IMG 1420
IMG 1417
IMG 1415
IMG 1412
IMG 1410 1
IMG 0825
IMG 0824
IMG 0823
IMG 0822
IMG 0821
IMG 0820
IMG 0819
IMG 0818
IMG 0817
IMG 0816
IMG 0815
IMG 0814
IMG 0813
IMG 0812
IMG 0811
IMG 0810
IMG 0809
IMG 0808
IMG 0807
IMG 0806
IMG 0805
IMG 0804
IMG 0803
IMG 0802
IMG 0801
IMG 9566
IMG 9565
IMG 9564
IMG 9563
IMG 9557
IMG 9556
IMG 9555
IMG 9554
IMG 9553
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.
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".
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.
133 3303
Beastie so far
DSC01061
DSC01060
DSC01059
DSC01058
P0000017
P0000016
P0000015
P0000014
P0000013
P0000012