tdang2k
Heliman
Location: San Jose, CA
| Panther in azure blue camo scheme!Ed,
You are right that the US navy color for the Panther would be nicer. That was my original choice too but since my friend Morris got that scheme on his UH-1 already I decided to go to different one. Beside that, the Panther's scheme was based on a picture of the real scale that I got from www.helispot.com.
The Panther was not very popular and it was hard for me to find any in the Web. If you know any website or any picture of the Panther, would you share with us?
Regarding the building, building the Panther was a breeze to compare with the UH-1. I finished the Panther's mechanic in 3 days including setting up the CCPM. Its tail drive was composed of 2 pieces of torque tube in stainless steel. I tested fly the Panther with its supplied wood semi-symetrical blades (660mm long) and the heli was solid and no vibration what so ever. I am thinking of replacing with a set of carbon 880 mm blades.
On the other side, Morris had to modify the wood platform for the Xcell mechanic on his Scalehouse bell because he did not like the one that comes with the the kit. He used a flexible cable set up for the tail eventhough he got a 40degree gear box available because it was easier to install. His heli flies very good but if you pay close attention, you will notice a slight viber on the tail which of course came from the tail flexible cable. He said that next time if he has ever built another kit with an angled tail, he definitely uses a gear box and torque tube instead.
Tdang |
I had to vote for it 
