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

Just installed the transmission .

saw these bbq lighters at lowes today .

Looking pretty good.  Do you plan to enclose the B pillars behind the pilots' seats still?  They should not be skeletal.

Looking pretty good.  Do you plan to enclose the B pillars behind the pilots' seats still?  They should not be skeletal.

I was not going to,but I think it look better. So tomorrow I'm off on a new project

Rick G

Been  very little work lately . Sick and Holidays and work .

Here just couple  picture.

Yes I'm working on inclosing those inter supports ,No pictures for that part yet

The # 42 and #12 says silver color . I know it does not mean much . It never be seen . But Should this be gray ?

Primer Part of the rotor

Time to let this dry and off to wife's family for good thanksgiving eats.

Hope you all Have Good Thanksgiving Day

Rick G

the map light is about 4 times bigger then they were.  it was 5 inches long and 2.5 inches in diameter

they are torque tubes,  they can be any color.  but usually left bare

and there should be at lease 2 comm stations inthe over head.  one near either door

AP ME

Thank you

Rick G

Update some pictures .

Painted the main rotor . Still need the end strip . Tomorrow .

Top Color Tamiya Olive Green

Bottom Flat Black

This is one big bird ....

LOL

Rick G

the only reason there was a yellow blade tip, was to index the blades for flag tracking.  I was in the usaf.  we didn't have colored blade tips.  it added weight to the balance, that fluctuated with wear.  with a one color blade,  the more effective way to keep weight static, was to mount the added end blade weights to the fixture at the end of the blade.   the normal way to balance was to add led wool to the blade bolt cavity.

AP ME i can understand that one .  

I,m going spray the tips then weather it down .

Rick G

You could also paint white stripes on one blade or paint one blade top white.  This was done so the blades would be seen more easily from above by other aircraft to avoid collisions in tight formations.

ok, then,   in the air force,  we trained our pilots to fly them, not to crash them into one another

It sometimes happens when you fly a large number of aircraft at a time in a tight formation into a hot LZ, as opposed to a single helo to pick up a pilot after he drives his wingy-thingy into the ground.  

We also teach our Soldiers and pilots to use punctuation and capital letters when writing so they are more easily understood as well.  I guess the USAF doesn't do that either.

"ok, then,   in the air force,  we trained our pilots to fly them, not to crash them into one another"

I think that might be a bit diengenuous since I don't recall Eagle flights of USAF Hueys flying in tight formations into hostile LZs.   I do know the 20th SOS definitely did some formation flying with UH-1F'/P's though with small numbers of aircraft.  I think these photos from Tommy Thornton from 65-66 give you some idea why you might want to highlight the tips of the blades.

  Ray

By the way Rick, your Huey is coming along nicely!

I tracked a lot of Hueys and we aways used different colored grease pencils on the 1/4" thick tip for the blade tie down hook.  What color the blade tip was didn't have a thing to do with it!  Never heard of weighting a main blade on it's tip.  Not a standard or approved procedure.  Spent 10 years crewing Hueys.

we did it when the blade bolts got full.   lets go to the engine section of the model.  first section was called the e.a.p.s  engine air particle system.  it is basically a particle slinger.  so the first section, after the input quill,  is a screen.  usually see thru, but in any case it  is a screen.   and as for my using punctuation, I am lucky to type this with out screwing the pooch on the attempt ! (hay, look, punctuation)