Bell Huey UH-1 composite

[fokke]

hi guys,

First post around here and hopefully not the last. I've been doing scale Rc work for wuite some time, but mostly in the plane dept. Should you have any interest here are some of my past projects.


http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_7894848/mpage_8/key_/tm.htm

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_5311706/mpage_2/key_/tm.htm

I have a personal preference towards using tin/foil plating on my molds. This method yielded quite high "realism-ratio" on my plane projects, so I decied trying a heli project this time around.

So i'd like to presnt you my Huey UH1D in 1/8.5 scale, length-143 sm for 60-90 class .
this is my first steps






http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/7587/dsci0hhh0461.th.jpg (http://img40.imageshack.us/i/dsci0hhh0461.jpg/)http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/7154/dsci0hhh0462.th.jpg (http://img231.imageshack.us/i/dsci0hhh0462.jpg/)http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/3843/dsci0jhgfdeee1657.th.jpg (http://img40.imageshack.us/i/dsci0jhgfdeee1657.jpg/)http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/8233/dsci0135m.th.jpg (http://img411.imageshack.us/i/dsci0135m.jpg/)

[fokke]

Here are several pics of the almost ready for moiulding fuselage body

http://img837.imageshack.us/img837/3227/uh110.th.jpg (http://img837.imageshack.us/i/uh110.jpg/)

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http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/4658/uh15.th.jpg (http://img267.imageshack.us/i/uh15.jpg/)

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[fokke]

this is my assistant ( my daughter) :)





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Here are several pics of the almost ready for moiulding fuselage body :)

http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/2606/dsci0hgfduu2144.th.jpg (http://img237.imageshack.us/i/dsci0hgfduu2144.jpg/)
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/7507/dsci0hgfduu2148.th.jpg (http://img7.imageshack.us/i/dsci0hgfduu2148.jpg/)
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[HeliRaven]

Hello,

it looks like you really know what you`re doing ;D

Will you take out the interior shape to make the heli fly some day or how will you go on with this?

Only the metal moulding would be to thin and unstable, i guess, so what will you do inside?

Keep us posted!

Greetings

Manu

[fokke]

Thanks for the comment Manu ,Now I'll post several other pics and you will understand what is the idea :) Yes I'll make the mould for the composite fuselage :)




http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/8229/dsciiiuyytyytuu038310.jpg (http://img442.imageshack.us/i/dsciiiuyytyytuu038310.jpg/)
http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/3708/dsciiiuyytyytuu038318.jpg (http://img203.imageshack.us/i/dsciiiuyytyytuu038318.jpg/)
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[DUCDUC]

Hi Rumen,

fantastic job, fantastic helicopter, i've never seen anything like that!!

I hope to see some more pics soon, now i have to hide my own Bell helicopter;D;):hallihall:

[HeliRaven]

Oh my god, that looks nice. A whole lot of work and effort you put in this. What mechanic and what kind of electronic will you use?

[Rossi]

Whow, now we understand your idea :lieb:
But that you do that in your flat is really cracy. You must have a good wife. :unsure:
Do you want to build this fuselage for sale or only for you?
What kind of mechanic do you want to install?

greetings Rossi

[fokke]

I"m glad that you like my job guys ,thanks

Manu , actually I build airplanes see the links of first post ,this projekt I made for several my friends who whant fly some interesting scale helicopter :) So I builded it for them ........ one of them will put in nitro mechanic,the other guys electric .

hahhaha Rossi yes my wife is a veeeery patient ,but never know :)))))))


Cheers

Rumen

[HeliRaven]

Rumen you are a really good friend (-:

[Roger]

Hi Rumen,
awesome...

[fokke]

Thank you very much guys !

This is the next part of pictures of process :

http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/5854/dsci0352p.jpg (http://img38.imageshack.us/i/dsci0352p.jpg/)

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/9153/dsci0354.jpg (http://img155.imageshack.us/i/dsci0354.jpg/)

http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/490/dsci0361.jpg (http://img692.imageshack.us/i/dsci0361.jpg/)

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http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/9439/dsci0381x.jpg (http://img19.imageshack.us/i/dsci0381x.jpg/)

http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/1363/dsci0371.jpg (http://img255.imageshack.us/i/dsci0371.jpg/)

http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/6698/dsci0385.jpg (http://img718.imageshack.us/i/dsci0385.jpg/)

[ulc22]

Very Very Nice!!!

Please post more pictures.

Thanks Marco

[fokke]

Thanks Marco , tomorow I'll post more pics and moments of my work .

[fokke]

Hi again :)
The continuation :
I made the mould and start with the real composite fuselage.
I use 80gr m2 glas for first layer and then 160 gr m2 glas for other layers .
I start with the gel coat,I make it my self . All epoxi with I use is a germany EPOXI resine LN1 .....

the first picture made my daughter

http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/94/dschhghhhhiiiki044533.jpg (http://img375.imageshack.us/i/dschhghhhhiiiki044533.jpg/)

Here I put the gel coat

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/2538/dschhghhhhiiiki044517.jpg (http://img140.imageshack.us/i/dschhghhhhiiiki044517.jpg/)

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/1665/dschhghhhhiiiki044519.jpg (http://img175.imageshack.us/i/dschhghhhhiiiki044519.jpg/)


And this is the result of all this work :)




http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/371/dschhghhhhiiiki044551.jpg (http://img38.imageshack.us/i/dschhghhhhiiiki044551.jpg/)

http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/6638/dschhghhhhiiiki044552.jpg (http://img687.imageshack.us/i/dschhghhhhiiiki044552.jpg/)

http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/6637/dschhghhhhiiiki044554.jpg (http://img194.imageshack.us/i/dschhghhhhiiiki044554.jpg/)




http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/2755/dschhghhhhiiiki044529.jpg (http://img130.imageshack.us/i/dschhghhhhiiiki044529.jpg/)

http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/5260/dschhghhhhiiiki044548.jpg (http://img23.imageshack.us/i/dschhghhhhiiiki044548.jpg/)

[fokke]

http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/3779/dschhghhhhiiiki044559.jpg (http://img412.imageshack.us/i/dschhghhhhiiiki044559.jpg/)

http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/8071/dschhghhhhiiiki044555.jpg (http://img10.imageshack.us/i/dschhghhhhiiiki044555.jpg/)

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http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/1702/dschhghhhhiiiki044558.jpg (http://img201.imageshack.us/i/dschhghhhhiiiki044558.jpg/)

[fokke]

and after some work the resolt is this :) :dance:


http://img693.imageshack.us/img693/1833/dsci0734.jpg (http://img693.imageshack.us/i/dsci0734.jpg/)

http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/2061/dsci0738.jpg (http://img3.imageshack.us/i/dsci0738.jpg/)



http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/4358/hueysmall3.jpg (http://img43.imageshack.us/i/hueysmall3.jpg/)

http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/7852/hueysmall4.jpg (http://img185.imageshack.us/i/hueysmall4.jpg/)

http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/9331/hueysmall5.jpg (http://img842.imageshack.us/i/hueysmall5.jpg/)

http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/3932/hueysmall6.jpg (http://img689.imageshack.us/i/hueysmall6.jpg/)

http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/2452/hueysmall22.jpg (http://img696.imageshack.us/i/hueysmall22.jpg/)

http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/108/hueysmall7.jpg (http://img51.imageshack.us/i/hueysmall7.jpg/)

[fokke]

http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/8108/dsci0739.jpg (http://img812.imageshack.us/i/dsci0739.jpg/)

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/6779/hueysmall1.jpg (http://img101.imageshack.us/i/hueysmall1.jpg/)

http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/9131/hueysmall2.jpg (http://img231.imageshack.us/i/hueysmall2.jpg/)