Copter Doctor
Elite Veteran
Location: daleville/ft.rucker, al
| great project guys! i am also in the middel of mine., this is my third airwolf over the years. the first one was a larry jolly 60 size witha gmp king cobra in it built back in 1991(damn i am old) then a 30 size one with a kyosho nexus back in 2002 and now a 50 with a sceadu in it. all were the unpainted version. the paintjobs are excellent but still not totally correct. anyway, i didnt use the wooden rails for the mechs instead i layed a plywood floor just wider than the base footprint of the mechs. the holes for the gear come smaller than needed so you can open them to fit whatever servos you want to use. i still say the woodwork should be glued in by the builder cuz getting them servos in seem impossible to me but as i do my own custom gear and rip it all out anyway, it dont matter much to me. one of the best things i did and i hope century starts doing this is make the top lid a two piece deal so you dont have to remove the rotorhead everytime you want to remove the mechs. even if you do that once a year, its still a pain in the butt. i modified the tail housing so the t/r would be on the left side of the heli but this is almost more work than its worth for a first timer. as for the vertical fin, i threw it in the box of vert fins(almost full) because it isnt right either and i didnt like it. i did give it to another member who needed a spare so it isnt totally useless . instead i made my own and have a channel in it so i can easily run the wires for the lights and the tailskid is anchored inside with 2 90 degree bends so neither a powerline or volleyball net will rip it out
see my gallery for some of the pics of this.
drive a rotary, fly a rotorcraft |
