TiredironGRB's 700 size Vario Tiger HAD Build

[TiredIronGRB]

I picked up this crashed Vario Tiger at the Dalton Scale Helicopter event and decided to convert it to electric. I had a T-Rex 600N that was nitro powered so I first had to convert it, this will truly be a "TiredIron" helicopter

The landing gear on the right side as well as the tail wheel were a mess.





I used a 1200KV motor from a HSD 6S 105mm F-16









Some 3D printed ordnance...

[James]

That is going to be gorgeous when completed. The ordnance looks great already

[F106DeltaDart]

Very cool, this is going to look awesome in the air!

[TiredIronGRB]

I finally finished the Align T-Rex to Vario tailshaft conversion, I used two torque tube bearings in the stub tube I made...





...then JB Welded the 6mm Vario shaft into the Align torque tube.



The 6mm shaft also has a support bearing.



Pretty close...







I picked up an old Vario 4 blade head and some scale looking blades.

[TiredIronGRB]

I made some linkage rods from some Align frame spacers, much beefier

[F106DeltaDart]

Great work, those pitch links are certainly not going anywhere! Looks like it’s almost ready to get back in the air!

[TiredIronGRB]

Got some more done, painted the interior, put a new clutch in and went over everything in the mechanics.







Fitted all the ordnance mounts on...