4153- DSC00275
- IMG 7763
- IMG 8239
- IMG 7852
- IMG 2729
- IMG 8036
- IMG 5953
- IMG 3169
- IMG 0442
- DSC00558
Saturn Meade 10" Newtonian, Sony DSC-P1, Meade Plossl 26mm - DSC00111
IMG 4297- IMG 8173
- IMG 8238
- IMG 5988
- IMG 8034
- IMG 7995
- IMG 8098
- IMG 3057
- 137 3749
Fuel line arrangement This t-piece arrangement allows me to load/unload fuel to the tank without pulling the pipwork away from the engine. Just use the right fuel line clip to direct the flow to/from the tank. Similarly, the left clip allows me to inject after run oil without having to do fiddly stuff, or remove the engine. - IMG 3090
- IMG 0440
- IMG 3190
- IMG 7764
- IMG 7964
- IMG 0836
IMG 4159- IMG 3126
- IMG 1143
- IMG 2577
- IMG 7782
- IMG 3044
- IMG 0881
- DSC00109
- DSC00266
- DSC00262
- IMG 8007
- IMG 3147
- IMG 0444
- IMG 7858
- IMG 8436
- IMG 8944
- IMG 7780
- IMG 8014
- IMG 2636
- IMG 7724
- IMG 8237
- IMG 5992
- IMG 0168
- IMG 7705
- IMG 7716
- IMG 7854
- IMG 0232
IMG 4300- IMG 7718
- IMG 2639
- IMG 0859
dsc00090- IMG 8805
- IMG 8106
- IMG 3185
- DSC00553
Saturn Meade 10" Newtonian, Sony DSC-P1, Meade Plossl 26mm - IMG 8253
- IMG 0179
- IMG 7984
- IMG 2450
- DSC00465
IMG 4167- IMG 8048
- IMG 7819
- IMG 7850
- IMG 5982
- IMG 0853
- DSC00276
- IMG 6001
- IMG 0849
- IMG 3196
- IMG 2679
- IMG 8430
- IMG 0190
- IMG 0883
- IMG 8026
- IMG 8954
- DSC00380
- IMG 7708
- IMG 8089
- IMG 0459
- IMG 3121
- DSC00274
- IMG 8206
- IMG 5984
- IMG 2453
- IMG 0847
- IMG 7772
- IMG 0885
- DSC00584
- IMG 8101
- IMG 3056
- 142 4256
- IMG 6015
- IMG 2658
- IMG 2564
- IMG 0898
IMG 4303- IMG 8095
- IMG 8250
IMG 4170- IMG 5989
- DSC00551
Saturn Meade 10" Newtonian, Sony DSC-P1, Meade Plossl 26mm - IMG 2529
- IMG 2554
- IMG 0438
- IMG 2971
- IMG 1160
- IMG 8024
- IMG 2619
- IMG 1784
- IMG 0244
- IMG 8018
- DSC00279
- IMG 8091
- IMG 3076
- IMG 7719
- 119 1954
IMG 4155- IMG 0858
- IMG 0842
- 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 8097
IMG 4158- IMG 2560
- IMG 2432
- IMG 0828
- IMG 5979
IMG 4265- 132 3280
Engine in the frame, closeup - IMG 7846
- IMG 8207
- IMG 3036
- IMG 3080
- DSC00198
IMG 4246- IMG 0852
IMG 4128- IMG 8087
- IMG 1083
- DSC00224
dsc00002- IMG 3079
- IMG 0456
- IMG 7857
- IMG 2621
- IMG 7737
- IMG 7988
- IMG 0841
- IMG 8951
- DSC00379
- IMG 5958
- IMG 2631
- IMG 0475
- DSC00247
- DSC00337
The Moon Meade 10" Newtonian, Sony DSC-P1, Meade Plossl 26mm - IMG 7715
- DSC00245
- 015
- IMG 1155
- IMG 0171
dsc00093- IMG 5991
- IMG 0149
- IMG 0243
- IMG 2684
- IMG 2494
- DSC00255
- IMG 0554
- IMG 0174
IMG 4301- IMG 2622
- IMG 2634
- IMG 2449
- IMG 3054
- IMG 2644
- IMG 2426
- IMG 0147
- IMG 8957
dsc00078- IMG 2643
- IMG 0906
- IMG 0857
- IMG 0457
- IMG 8102
- IMG 3182
- IMG 8093
- IMG 2995
- DSC00254
- IMG 8104
- IMG 8030
- DSC00106
- IMG 0548
dsc00089- IMG 7853
- IMG 0886
- IMG 0246
- IMG 2767
- IMG 1072
- IMG 0166
- IMG 3085
- IMG 2558
- IMG 8254
- IMG 2576
- IMG 2567
- IMG 2561
- DSC00308
You're still doing it - DSC00253
- IMG 7733
- IMG 0551
IMG 4152- IMG 6002
- 006
- IMG 2974
- IMG 2526
- IMG 8946
- 115 1502
IMG 4262- IMG 0173
- IMG 3038
- IMG 2678
- IMG 7793
- IMG 3033
- IMG 2693
- IMG 1157
- IMG 2635
- IMG 0146
- IMG 0866
- IMG 7710
- IMG 8120
- IMG 3061
- IMG 0181
- IMG 2513
- IMG 3074
- IMG 0567
- 132 3287
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 3037
- IMG 0556
- IMG 7805
- IMG 3050
- IMG 2578
- IMG 0422
- DSC00251
- IMG 7807
- IMG 5983
- IMG 2973
- IMG 0474
- IMG 8021
- IMG 8028
- IMG 8019
- IMG 3145
- DSC00336
The Moon Meade 10" Newtonian, Sony DSC-P1, Meade Plossl 26mm - IMG 3055
- IMG 0175
- DSC00261
- IMG 7851
- IMG 0476
- IMG 7798
- IMG 8027
- IMG 2428
- DSC00453
- IMG 2448
- IMG 0443
dsc00077- IMG 6013
- IMG 2680
- IMG 2496
- IMG 2452
- IMG 7867
- IMG 5328
- IMG 2447
- IMG 2770
- IMG 2755
- IMG 5994
- IMG 3040
- DSC00263
- IMG 8090
- IMG 8031
- IMG 3118
- IMG 0549
- DSC00260
- 014
- IMG 5987
- IMG 8038
- IMG 2626
- IMG 0820
- IMG 8202
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IMG 4166- DSC00249
- IMG 8025
- DSC00264
- IMG 0455
- IMG 7720
- IMG 0867
- 142 4228
- 002
- IMG 5332
- IMG 0839
- IMG 8029
- IMG 8020
- IMG 3062
- IMG 3034
- IMG 2645
- IMG 1079
- DSC01317
A village station 2003-03-29 The village Railway Station, yet to be named or decorated. 2003-03-29 - IMG 6016
- IMG 2537
- IMG 2522
- DSC00464
- 004
- IMG 0553
- IMG 3138
- IMG 0837
- IMG 0451
- DSC00582
- DSC00278
- IMG 3124
- IMG 2573
- DSC00101
- DSC00177
- 119 1959
- IMG 3186
- IMG 3139
- IMG 0563
- IMG 3187
- IMG 2574
- IMG 8096
- IMG 8092
- DSC00199
- 103 0378
- IMG 1787
- 119 1951
- IMG 3197
- IMG 0248
- IMG 0838
- DSC00277
- IMG 2625
- IMG 0182
- IMG 0180
- b0030
Merlin [4/4] - IMG 3120
- IMG 3066
- IMG 0460
- DSC00552
Saturn Meade 10" Newtonian, Sony DSC-P1, Meade Plossl 26mm - 132 3279
Engine in the frame - IMG 7866
- IMG 5334
- IMG 2559
- IMG 3198
- DSC00233
- 119 1937
- 136 3607
- IMG 0558
- DSC00102
IMG 4296- IMG 7806
- IMG 0462
- 133 3305
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 0652
- DSC00378
- DSC00108
- IMG 2423
- DSC00244
- DSC00360
- 132 3282
The engine The slot-shaped hole you can see is where the exhaust (muffler) pipe will attach, when it arrives.