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  • Member since
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  • From: Jacksonville, FL
Finished huey pics
Posted by icandrawem2 on Friday, February 13, 2009 1:06 PM

Here are some photos of the replica Huey we built from the film Apocalypse Now. I posted some fabrication photos of this a few weeks back, but here are the final installation photos. Enjoy, any questions, just ask!

-Nate

 

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    December 2007
  • From: Southern NJ
Posted by Jeordicat on Friday, February 13, 2009 4:05 PM
Wow, Nate!  Is that your basement?  That's pretty freakin' cool!  No way in heck my wife would go for something like that.  That actually would look cool in a "man cave!"  Really, really nice work!
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    July 2004
  • From: Sonora Desert
Posted by stikpusher on Friday, February 13, 2009 5:16 PM

Shock [:O]... now that looks like one Censored [censored] of a place to hang out...Thumbs Up [tup]

Bow [bow]Bow [bow]Bow [bow]

 

F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!

U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

N is for NO SURVIVORS...

       - Plankton

LSM

 

  • Member since
    June 2008
  • From: Piscataway,NJ
Posted by jtrace214 on Friday, February 13, 2009 5:20 PM

Thats gotta be one of the coolest things I have ever seen,Whats it made outta?

 

John

the pic to the left is my weekend condo lol

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    January 2007
  • From: Northern California
Posted by trexx on Friday, February 13, 2009 5:22 PM

I'm dizzy with delight!

Absolutely marvelous.

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    December 2003
  • From: Colorado
Posted by psstoff995 on Friday, February 13, 2009 8:59 PM
Nooo waaay... Excelent movie, great rendition

-Chris

US Army Infantryman

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    December 2005
  • From: DSM, Iowa
Posted by viper_mp on Friday, February 13, 2009 9:00 PM
Ohhh, TOOO COOOOL!!!!  

Rob Folden

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  • From: Auburn, Alabama
Posted by rotorwash on Saturday, February 14, 2009 8:36 AM

Guys,

  It has been great helping Nate with this project.  His attention to detail made it a lot of fun.  I'm glad it turned out so well.  Now if I could just get a free trip to Hawaii to see it!

     Ray
 

  • Member since
    April 2008
  • From: SE Alabama
Posted by Retired Gunpilot on Monday, February 16, 2009 3:09 PM

Nate that is awesome and now that you have created one, you ought to come up here and market that display to the Aviator's Landing here at Ft. Rucker. They might want something like that in their lounge..

Again, great work.

Charlie

  • Member since
    November 2008
  • From: Jacksonville, FL
Posted by icandrawem2 on Monday, February 16, 2009 3:20 PM

Haha nope not in my basement...its part of Jimmy Buffett's at the Beachcomber, a new restaurant and bar that just opening up in Waikiki, Hawaii.  Its made mostly from FRP and all the other parts have been fabricated from metal and other materials.  The rotorhead was made completely from scratch using scrap aluminum parts.  The blades are made from FRP.  The skid is made from aluminum tubing.  Glass panels were vacuuformed.  Other materials were either bought or made in house.  We created a data plate that you can see thru the chin bubble, and I put Ray's name on there since he helped out so much with it.

Im sure we would gladly do another if the money was right!  At least next time around we could probably produce it a lot faster! thanks for all the comments!

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