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| FlyinBrian | Veteran - Location: USA - |
Hi,
First up is a special thanks to mark at mjpcarbon.com for doing an excellent job of cutting these frames from an autocad drawing in what is an unbelievably short amount of time. If anybody is looking to get some work done this is the person to go to, accurate, fast and some of the best looking carbon I've seen so far.
Second up, this model has absolutely nothing to do with minature aircraft other than it uses some of there parts. Do not call minature looking for info on this model simply because they wont know anything about it. This should be viewed as nothing more than an expierment simply because that is what it is.
Figured a few of you out there in rr land may be interested in this, the post is simply meant as a discussion of the protoype. Considering this is the first attempt there are a few minor mistakes that will be fixed in the next version. I need to add that the mistakes where mine, we are human after all 
Many of you will remember me discussing the possibility of mixing the minair se controll system with a frame set designed to have the tank in the back.
Here she is.......
Side view
What your looking at in the pics is a custom set of frames using minair components, the goal was to use the best from several models with a new layout.
You see a se control system (slightly different layout) along with the tank in the back, lower carbon frame brace, stacked frames, extreme extended main shaft with 3rd bearing block, newstyle clutch bell, reduced part count (compared to st, ct, se or 2k) and the one thing you probably dont see is a lot of work that went into it. Guess you cant call it work when its fun
The prototype is using a os 91 cspec @ 7.75 to 1 (12t pinion on a 93t spur), zimmerman os91 muffler, ds9151 on collective, 9202's elsewhere. The engine is brand new and is still breaking in, I do have 8 flights on it and am very satisifed so far but its hard for me to abuse a new motor so they have been mild flights.
The se has without a doubt been one of the best flying helis available for many years, the pro2 and fury fit into the same category. This is simply an expierment to see if there is any room for improvement. Too be perfectly honest its gonna be a little while before I can answer that myself untill the new motor is broken in.
Price and availability? Not sure, it simply depends on the demand (if any) and when new prototype is built. I am doing this in my spare time and simply to satisfy my desire to see if it can be done better.
CCPM, yes a version is in the works but availability is going to depend on interest. It will be very simular to the standard mix version shown here, stacked frame and the tank in the back.
If your interested in any version of this heli please put a post up to let mark know, if you see anything that could be done better or different then please put a post up.
If at some time this does become available it will simply be sold as a conversion kit, frames only. Depending on which heli you have (st, ct, se, p2k) you will need to purchase a few parts (ie fury clutch, p2k roll cradle) to get it assembled.
Its 100% up to you guys & mark if this becomes available or not, the only profit I will gain from this project is simply the pleasure of doing it my way (rite or wrong as it may be). Mark has the rite to sell the frames and I have no interest in the $$$ side of this at all.
Good, bad or otherwise please post and let your thoughts be known.
Some more pics:
Frames
Complete Frame Set
Lower Frame Brace
The frame brace may be available from mark in the near future, if you look in the middle you'll notice it bolts to the side frames as well. The brace add's a lot of rigidty to the lower frame area and helps to keep the vibes down with the new big block motors. If your interested in this put a post up
Doubler's and Radio Tray
Assembled Upper Frames
Opposite Side Front View
Upper+Lower Frames
Opposite Side
Front View
Autocad drawing
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