
- IMG 0425
- IMG 0426
- MOV00230
- IMG 0424
- IMG 1384
- IMG 1764
- IMG 1405
- IMG 1763
- IMG 1403
- IMG 1758
- IMG 1385
- IMG 0427
- IMG 1383
- IMG 0407
- IMG 1402
- IMG 1406
- IMG 1760
- IMG 1761
- IMG 0416
- IMG 0422
- IMG 1759
- IMG 0406
- IMG 1752
- IMG 0405
- IMG 1755
- IMG 0423
- IMG 0436
- IMG 1756
- IMG 1407
- IMG 1768
- IMG 1382
- IMG 1757
- IMG 1762
- IMG 0430
- IMG 0429
- IMG 1400
- IMG 1401
- IMG 0226
- IMG 0428
- IMG 1767
- IMG 0414
- IMG 1386
- IMG 1404
- IMG 0418
- IMG 0404
- IMG 1381
- IMG 1766
- IMG 1754
- IMG 1753
- IMG 1398
- IMG 1394
- IMG 1388
- IMG 0232
- IMG 1397
- IMG 1396
- IMG 1395
- IMG 0234
- IMG 1389
- IMG 1387
- IMG 1391
- IMG 1390
- IMG 1399
- IMG 0233
- IMG 1393
- IMG 0238
- IMG 0235
- IMG 0231
- IMG 1392
- IMG 0258
- IMG 0227
- IMG 0228
- IMG 0230
- IMG 0236
- DSC00123
- IMG 0237
- DSC00128
- IMG 0238
- IMG 0229
- IMG 0239
- DSC00129
- IMG 0237
- IMG 0242
- DSC00120
- DSC00124
- IMG 0263
- DSC00121
- IMG 0241
- DSC00126
- DSC00122
- DSC00130
- IMG 0240
- IMG 0240
- IMG 0239
- IMG 0231
- IMG 0247
- IMG 0259
- DSC00115
- IMG 1058
- DSC00127
- DSC00119
- DSC00198
Merlin and the Squirrels again 2002-04-28 - IMG 0248
- DSC00125
- IMG 0235
- IMG 0257
- IMG 0250
- DSC00116
- IMG 0251
- 142 4227
- IMG 0236
- 142 4226
- IMG 1062 raw
- IMG 0234
- DSC00199
Merlin and the Squirrels again #2 2002-04-28 - IMG 0244
- IMG 0243
- IMG 0256
- 103 0377
- IMG 0246
- IMG 0232
- IMG 0550
- IMG 2658
- IMG 0264
- IMG 0233
- IMG 2971
- IMG 2974
- IMG 0248
- IMG 0247
- IMG 2995
- IMG 0426
- IMG 2526
- 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 0551
- 103 0378
- IMG 2529
- IMG 2973
- 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. - 142 4228
- IMG 0554
- 103 0375
Jappert - IMG 2537
- 142 4256
- IMG 1059
- IMG 0553
- 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. - 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 0428
- 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. - 142 4253
- 142 4252
- IMG 2767
- IMG 2538
- IMG 0552
- IMG 2540
- IMG 2659
- IMG 0556
- IMG 2972
- IMG 0548
- IMG 2978
- 142 4254
- 142 4255
- IMG 1065 raw
- IMG 0433
- IMG 0549
- 132 3280
Engine in the frame, closeup - 106 0644
- IMG 2530
- IMG 2656
- IMG 2650
- IMG 2660
- IMG 2527
- 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 0430
- IMG 2539
- IMG 2750
- IMG 2541
- IMG 2535
- IMG 2755
- IMG 2532
- IMG 0607
- IMG 2655
- IMG 2536
- IMG 2534
- IMG 2542
- IMG 2770
- 142 4234
- IMG 2525
- IMG 2653
- IMG 2663
- IMG 0429
- 106 0645
- IMG 0427
- 132 3279
Engine in the frame - IMG 0434
- IMG 0425
- IMG 2528
- IMG 2751
- IMG 2664
- IMG 2765
- 900 0013
Merlin [2/6] - IMG 2546
- IMG 2773
- IMG 2533
- IMG 2545
- IMG 0432
- IMG 1063
- IMG 2654
- 132 3290
Tail rotor assembly This was a fiddly piece to put together. - 106 0641
- IMG 2543
- 132 3281
Engine in the frame, other side - IMG 2669
- IMG 2756
- IMG 0545
- 132 3288
Flybar again - IMG 2549
- IMG 2662
- IMG 0435
- 900 0015
Merlin [4/6] - IMG 0431
- 103 0379
- 106 0643
- IMG 2772
- IMG 0547
- 900 0014
Merlin [3/6] - 132 3286
Look at the mess! - IMG 2668
- IMG 0546
- IMG 2652
- DSC00098
Tara - IMG 2667
- IMG 2761
- IMG 2649
- IMG 0544
- 132 3283
Assembling the rotor head These bits will eventually sit atop the swash plate. - IMG 2764
- IMG 0609
- 142 4251
- IMG 2771
- DSC00432
- 900 0009
Merlin! - 142 4230
- 132 3282
The engine The slot-shaped hole you can see is where the exhaust (muffler) pipe will attach, when it arrives. - IMG 2544
- 899 9944
Tara! - IMG 2665
- 900 0012
Merlin [1/6] - IMG 3014
- IMG 2651
- DSC00095
- IMG 0608
- 106 0646
- IMG 2776
- MOV00289
- 106 0688
- MOV00147
- IMG 2666
- 106 0640
- 900 0016
Merlin [5/6] - IMG 0606
- MOV00286
- 142 4247
- MOV00237
- IMG 2753
- MOV00269
- MOV00377
- IMG 2754
- MOV00231
- IMG 2778
- 142 4232
- 142 4245
- 142 4233
- 142 4238
- MOV00238
- 106 0652
- 142 4250
- 154 5422
- 142 4235
- IMG 2777
- dsc00027
- 142 4229
- 106 0687
- 154 5424
- MOV00285
- DSC00160
- 154 5432
- 142 4246
- MOV00281
- 142 4244
- 142 4258
- 142 4249
- DSC00433
- 900 0019
Tara ...yes, I know you have a new toy... - 154 5423
- MOV00270
- dsc00030
- MOV00284
- 106 0664
- 106 0649
- 154 5438
- 142 4231
- DSC01248
- 154 5436
- DSC00133
- MOV00234
- dsc00046
- DSC00135
- 106 0654
- DSC00159
- dsc00031
- IMG 0754
- MOV00282
- DSC00132
- 154 5425
- 142 4241
- 154 5428
- IMG 0755
- 154 5430
- 154 5426
- IMG 0762
- DSC00134
- 142 4225
- MOV00268
- DSC00158
- 142 4257
- IMG 2192
- 142 4248
- 106 0678
- 900 0018
Tara Okay, I'm bored now... - IMG 2193
- dsc00029
- dsc00028
- IMG 0756
- 154 5437
- 106 0680
- IMG 2191
- 142 4265
- 154 5429
- 154 5427
- 106 0648
- 106 0681
- 900 0022
Tara ...I'm outta here. - 154 5431
- 142 4237
- 900 0017
Merlin [6/6] - IMG 0612
- 106 0650
- 142 4259
- DSC00157
- 154 5405
- 142 4236
- dsc00058
Tinsel Even more Tinsel... - 154 5421
- dsc00032
- 154 5433
- IMG 2190
- IMG 0766
- 154 5420
- 142 4270
- 142 4240
- IMG 0610
- DSC00131
- 142 4267
- IMG 0753
- 106 0665
- 106 0662
- DSC00130
- 154 5419
- IMG 0613
- 142 4260
- dsc00044
- IMG 2194
- 106 0686
- 106 0657
- 106 0639
- IMG 0764
- dsc00041
- 154 5434
- dsc00043
- 106 0659
- 106 0673
- 900 0020
Tara ...enough already. - IMG 0761
- 106 0668
- 106 0637
- IMG 0763
- dsc00036
- 106 0682
- dsc00035
- IMG 0765
- 106 0663
- 900 0024
Random shot - 142 4242
- 142 4272
- 106 0660
- 154 5416
- 154 5418
- 154 5417
- IMG 2779
- 142 4266
- dsc00045
- 106 0670
- 106 0653
- 106 0633
- dsc00040
- 154 5435
- 106 0667
- 106 0638
- IMG 0767
- dsc00042
- DSC01211
- IMG 0758
- 106 0675
- 141 4199
- 106 0651
- 106 0634
- 142 4269
- 142 4264
- dsc00037
- 142 4243
- 106 0676
- IMG 0624
- dsc00038
- DSC01210
- 142 4268
- 130 3070
- 106 0669
- IMG 0757
- IMG 0611
- IMG 0614
- IMG 0751
- 154 5415
- DSC01245
- DSC00434
- DSC01216
- IMG 0752
- IMG 0749
- 154 5403
- 142 4201
- IMG 0759
- IMG 0621
- IMG 0620
- 154 5402
- 106 0658
- 142 4203
- 142 4202
- dsc00033
- dsc00034
- 142 4208
- 142 4239
- 106 0636
- DSC01209
- DSC01222
- 106 0671
- 130 3081
- DSC01208
- 142 4263
- IMG 0619
- DSC01219
- 106 0672
- IMG 0746
- IMG 0750
- DSC01243
- 122 2230
- 154 5406
- 142 4274
- DSC00162
- DSC01206
- IMG 0617
- 142 4271
- DSC01247
- DSC01217
- IMG 0748
- DSC01207
- 142 4278
- DSC01242
- DSC01220
- IMG 0747
- 141 4200
- IMG 0760
- 154 5407
- DSC00129
- DSC00435
- IMG 0622
- 142 4262
- IMG 0745
- DSC00161
- 133 3333
Size comparison The universal measuring device: A Coke can. - IMG 6339
- DSC00127
- IMG 0616
- 130 3072
- IMG 0623
- 130 3080
- IMG 0744
- IMG 0775
- 130 3071
- 130 3079
- DSC01244
- 142 4273
- DSC01223
- 142 4261
- DSC00436
- IMG 0768
- 154 5408
- DSC00163
- 133 3334
Size comparison - DSC01218
- 142 4204
- DSC00125
- 142 4275
- 130 3073
- IMG 0772
- 130 3078
- DSC00164
- IMG 0773
- DSC01227
- 142 4277
- 130 3082
- DSC00165
- 142 4209
- IMG 0774
- DSC00128
- IMG 6357
- IMG 0769
- IMG 0615
- 136 3698
- IMG 0735
- 136 3676
- 142 4276
- DSC01246
- DSC00438
- 130 3074
- DSC01224
- 122 2228
- 154 5401
- IMG 6289
Program AE - IMG 6340
- 130 3083
- 142 4280
- 136 3687
- 136 3673
- 154 5414
- IMG 0737
- IMG 0776
- DSC01226
- IMG 6338
- IMG 0739
- 122 2203
- 121 2184
- 154 5409
- 142 4211
- 136 3675
- DSC00437
- IMG 6327
- 142 4213
- 137 3702
- 154 5411
- 131 3144
- 130 3077
- 130 3091
- 122 2257
- DSC01239
- 136 3674
- DSC01233
- IMG 0740
- IMG 0780
- IMG 0734
- 136 3678
- IMG 0779
- 142 4207
- 130 3092
- IMG 0618
- IMG 8671
- 136 3645
- 121 2185
- 142 4206
- DSC01235
- 154 5410
- 136 3685
- 136 3700
- IMG 0743
- IMG 6328
- 130 3084
- 142 4212
- 136 3680
- 122 2202
- IMG 0741
- 142 4217
- 136 3637
- 142 4205
- IMG 6358
- 121 2186
- 137 3732
- 136 3684
- IMG 6326
- 136 3681
- 136 3691
- DSC00126
- IMG 6287
Program AE - 131 3138
- 130 3076
- 136 3699
- IMG 6355
- IMG 0738
- IMG 0778
- 136 3688
- 131 3109
- 131 3137
- 130 3089
- DSC01228
- 142 4216
- 142 4279
- IMG 0771
- DSC01232
- 136 3686
- IMG 0770
- IMG 6316
- 142 4218
- 131 3192
- 140 4097
- DSC01236
- IMG 6337
- 122 2204
- IMG 8674
- 121 2182
- 137 3731
- 131 3142
- 142 4210
- 121 2183
- 131 3110
- 136 3683
- 122 2252
- 136 3655
- IMG 0742
- 122 2262
- 131 3140
- 131 3139
- 130 3075
- 121 2101
- 140 4094
- 142 4284
- 142 4283
- IMG 6360
- 122 2231
- 121 2171
- DSC01234
- IMG 6361
- 131 3191
- IMG 0777
- 140 4081
- 131 3134
- 136 3692
- 122 2256
- IMG 6288
Program AE - 130 3085
- DSC01231
- IMG 6341
- 140 4095
- 137 3701
- 136 3682
- 131 3107
- 121 2103
- 121 2161
- 131 3136
- 131 3194
- 122 2226
- 121 2166
- DSC01229
- 136 3652
- IMG 6359
- 136 3657
- 136 3658
- 136 3644
- 154 5412
- 131 3104
- 121 2187
- IMG 6286
Program AE - 136 3689
- 121 2178
- 120 2014
- 120 2011
- 137 3730
- 136 3672
- 154 5413
- 131 3148
- 121 2197
- 121 2181
- 136 3646
- 131 3129
- 131 3143
- 120 2013
- 136 3679
- 136 3654
- DSC01237
- 121 2165
- 122 2245
- 120 2010
- 121 2193
- 136 3643
- 131 3190
- 131 3193
- 122 2213
- 136 3653
- 122 2219
- 131 3147
- 136 3690
- 142 4214
- 122 2229
- IMG 8673
- 136 3656
- 120 2012
- 122 2223
- 121 2123
- 122 2206
- 121 2124
- IMG 6356
- 142 4219
- 122 2227
- IMG 0736
- 140 4080
- 137 3725
- 137 3703
- 131 3198
- 130 3093
- 122 2253
- 131 3128
- 140 4066
- 131 3135
- 131 3103
- 142 4220
- 131 3108
- 130 3090
- 142 4222
- 137 3723
- 122 2258
- 122 2205
- IMG 8719
- 142 4285
- 131 3132
- 131 3146
- 130 3087
- 122 2218
- 137 3746
- 121 2122
- 120 2007
- 131 3141
- 122 2260
- 122 2221
- 140 4096
- 121 2195
- 122 2220
- 121 2163
- 120 2086
- 136 3677
- 121 2198
- 137 3745
- 130 3086
- 122 2261
- 122 2259
- 120 2008
- 140 4093
- 131 3130
- 122 2254
- 122 2232
- IMG 6354
- 142 4287
- 136 3697
- 121 2125
- 137 3722
- 121 2164
- 142 4215
- 122 2244
- 131 3106
- IMG 6343
- 136 3693
- 122 2247
- 137 3740
- 136 3651
- 122 2242
- 121 2196
- IMG 6330
- 140 4079
- 122 2263
- 122 2255
- 122 2201
- 121 2199
- IMG 8676
- 137 3713
- 121 2168
- 137 3711
- 131 3170
- 136 3671
- 122 2224
- 136 3641
- 121 2167
- 140 4082
- DSC01230
- IMG 6348
- 131 3189
- 122 2222
- 131 3196
- 122 2264
- 137 3747
- 121 2180
- 121 2177
- 131 3111
- IMG 8720
- 136 3640
- 137 3710
- 131 3197
- 131 3105
- 122 2251
- 122 2246
- 122 2225
- 121 2188
- 121 2127
- 136 3662
- 137 3712
- 137 3706
- IMG 6325
- 136 3694
- 131 3117
- 137 3727
- 120 2015
- 120 2050
- 121 2121
- 137 3729
- IMG 8717
- 140 4092
- 131 3126
- IMG 8675
- IMG 6350
- 131 3145
- IMG 6347
- 137 3726
- 136 3642
- 122 2216
- IMG 6342
- 121 2194
- 140 4069
- 137 3721
- 136 3696
- 131 3179
- 131 3149
- 131 3131
- 131 3116
- IMG 8680
- 131 3166
- 122 2215
- IMG 6304
- 142 4286
- IMG 8682
- IMG 6290
Aperture f/1.4 - IMG 6323
- 121 2200
- IMG 6346
- IMG 6344
- 136 3638
- 122 2214
- 136 3650
- 130 3094
- 131 3127
- 131 3200
- 121 2142
- 142 4221
- 137 3709
- IMG 8681
- 121 2150
- 140 4070
- 140 4068
- IMG 8678
- IMG 6318
- 131 3188
- 121 2160
- 137 3739
- 140 4100
- IMG 0733
- 136 3647
- 122 2240
- 131 3186
- IMG 6336
- 137 3734
- 122 2241
- 120 2084
- 119 1989
- 140 4099
- 140 4083
- 137 3708
- 122 2243
- 131 3195
- 121 2172
- 120 2100
- 120 2093
- 137 3724
- 131 3114
- IMG 6292
Aperture f/1.4 - 131 3133
- 131 3118
- 122 2207
- IMG 8721
- IMG 6291
Aperture f/1.4 - 137 3720
- 122 2217
- 137 3716
- 120 2034
- 130 3088
- 122 2212
- 121 2192
- IMG 8718
- 137 3733
- 140 4098
- 137 3717
- 121 2126
- IMG 6311
- IMG 6324
- 136 3639
- 121 2149
- 121 2128
- IMG 6305
- IMG 6294
Aperture f/1.4 - 131 3169
- 140 4078
- 140 4071
- 137 3738
- 136 3670
- 121 2140
- 140 4065
- 137 3743
- 137 3736
- 140 4084
- 131 3123
- 131 3174
- 137 3705
- 131 3168
- IMG 6307
- 122 2248
- IMG 6313
- 122 2209
- 137 3707
- 121 2141
- 122 2208
- 121 2104
- IMG 8706
- 137 3728
- 121 2112
- IMG 6352
- 137 3742
- 131 3199
- 142 4281
- 137 3714
- 130 3097
- IMG 6306
- IMG 6349
- IMG 6315
- 121 2169
- 122 2249
- IMG 6345
- 137 3741
- 121 2151
- 121 2139
- 121 2132
- IMG 6353
- 136 3659
- 142 4282
- 140 4085
- 137 3715
- 119 1988
- IMG 6332
- IMG 8716
- IMG 6331
- 121 2102
- IMG 8722
- IMG 8707
- 122 2238
- 121 2190
- 130 3095
- 122 2250
- 140 4076
- 141 4132
- 131 3164
- 131 3150
- 137 3704
- 131 3167
- 122 2236
- IMG 6322
- 137 3718
- 131 3102
- 131 3156
- 122 2233
- 121 2116
- 119 1982
- IMG 8683
- 131 3187
- IMG 6309
- 137 3719
- 122 2237
- 122 2234
- 121 2130