jbeech
rrAdvertiser
Location: Sanford, FL (Orlando area)
| Hello Reaper1,
I've been off duty for a bit handling some family matters.
I am impressed you want to make your own fuselage. What model do you have in mind? Please contact me and I will be pleased to help you by measuring whatever you have in mind. That said, please alow me to share with you some information you may find helpful.
Basically, all the 50-class helis are about the same size, i.e. not just my Pantera and Tiger, which for all practical purposes with respect to placement within a fusleage share identical dimensions, but the Raptor, 600N, Sceadu, etc. are also pretty much the same size, i.e. length between main shaft center and tail output shaft center. Similarly, width, height, weight, are similar.
Details like additional servos are the exclusive domain of the Pantera however, i.e. other helis support 5 servos and the Pantera accepts 8 servos within the frames. Furthermore, the Pantera/Tiger being CCPM allow the complete removal of the radio platform because it only supports the receiver and battery while a Raptor or Sceadu cannot possibly allow this because that's where the servos mount. What does this mean in practice? Simple, it's where you build scale detail - like the entire cockpit area, which is impossible with those other birds.
Finally, while I have a dog in this hunt and thus have definite opnions about the suitability of one of our products, the fact is you are talking about building your own fuselage, which means you can make "any" helicopter mechanics work for your goals. Hence, MartyH's advice of going ahead and getting your choice is good advice because there's no way to sketch out your dream without having the model in hand. Basically, you may make some progress with measurements, but the real work happens when you have the model itself in hand. Your comment of selecting the Pantera as opposed to the Tiger is likely spot on.
Anyway, scale is my favorite form of aeromodeling and for this selfish reason I am very interested in what you develop. Furthermore, I would be very pleased if you'd take photos as you progress and share them with me directly (to my personal email) so that maybe we can make a white paper fomr what results for me to put on the website so that folks who follow you can benefit from what you do in the future.
Good luck pal.
John Beech - GM (and janitor)
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