I've spent the last 12 years trying to persuade a freind of mine to sell me
this old model helicopter hes had, sitting in bits in his garage for 12
years
or more. He wouldnt, and still hasnt, but, about 2 months ago, he gave me
it,
and asked me to see if i could return it to flying condition.It has no
identifying marks on it, and he had no idea what it was, so after a lot of
cleaning and sorting, i took the main frame to my local Model shop. The
gentleman there, first laughed, then commented on how he hadnt seen one of
these in years, and identified it as the s****t 500. He told me that they
were
crap 20 years ago, id have no chance of finding parts, including blades,
and
the best thing i could do was throw it in the bin. My freind and I have,
however, decided to make it our 'Bolton Paul Defiant' project, where you
take
a useless old aircraft, and restore it to flight, simply because its old.
All
my research, which has led me here to you guys, tells me the man in the
shop
was right, but i hold to the belief that its all a matter of perspective.
To
him with his 3d turbo ninja t rex'd honey bee's, and his years of flying
experiance, our aircraft is a complete and utter waste of time, and no
doubt
many of you will share his belief, but ive never flown any models ever,
only
the real things a few times, many years ago, so its still an exiting
project
for me. I ve discovered from my resaerch, that there is something called a
teeter spring, which ours doesnt appear to have, so i am hoping that
someone
out there will be able to provide me with a manual, and a little help and
advice, other than bin it. Even if its final flight is an acceleration
into
mother earth, it ll still have been a interesting engineering experiment,
and
a damn good laugh!
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