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  • Member since
    September 2012
  • From: Indianapolis
Aftermarket Rotors
Posted by Squatch88 on Monday, November 4, 2013 2:26 PM

Pulled out an academy blackhawk out of my closet from about 10 years ago, one of the main rotor blades snapped and I guess I threw them all out. So now I am in search of either after market rotors or even possibly a kit with two sets of rotors for a different variant. The kit is an Academy 1/35 Blackhawk. Any help is appreciated, I did a google search and checked out megahobby but didnt find anything

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    December 2002
  • From: Valrico, FL
Posted by HeavyArty on Monday, November 4, 2013 7:55 PM

There are no AM Black Hawk rotors that I know of.  There are no kits that have two sets of blades either.  Your best bet is to ask around for someone who hosed up a kit and has the rotor blades left over.  Good luck.

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  • Member since
    September 2012
  • From: Indianapolis
Posted by Squatch88 on Tuesday, November 5, 2013 2:34 PM

Think I am going to try and make it look like they are rotating with clear styrene and "blurred" paint to represent the rotors, I've seen it on smaller models but I can't scratch the kit. Thanks.

  • Member since
    June 2013
Posted by RobGroot4 on Tuesday, November 12, 2013 8:56 PM

The blades on the blackhawk aren't that complicated.  You might be able to scratch them out of some styrene if the spinning look doesn't work for you.  There aren't any curved lines, they'd all be straight edges.

If you want to try a spinning look in flight, you'll want to make the blades into a shallow cone (center downward, tips upward), if you look online for flying helicopter pics, you can see the way the blades flap upwards.  If you want to do spinning on deck, the blades would be in a pretty much flat plane (no need to make it into a cone shape) but don't forget the 3 degree forward tilt on the rotor head.

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