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A built Vario MD 900 kit (by Vario)
The real thing in UK Air Support Colours
October 11,
2009
Yep, another
damp and pretty windy day, so we will progress some more...
Today I wanted
to finish cutting out the Port side doors and doing the glazing
recess work etc, plus start preparing the tail surfaces to ensure
that I can get the navigation lights in as I want them.
I also decided
to dry mount the mechanics "tub" and trim the engine
covers to allow them to fit over it.
The tail fins positioned on the
boom |
And the same from behind,
also showing the NOTAR assembly |
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The NOTAR assembly in more detail
(excuse the dusty fingerprints)
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The mechanics seated on the top of the fuselage (where they
are actually fitted)
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Now with the rear engine cover in place
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And finally, with both
engine covers on. You can see from this just how high up the
mechanics are mounted, you almost have room to do a scale
rear compartment underneath them.... |
So, as you can
see from the pictures above, progress has been quite today overall.
Unfortunately
I am still waiting for the engine kit to arrive from Vario, and that
includes the (substantial) lower supporting struts for the mechanics
tub, therefore I cannot go ahead and fit it in place even
temporarily just yet.
The same
applies to the head kit. As you can see, I do have the 5
bladed rotor head, but none of the rest of the parts for the head,
so I cannot finalise the top aperture on the engine covers until
that arrives as well.
I must say
that the design for the mechanics is pretty good, as you really do
not have to build a whole pile of woodwork that always ends up
looking like the result of some crazy jigsaw puzzle with this
one. The Fibreglass mounting for the entire mechanics system
is strengthened considerably with some thick ply laminated into the
bottom floor, and all you have to do to it really is cut out the
hole in the bottom for access by the starter, add some ply
strengthening plates for the side mount points, and then add the
three support tubes that go to the floor to fix it all together
really solidly.
The tray sits
neatly on top of the fuselage, with the engine covers then sitting
on top of that. You glue the tray on to the top rail, and then trim
of any excess at the sides, and it is the legs that then tension it
down to the floor of the aircraft.
Equally, the
large fibreglass duct that carries the high pressure air back down
to the boom to the NOTAR drive fits neatly into the back of the
mounting tray, making the entire installation neat and effective.
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