Vietnam - The Ch-37 Mojave has the votes

[Duke Maddog]

Excellent work Frank! Nice idea with the jig; that is brilliant. Far better than my idea which is to slowly and gently bend each blade till it "looks right".

 

[jknaus]

James

 

[JamesOLeary]

Great idea for making sure all of the blades have the same sag.

Cheers,
James

 

[Frank]

Well, I was able to get a few hours in on the Mojave this week.
I tried the boil then place on the form. It worked, but I thought there had to be a better way.
Soooo, I place the blades on the form before placing in the water. I then dipped the combined items into the boiling water, with the blade on the underside. This allowed me to us the bottom of the pot to help bend the blade. It work very well. As you can see the top blade was the first try. I redid it to make it match the others.

 

[Frank]

I worked on the rotor head next.
I drilled a .020 hole in each blade attachment area, then a hole in each blade. I felt by adding a piece of .020 wire, they would hold the blades in place better and stronger.

The blades are not glued in. you can see the slight curve in the picture.

 

[Frank]

After having a hard time keeping the cockpit in place, I decided that a floor and ceiling were needed.

You can see were the brass scratched the floor.
That then led to the reworking of the brass rotor support.

Frank

 

[Iron Mike]

Looking good!

 

[Frank]

Thanks Mike

 

[SA Dave]

Wowser thats some work there

 

[Frank]

Thank you Dave

 

[Duke Maddog]

Beautiful work Frank! That is some impressive improvements.

 

[moon puppy]

I did the brass! Looks great Frank.

 

[JamesOLeary]

Outstanding work, Frank. I like how you are finding excellent solutions to some kit shortfalls.

Cheers,
James

 

[jeaton01]

Nice progress, Frank.

 

[Rhino]

Great Progress!! It is interesting to view a Miller Build, step by step.

 

[Frank]

Thank you all.
I have glued the halves together.
I should be able to get some bench time this next week.
I will post more pictures at that time.
Frank

 

[Rhino]

Better stick yer winders on before you fly it around much! :salute ldguy

 

[135engineer]

:yipee

 

[Frank]

With current temperatures, I was able to get some great time at the bench.
After getting the halves together there was this void.

The hole in the middle needed attention, So fill the hole. With what, you ask. The internet has many pictures!!!! , the boarding ladder.

 

[moon puppy]

Nice!