2006-10-20 16:35:59 · 8 answers · asked by cyndygriffin657@sbcglobal.net 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
It is a spherical bearing coated with Teflon on most helicopters that can slide up and down the mast.
The top and bottom swashplate are hollowed out to fit over it, there are also plain bearing surfaces on each swashplate where they contact.
The whole assembly moves up and down on the mast using Teflon contact surfaces inside the bearing for collective movements and pivots on the spherical bearing for cyclic movements.
This isn't the thing for a backyard homebuilder to make, the kit should provide you with at least some plans to have a machine shop make it.
2006-10-21 04:18:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yikes! Talk to the people at Kitplanes Magazine for starters. There are many designs for plans built airplanes and helicopters. Be careful to choose one that is a proven successful and safe design. A LOT of people have died in their own home-built helicopters. They are complex machines to build and fly. Do your research. Plus, you need to learn how to fly - as in getting a license.
2016-05-22 06:41:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with one of the other reply's - This is no place for that answer. Given that it sounds like your building a kit, that information should be readily available in the equipment list. If that information is not available,
I'd say you should find a safer project to work on.
2006-10-21 12:30:30 · answer #3 · answered by onlysurebet 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bad place to ask this question. Ask a rotorwing mechanic that has experience in assembly. You might also want to talk to a machinist that works with aviation parts. And lastly, look for yourself at other home built choppers. You might want to get ideas from Rotorway.
Good luck!
2006-10-20 20:13:21 · answer #4 · answered by Flyer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get in contact with as many repair stations as you can find. Try to pick up a "slightly broken" one, or a timed out one. The school I go to has two or three for training just kicking around our hanger.
2006-10-24 15:34:02 · answer #5 · answered by Steve-o 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
look at the blueprints, check the master equipment list, or contact the kit manufacturer don't risk getting advice of this type from yahoo.
2006-10-20 22:54:33 · answer #6 · answered by tjhand5094 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
good luck...i hope you survive the maiden flight. i wanted a ul till i started looking into the safety record. now the only way i would own or fly one is if i were a mechanic.
2006-10-20 16:44:01 · answer #7 · answered by Eric 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
umm a big fat strong 1 so u dont fall out of the sky, that would be bad
2006-10-20 16:38:25 · answer #8 · answered by jordanmtbr 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋