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IMG 2445
IMG 2551
IMG 2417
IMG 2675
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IMG 2431
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IMG 1930
129 2964
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Defects Picture taken of Appt. in Arlington prior to moving in
IMG 5936
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IMG 2756
106 0641
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Wasp [2/2]
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IMG 3053
129 2998
IMG 5344
106 0645
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IMG 2424
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Matts Matts in The Cambridge
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Defects Picture taken of Appt. in Arlington prior to moving in
IMG 0429
129 2968
IMG 1794
129 2973
P0000016
IMG 3140
DSC00193
IMG 2664
IMG 0650
IMG 3070
DSC00188
IMG 2655
IMG 5342
151 5108
DSC00357
DSC00258
IMG 2497
IMG 0801
129 2971
IMG 0608
DSC00225
IMG 2771
IMG 2524
119 1963
119 1952
DSC01318
The village to be 2003-03-29 A lady waits in front of a cottage in what is to become the village. 2003-03-29
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Defects Picture taken of Appt. in Arlington prior to moving in
IMG 0822
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DSC00135
Under the Table 2002-02-17 An example of the structure of the wooden frame. Very simple, sturdy enough.
IMG 0430
DSC00194
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137 3756
Front view
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DSC00578
IMG 0446
DSC00148
The Table 2002-02-24 An update - two loops of track, a reversing double "wye" in the centre with the points/turnouts in the process of being wired.
IMG 2412
DSC00353
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IMG 2504
119 1933
IMG 2530
IMG 2542
IMG 2538
119 1964
IMG 0651
DSC00362
IMG 2523
IMG 1065 raw
IMG 2540
IMG 0644
IMG 0547
IMG 2429
IMG 3144
IMG 0423
132 3286
Look at the mess!
IMG 4157
IMG 2552
IMG 0568
DSC00388
IMG 1080
DSC00358
IMG 1800
DSC00291
IMG 1069
IMG 0564
119 1956
IMG 9553
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Assembling the rotor head These bits will eventually sit atop the swash plate.
IMG 2498
IMG 0452
IMG 0176
IMG 3073
IMG 2434
IMG 3122
IMG 2751
IMG 2652
IMG 0649
DSC00608
Saturn Meade 10" Newtonian, Sony DSC-P1, TeleVue zoom @8mm
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IMG 7848
IMG 3068
IMG 1809
DSC00170
IMG 2532
IMG 2527
DSC00352
IMG 2444
IMG 5336
IMG 3201
IMG 7796
IMG 2750
IMG 1798
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IMG 6018
IMG 0546
DSC00366
IMG 1795
IMG 3067
103 0388
IMG 2420
142 4255
IMG 0433
DSC00334
The Moon Meade 10" Newtonian, Sony DSC-P1, Meade Plossl 26mm
IMG 0545
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Saturn Meade 10" Newtonian, Sony DSC-P1, Meade Plossl 26mm
IMG 1918
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Towards the industrial area 2003-03-29 Progress has occured in the industrial region with the addition of some storage tanks and a depot. 2003-03-29
IMG 5333
IMG 0654
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IMG 2673
IMG 2978
IMG 1810
IMG 0473
136 3608
IMG 1797
DSC00351
DSC00206
The first scenery 2002-04-28 The first area of scenery is started. Here we have some grass and bushes.
IMG 2647
IMG 2562
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IMG 2520
IMG 2519
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IMG 3200
IMG 2421
IMG 7791
IMG 8434
142 4234
IMG 3142
IMG 1793
IMG 0560
IMG 5331
DSC00259
IMG 2646
DSC00183
132 3288
Flybar again
IMG 2650
IMG 2773
DSC00460
IMG 2659
IMG 2648
119 1955
IMG 0177
IMG 0477
IMG 9326
A year or so later...
106 0644
132 3273
Getting started When I remembered I wanted to take pictures of the construction, this is far as I was already.
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DSC00365
DSC00387
104 0410
142 4254
IMG 2553
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 3146
IMG 2535
IMG 0461
142 4252
IMG 2765
IMG 7800
IMG 8023
IMG 8022
IMG 1839
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DSC00461
IMG 3141
IMG 2972
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DSC00150
The Digitrax controller This is the controller of this layout, a Digitrax DCS-100 DCC controller.
IMG 0445
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IMG 3183
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DSC00098
114 1496
DSC00359
IMG 2656
132 3281
Engine in the frame, other side
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IMG 7865
IMG 0607
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IMG 7792
IMG 4263
IMG 9390
Frogs on the license plate
IMG 2521
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IMG 0565
IMG 2518
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IMG 2495
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IMG 7855
DSC00208
The Table 2002-04-28 The current state of the table. The foliage in the previous two pictures is centre right. The white splotches are experiments with two types of plaster, partly to hold the track in place (and level) and partly for scenic effect.
IMG 2660
IMG 2425
IMG 1059
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The cottage in the village 2003-03-29 That lady is still waiting... 2003-03-29
IMG 7787
IMG 3188
IMG 2499
IMG 0428
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DSC00587
IMG 3041
IMG 0843
119 1960
IMG 5990
DSC00329
The Moon Meade 10" Newtonian, Sony DSC-P1, Meade Plossl 26mm
IMG 7788
151 5107
IMG 4156
IMG 1796
IMG 3137
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IMG 4162
132 3290
Tail rotor assembly This was a fiddly piece to put together.
IMG 2446
IMG 0233
IMG 5330
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IMG 2557
142 4253
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Tango Rob's Tango has an identity crisis
IMG 7790
IMG 8958
IMG 3091
IMG 3120
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Merlin
IMG 0559
119 1939
IMG 7866
DSC00356
IMG 0552
IMG 0426
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DSC00543
Saturn Meade 10" Newtonian, Sony DSC-P1, Meade Plossl 26mm
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IMG 0247
IMG 3197
IMG 0178
103 0375
Jappert
IMG 4296
IMG 5334
IMG 2423
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119 1937
IMG 3198
IMG 3186
IMG 3124
IMG 2559
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IMG 3139
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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 8029
IMG 2573
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IMG 3138
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IMG 3187
IMG 3066
136 3607
IMG 2574
IMG 8096
IMG 1787
IMG 0652
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IMG 0558
IMG 7806
IMG 8092
132 3279
Engine in the frame
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005
IMG 0838
IMG 0248
IMG 8020
003
IMG 8025
IMG 0462
IMG 0439
IMG 3040
IMG 2625
142 4228
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IMG 8027
IMG 5332
IMG 2537
IMG 1079
IMG 4166
IMG 3118
IMG 3062
IMG 2680
IMG 0553
IMG 8031
IMG 2522
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Wasp [1/2]
IMG 3034
IMG 0563
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IMG 6016
IMG 0460
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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".
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IMG 8028
IMG 0839
IMG 5987
IMG 2452
IMG 2447
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IMG 7867
IMG 8021
IMG 8090
IMG 2626
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IMG 8038
IMG 3055
IMG 2428
IMG 7851
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Merlin [4/4]
IMG 2770
IMG 2448
IMG 0837
IMG 8202
IMG 5994
119 1959
IMG 6013
IMG 8019
IMG 3050
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IMG 4152
IMG 0549
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IMG 0867
DSC00235
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IMG 5328
IMG 3037
IMG 3145
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IMG 7720
IMG 2496
IMG 3074
IMG 2693
IMG 2576
IMG 0820
IMG 7733
IMG 5983
IMG 2678
IMG 7853
IMG 2973
IMG 0455
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Saturn Meade 10" Newtonian, Sony DSC-P1, Meade Plossl 26mm
IMG 8120
IMG 2567
IMG 3061
IMG 0182
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002
IMG 0180
IMG 0175
IMG 8254
IMG 2767
IMG 0422
IMG 3038
IMG 2578
IMG 1157
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IMG 4262
IMG 8102
IMG 2513
IMG 7793
IMG 2526
IMG 8104
IMG 2645
IMG 2558
115 1502
IMG 8030
IMG 0451
IMG 2974
IMG 7805
IMG 3085
IMG 3033
IMG 8946
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IMG 3182
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IMG 3054
IMG 1072
IMG 7807
IMG 2755
IMG 2426
IMG 0556
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Tunnel ahoy! 2003-03-29 At the rear of the layout, a long passenger train headed by two Class A3s enters what will be a tunnel. 2003-03-29
IMG 6002
IMG 0886
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IMG 2449
IMG 0173
IMG 7798
004
IMG 0166
IMG 0146
IMG 2995
IMG 0551
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IMG 2561
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 7737
014
IMG 8093
IMG 2494
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IMG 4246
IMG 0147
IMG 0548
IMG 4301
IMG 7988
103 0378
IMG 2634
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IMG 4158
IMG 0476
DSC00249
IMG 2635
DSC00226
IMG 5991
IMG 1155
IMG 0567
IMG 0474
DSC00101
IMG 4155
IMG 3079
DSC00464
DSC00244
IMG 4128
DSC00260
IMG 2622
IMG 0246
IMG 3076
DSC00108
IMG 7846
IMG 3036
IMG 2643
IMG 0443
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IMG 0149
IMG 8097
IMG 8087
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IMG 0866
IMG 2684
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IMG 7857
IMG 3080
IMG 7710
IMG 4265
IMG 0181
IMG 0174
IMG 0457
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IMG 5958
IMG 2631
IMG 0171
IMG 0554
IMG 0243
IMG 0828
IMG 8250
IMG 8091
DSC00261
IMG 8207
IMG 8101
IMG 2644
IMG 2560
IMG 1083
IMG 8018
IMG 8957
DSC00336
The Moon Meade 10" Newtonian, Sony DSC-P1, Meade Plossl 26mm
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IMG 5989
IMG 2432
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IMG 7772
IMG 0857
IMG 0841
IMG 2564
IMG 0906
IMG 8951
IMG 2621
IMG 2554
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IMG 4170
IMG 0456
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You're still doing it
119 1954
IMG 5979
IMG 8026
IMG 8024
IMG 3121
IMG 8095
IMG 2453
IMG 0852
IMG 3056
IMG 2971
IMG 7715
IMG 0842
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Engine in the frame, closeup
IMG 8206
IMG 2658
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IMG 6015
IMG 8048
IMG 2529
IMG 1784
IMG 2619
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IMG 7984
IMG 2450
IMG 7854
IMG 5984
IMG 3196
IMG 8253
IMG 3185
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A village station 2003-03-29 The village Railway Station, yet to be named or decorated. 2003-03-29
IMG 4303
IMG 7780
IMG 4167
IMG 6001
IMG 0885
IMG 8430
IMG 2679
IMG 1160
IMG 4159
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IMG 5982
IMG 8106
IMG 8089
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IMG 7819
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IMG 7850
IMG 3147
IMG 0883
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 0244
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IMG 7782
IMG 7858
IMG 8098
IMG 4300
IMG 7719
IMG 7738
IMG 8036
IMG 0858
IMG 3190
IMG 8237
IMG 8238
IMG 8954
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The Moon Meade 10" Newtonian, Sony DSC-P1, Meade Plossl 26mm
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IMG 0475
142 4256
IMG 7764
IMG 7852
IMG 8007
IMG 7964
IMG 5992
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IMG 4153
IMG 8014
IMG 7995
IMG 3125
IMG 4154
IMG 3057
IMG 2577
IMG 0459
IMG 8173
IMG 8805
IMG 4134
IMG 3169
IMG 8041
IMG 7987
IMG 3126
IMG 3119
IMG 1143
IMG 0232
IMG 7763
IMG 4164
IMG 3090
IMG 2686
IMG 0438
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IMG 0836
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 7708
IMG 8239
IMG 0898
IMG 5988
IMG 7761
IMG 3051
IMG 3044
IMG 7724
IMG 5953
IMG 3179
IMG 0859
IMG 4295
IMG 8241
IMG 8283
IMG 8099
IMG 2729
DSC00247
IMG 5995
IMG 1062 raw
IMG 2639
IMG 2677
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Saturn Meade 10" Newtonian, Sony DSC-P1, Meade Plossl 26mm
IMG 0168
IMG 2694
IMG 2566
IMG 0157
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IMG 8049
IMG 0849
IMG 8944
IMG 8034
IMG 2692
IMG 4297
IMG 2682
IMG 0881
IMG 7716
IMG 7718
IMG 7747
IMG 7774
IMG 8198
IMG 2555
IMG 0853
IMG 7771
IMG 7983
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IMG 2590
IMG 0264
IMG 8046
IMG 2592
IMG 3058
IMG 8945
IMG 4298
IMG 2571
IMG 0847
DSC00379
IMG 5997
IMG 3172
IMG 0179
IMG 2636
IMG 2593
IMG 0840
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IMG 4260
IMG 4099
IMG 8436
IMG 8203
IMG 3149
IMG 7728
IMG 7786
IMG 8435
IMG 0829
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IMG 7705
IMG 7760
IMG 7870
IMG 8281
IMG 7776
IMG 8015
IMG 7991
IMG 7986
IMG 3171
IMG 3152
IMG 1149
IMG 7770
IMG 3123
IMG 0440
IMG 3136
IMG 8071
IMG 8032
DSC00245
IMG 4103
IMG 0190
IMG 8037
IMG 0854
114 1499
IMG 7773
IMG 5986
IMG 8251
IMG 4133
IMG 8039
DSC00262
IMG 8197
DSC00553
Saturn Meade 10" Newtonian, Sony DSC-P1, Meade Plossl 26mm
IMG 5952
IMG 2556
IMG 7731
IMG 0442
IMG 2633
IMG 0167
IMG 4294
IMG 8252
IMG 8106
IMG 8355
IMG 3128
IMG 3075
IMG 6012
IMG 0444
IMG 8195
IMG 8703
IMG 0234
IMG 4309
IMG 7714
IMG 8107
IMG 8104
IMG 3195
IMG 3084
IMG 0887
IMG 8105
IMG 8809
IMG 3065
IMG 4129
IMG 8051
IMG 2731
IMG 1786
IMG 7769
IMG 8125
IMG 3042
IMG 7727
IMG 8708
IMG 3043
IMG 0172
IMG 0165
IMG 4123
IMG 2579
IMG 8959
IMG 2451
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 5955
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.
DSC00380
DSC00558
Saturn Meade 10" Newtonian, Sony DSC-P1, Meade Plossl 26mm
IMG 8359
IMG 4104
IMG 8100
IMG 3192
IMG 4269
IMG 8033
IMG 3129
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IMG 3180
IMG 4102
IMG 0851
IMG 8150
IMG 4299
IMG 8653
IMG 8017
IMG 3035
IMG 0833
IMG 3059
IMG 2594
DSC00266
IMG 7812
IMG 8256
IMG 0144
IMG 0861
IMG 8009
IMG 0862
103 0377
IMG 8088
IMG 0860
IMG 0454
IMG 8704
IMG 4106
DSC00465
IMG 8103
IMG 3077
IMG 8107
IMG 4177
IMG 3148
IMG 1779
DSC00585
IMG 0169
IMG 8035
IMG 7961
IMG 8172
IMG 7868
IMG 2627
IMG 2620
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IMG 7781
IMG 7824
IMG 0880
IMG 0437
IMG 0236
IMG 8109
IMG 5996
IMG 7732
IMG 7941
IMG 8148
IMG 8654
IMG 4150
IMG 8255
IMG 2688
IMG 4254
IMG 8296
IMG 8008
IMG 8943
IMG 4100
IMG 8006
IMG 4250
IMG 8356
IMG 1150
IMG 0882
IMG 0087
IMG 8438
IMG 3189
IMG 2623
IMG 8955
IMG 0844
IMG 0550
IMG 7856
IMG 8297
IMG 8439
IMG 5980
IMG 3082
DSC00109
IMG 7558
IMG 6000
IMG 2685
IMG 1780
IMG 0566
IMG 8947
IMG 5993
IMG 8146
IMG 3087
IMG 8145
IMG 3168
IMG 4339
IMG 8320
IMG 0256
IMG 0145
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DSC00111
IMG 8187
IMG 3088
IMG 3063
IMG 3046
IMG 8087
IMG 8651
IMG 8437
IMG 2460
IMG 1130
IMG 7765
IMG 2632
IMG 0158
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IMG 7745
IMG 2638
IMG 2595
DSC00276
IMG 8180
IMG 8189
IMG 2599
DSC00274
IMG 5960
IMG 8109
IMG 2586
IMG 8122
IMG 8204
IMG 6011
3C2A3288
IMG 2698
IMG 2689
IMG 4287
IMG 8072
IMG 2702
IMG 2575
IMG 8700
IMG 4127
IMG 2454
IMG 8123
IMG 3086
IMG 1131
IMG 0441
IMG 7872
IMG 3153
IMG 7992
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IMG 8208
IMG 5949
IMG 3155
IMG 0148
IMG 4308
IMG 0163
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.
IMG 8046
IMG 3157
IMG 0865
IMG 0826
IMG 7768
IMG 7944
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IMG 3131
IMG 2587
IMG 2602
IMG 2598
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IMG 8002
IMG 0156
IMG 5957
IMG 2572
IMG 0183
DSC00250
IMG 7748
IMG 2569
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IMG 7777
IMG 8083
IMG 8276
IMG 7826
IMG 4120
DSC00275
IMG 8086
IMG 7827
IMG 8050
IMG 8108
IMG 8191
IMG 8721
IMG 0150
IMG 8652
IMG 3134
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IMG 8043
IMG 8200
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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 8069
IMG 2628
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IMG 8265
IMG 3154
IMG 0115
IMG 3132
IMG 0362 1
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