[WIP] Generic Helicopter

[weavil]

I figured It was time to make a helicopter and with the hype about the 42145 currently. (Like efferman's custom parts.) Plus I had the blades sitting here for almost two years. This is not any special make or model. 

It so far has I have a rotor top, cyclic, collective, and rudder peddles. I used, for now, a modified setup that efferman made;

But so far I feel good about the progress.

https://www.bricksafe.com/pages/weavil/2022/helicopter-wip

[weavil]

 

[karmadrome]

Wow, so compact and efficient. Great work.

 

[steph77]

Hi!

This is a good begining!

Be carreful, it seeems but maybe i am wrong, that the collective mechanism will not work as it is monted now. 

The movement od the end mechanism should be horizontal, not vertical i think.

I'll follow this one.

s

[weavil]

On 10/24/2022 at 7:56 AM, karmadrome said:

Wow, so compact and efficient. Great work.

 

Thank you.

On 10/26/2022 at 10:24 AM, steph77 said:

Hi!

This is a good begining!

Be carreful, it seeems but maybe i am wrong, that the collective mechanism will not work as it is monted now. 

The movement od the end mechanism should be horizontal, not vertical i think.

I'll follow this one.

s

I have been working on refinements, tweaks, and adjustments. The video was just a rough draft when I posted. Might post updates of it tomorrow.

[weavil]

Update on progress. Redesigned the linkage, connection points for them, and started on the tail rotor.

Here are a couple of tail rotor concepts.

 

Edited November 8, 2022 by weavil
vid link

[weavil]

I have been busy, but have some progress to the build. The linkage was a problem with slop and/or function. Rebuilt, modified, or prayed to the goat gods, but I prevailed and I think I got most of the kinks out.

I got the tail and linkage worked out and then the rest started to fall into place.

Here was the first tail idea.

Here was the start tail and the rotor.

Here is the tail.

This is the controls out.

And in the helicopter.

The redesign.

The swashplate and doors.

And the tail adjustment axles.

[Jurss]

That tail rotor is really interesting. Pic from other side?

[weavil]

25 minutes ago, Jurss said:

That tail rotor is really interesting. Pic from other side?

[Jurss]

Thank You!