"Leeds-Mick via ModelGeeks.com" <u42018@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> 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.
It's taken you 12 years to concnve yourself yoou're a mad as a ****ing
hatter?
>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'll be the first time not a "return to". The MFA was, is and always will
be a total pile of ****e. Even my bin would spit the ****er out.
>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,
And he'd be dead right too.
>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.
That's a bit like digging up an old whore and shoving 500,000 volts up her
jacksie because "she ****s". there are FAR better ways to spend your time
y'know. Squeezing blackheads would come before rebuilding a 500 too. More
rewarding and definitely more likely to succeed.
> 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.
No it's not. The MFA was a lost cause before it was even a casue.
>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.
You're doomed to disappointment if you think you're going to fly this
thng.
Waste your time, by all means, but that's exactly what you WILL be doing.
> 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,
The teeter spring is a short length of piano wire that attaches under the
rotor head and contacts with the "see-saw" that IS the rotor head. It's
job
is to "control" the speed at which the rotor deflection is carried into
the
rotor mast. It was crap in the 70's and it'll be crap in the Noughties
too.
> other than bin it.
But that's the BEST advice you could get.
> 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!
It won't be its final flight, it'll be it's first and only. Why not just
rip
a few quid up and slot them down the nearest grid and take your time doing
it, coz you'll only be wasting time and money ****ing about with that POS.
Of course, I AM being very restrained.
--
Beav
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