Rick's Huey uh-1b work in progress ( FINISHED)

INFOFROG, Love the build.....a soft spot in my heart for the old Huey Gunz....one thing I noticed on almost every UH-1 I worked on (from Vietnam) had patches in the floor board......beer can flattened and riveted in place, painted over with either flat black or gray spray paint (depending on the color of the interior)  the floor had a kind of diamond pattern to it......they changed it out with the Black Hawk ....easier to wash out the interior........our M-60's that were hooked on cables had small cans safety wired to the receiver to help guide ammo in and reduce jams.

Most often, Crew chiefs only used the door gun on close threats, otherwise we were to busy keeping the guns fed (especially if you had mini guns mounted)

Love your build, love your build

V/R

Dan

thank you

stikpushe

thank you  i sure will

Rick G

Last several nights , I have been working on the headliner . It's glued and primed . No pictures yet . Maybe tonight or this weekend .

if you will note,  in the last picture, the little red handles on the seat riser tubes.  they are for dropping the seat back down so you could scrape out the dead stick actuator (pilot/co-pilot)s , and once the seat was back up and locked, a more worthy member (the crew chief)could fly the ship home.  air crew is a dime a dozen,  a crew chief is trained to fix their screw ups.

if you will note,  in the last picture, the little red handles on the seat riser tubes.  they are for dropping the seat back down so you could scrape out the dead stick actuator (pilot/co-pilot)s , and once the seat was back up and locked, a more worthy member (the crew chief)could fly the ship home.  air crew is a dime a dozen,  a crew chief is trained to fix their screw up

That's very interesting . I'm learning so much about this build . I'm so hooked .

This is for my neighbor . For all the thanks he's done for my family and your country .

Rick G

here is a basic picture of the headliner . It's white primer.Then I'm going build a top control panel with cb .

The black dash needs resprayed . No big deal

Rick G

updated pictures . the headliner is painted

Not feeling good . Maybe flu bug .

What Is this ? Thank you Rick G

Rick,

 That is the gun sight for the M-16 or M21 gun systems.  In the case of that pic, it is an M21 sight mounted to a display aircraft at Redstone Arsenal.  It is pictured in the deployed position, but was carried stowed above the copilot's head when not in use. Your bird would have had one as well for the M16 Quad M60C system you are building.   HTH

   Ray

thanks rotowash

Green house mounted sight and control system is for the M-5 40 mm grenade turret.  The assy you have circled is for aiming and firing the mini-gun system or quad 60's.  You would never see this setup of both in an operational Huey Gunship.  It couldn't handle the weight of both systems and ammo!   The sight to the extreme right is the sight for the 2.75" aerial rockets.  

Dont forget, sometimes the best sight for fixed guns or rockets was a grease pencil mark on the windscreen......

more of my two cents

V/R

Dan

Dan I dont understand ,I'm sorry

Ok I got it now . Would that be on both sides ? 

thanks 

Rick G

I found this web site . I thought , I would share it with everyone

www.huey.co.uk/restoration.php

I do think  ,I have the flu . Feel like crap

Rick G

I believe Dan is referring to the fact pilots would often use a pencil mark on the windscreen instead of the purpose built rocket sight. Rocket sight was on the pilot side and gunsight was on the copilot side. In most cases the windscreen mark was used only for aiming rockets as the guns were on a hydraulic flex system operated by the pantographing sight. I'm sure some pilots did use pencil marks to aim the guns when they were fixed forward though. The hydraulics frequently malfunctioned, especially on the M16 system.

Ray

Thanks Rotorwash

Still sicker than a dog . Like omg , When is it ever going  be over . Its settled in the chest . Hurts

Been drinking alot hot tea with honey .

Rick G

Feeling little better .  I painted the  transmission  light gray today .

I now will wait couple days and add flory wash .

Those tie rods ( I guess that's what they are ) . Should the be black ?

Thanks

Rick G

No, all the engine and transmission parts are natural metal colors.

Thanks you

 . I guess , they kept everything  simple .

Rick G 

infofrog

Thanks you

 . I guess , they kept everything  simple .

Rick G 

Yup, KISS - Keep It Simple Stupid!

nice one . KISS

Rick G

Looking like a good build in progress there, Frog.  I'm planning on building my big Huey one day.  Will concentrate on a few smaller ones before tackling this big beast!  Good luck on it, hope you make your Christmas deadline!

Tal Afar Dave

Thank you

Rick G

it's looking great so far.

I enjoy watching the progress.

Richie1959

Thank you

That flu bug sucked . feel much better now.

Update some progress .

I weather washed the transmission