Official RotorScale UH-1A Medic Green 450 Size Helicopter Discussion Thread

[kiwi_craig]

A 3d print for the turbine intake screens would be a nice scale addition. Guessing this was not always fitted ?

[Gravythe clown]

Downloaded, zipped and (just now) emailed.

Could you please send them to me as well? They don’t show up for me either for some reason.
robodragon@sbcglobal.net

i would really appreciate it.

thanks
Gravy

[ridgerunner]

Could you please send them to me as well? They don’t show up for me either for some reason.
robodragon@sbcglobal.net

i would really appreciate it.

thanks
Gravy

Done and done. (Have also attached the ZIP to this post.)

[Gravythe clown]

Thank you sir.

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[Gravythe clown]

So I started printing the parts, which are coming out awesome. Then I realize, unless medical helicopters had guns and rockets, I’m in for a full repaint.
so now the search begins for a paint scheme.

gravy

[F106DeltaDart]

So I started printing the parts, which are coming out awesome. Then I realize, unless medical helicopters had guns and rockets, I’m in for a full repaint.
so now the search begins for a paint scheme.

gravy

Thats always the fun part! What kind of scheme are you looking for! Bright colors? Shark mouth? I’ve got a pretty good library of UH-1B/C photos, so I can dig through those if you’d like suggestions.

[Gravythe clown]

Not sure just yet. I might go just simple army green and basic marking with shark mouth in front.

Gravy

[CM_Aero]

The replacement head finally arrived today. I took the DFC head off and set up the swash for the new head. What a difference! The tarot head has no vibration and is rock solid. Going to fly one more test flight tomorrow and then re-install the fuse.

[Gravythe clown]

Got my 3D printed parts added and the whole thing painted today. I decided to go with decals o already had. I’m happy with the new color and bits. Still need to peel off the decal film when they full dry in place.

Gravy

[F106DeltaDart]

Looks good Gravy! Did some flying over the Tank Combat course at Bomber Field this weekend. Since the tanks are 1/16, and the Huey is 1/18, it made for some fun photos!

[DCORSAIR]

Got my 3D printed parts added and the whole thing painted today. I decided to go with decals o already had. I’m happy with the new color and bits. Still need to peel off the decal film when they full dry in place.

Gravy

Wow Gravy, that looks even better than when I first seen it....

[Gravythe clown]

Wow Gravy, that looks even better than when I first seen it....

thanks, I’ll have to bring it down next time we fly helicopters.
I’m back to working in the 450 Apache. You were right on the flex tail. I tried using all the mess I had and and things got lose and free spinning in my universal joint. So I ordered a CW flex torque shaft and will just go straight from one side to the other.

also i might be getting the hinge soon for my 700 Apache.

Gravy

[CM_Aero]

Looks good Gravy! Did some flying over the Tank Combat course at Bomber Field this weekend. Since the tanks are 1/16, and the Huey is 1/18, it made for some fun photos!

DeltaDart, I think you've mentioned before, but what was your method for painting the fuse? Spraypaint, paint booth?

[F106DeltaDart]

DeltaDart, I think you've mentioned before, but what was your method for painting the fuse? Spraypaint, paint booth?

I airbrushed the fuselage with model master acrylics.

[CM_Aero]

I airbrushed the fuselage with model master acrylics.

Looks great!

I just flew the Huey for the first time after reinstalling the fuselage. Has a bit of wobble i'm trying to figure out. But I noticed that the servos are very hot after one flight. I set the rate during the BeastX setup. I'm concerned about them failing during flight if they burn up. Anyone have any insight as to why they are hot to the touch?

[F106DeltaDart]

Looks great!

I just flew the Huey for the first time after reinstalling the fuselage. Has a bit of wobble i'm trying to figure out. But I noticed that the servos are very hot after one flight. I set the rate during the BeastX setup. I'm concerned about them failing during flight if they burn up. Anyone have any insight as to why they are hot to the touch?

If they are running hot, you might consider bumping down the refresh rate to the next lower increment. Even though they are "technically" spec'd to 333hz, I run mine at 270hz. They don't heat up too much at that frequency, and I don't notice a difference in cyclic response.

[CM_Aero]

A few pics during test flights this evening. In the (slow) process of designing a dolly to 3DP.

[RCFlyer51]

A few pics during test flights this evening. In the (slow) process of designing a dolly to 3DP.

Looks clean. How has the new head worked in flight testing?

[CM_Aero]

Looks clean. How has the new head worked in flight testing?

Very much improved over the DFC head. Still have slight vibration to work out. When I spool it up on the bench without blades, it is vibration free. So still working thru that. When I put the fuse back on, the first flight had a lot of tail wag and the helicopter was, for the lack of a better term, jittery. Took the fuse back off and changed the mechanical setup for the tail. Still trying to get it dialed in, but making progress.

[kiwi_craig]

RC Motion guys: will this be back in stock anytime soon.............. should have bought one when they still had stock in hand................ dang it.................