The skids were close, but not quite perfectly aligned with the fuselage slots & required a fair amount of pulling to get fitted. Luckily, didn’t deform the parallel angle between the L & R skid too much.
The decals in this AeroMed B407 kit are awesome but do require a few days & much patience to apply. Not difficult (leave the plastic film on for 24 hrs!) but tedious. The result is virtually indistinguishable from paint due to the ultra thin composition of the decal. Again, I chose to do this step early in the build while everything is still in component pieces.
I mixed milled fiberglass with epoxy to reinforce the tailboom wooden blind nuts this time. It only takes one episode of a loose blind nut with the boom mounted to learn the hard way. I also epoxied the blind nut to the wood block.
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Yea... I'm waiting on a Funkey 600 fuselage to ship... Gonna try to sell my 500 Cobra and OH6, and make a 600 size OH6.Leave a comment:
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Trust me, sfc....This 407 wasn’t in the budget but I’m getting more concerned with our future trade with China & see the difficulty businesses are having restocking items. It’s insane. I consider myself lucky to get the 500KV when I wanted a 530-560.Leave a comment:
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I chose Futaba S3071 HV servos for the 407 for several reasons: I had them & they are almost impossible to move when unpowered, unlike some other digital servos I’ve used. I did need to add ply spacers to get their bases off the shelf, ‘tho.Leave a comment:
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Nice! Yea I think they definitely got better, and the newer models (especially if its a completely new kit/heli) have worked alot of the kinks out. I'm starting to think I literally got the first run batch of Cobra kits. And like you said, I definitely have learned a lot! But hey... if you're just out buying heli's and all... I mean feel free to send one my way!!
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Ain’t it the truth, sfc? You have no idea! Unfortunately, my wife does.....Leave a comment:
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Helical gears standard on this one! I learned much from the AH-1W so decided to start smart this time. I grabbed the mechanics first & set all the linkages to spec while the assembly is light & small. That way only the servo linkages will need adjusting later.Leave a comment:
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I see you're like me... gonna have about 4 different things going on at 70-98% done!!!
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Roban B407 AeroMed 700 Size Scale Build
Having been a huge fan of Bell’s 206 & 407 types since their inception I decided Roban would get the nod for my second 700 size scale heli build. I’ve been involved in 9-1-1 EMS as a medic since 2005 so I decided the Tampa General Hospital B407 Aeromed would be the perfect heli to detail. My AH-1W 700 size Cobra is 95% completed with some tail issues to sort out but I couldn’t resist starting this 407 in the interim. Please add your thoughts & suggestions along the way to help me get AeroMed perfect!
Scorpion HKIV-4035-500KV
IKON 2 FBL
Castle Creations Talon 120 ESC
Futaba S3071 HV cyclic servos
HKS 980 tail servo
Futaba T10J radio
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