Cameron, I've been watching your videos for years. In that time, I've flown everything from a R22 through a S61. I feel immensely sated in my hands-on career, but I love the science behind helicopters, how the rotors act in flight and how they're created. Thank you for continuing to push content that big companies hide, so we get to see how it's all made from the ground up.
Your work and vids motivate me Thanks for taking the risks and sharing your experiences particularly in seeing the progression on the rotors and learnings
Hi John, I'm going to cut this one up and see how the wetting out process has gone. Also, I have a 100T pulling ram that I'm going to stretch the shit out of it. I think my Mitsi' van may come in handy for a static load test as well.
The mold is just folded metal trays hinged at the leading edge, filled with concrete and a layer of epoxy grout. there is a pipe running through each to heat with water. I haven't done anything lately, too easily distracted. I need to work on a simpler method for setting up the root end. Cheers.
@@CameronCarter1 Thank you for getting back to me. Is there a way you can contact me as I have a few ideas that might help make it stronger and easier?
Yeah, some shops don't like to stock it because of it's shelf life and most people prefer faster curing times. I'm not sure of the pot like, but it stays "sticky" for around three hours if it's not too warm.
@@CameronCarter1 so is it success to your gyroscopeter ? Any issues from it? You are using fiberglass clothing but instruction tell us to use fiberglass unidirectional mat .... Please guide me to make like this....
Yes. it depends on how much spare time you have. I have just destroyed the mold again trying to remove trial blade #4. I think I've almost perfected the process, but all up including the tooling and testing the rotors are not going to be cheap. Each blade takes about 5 hours labor (not including extruding the lead balance weight) and about NZ$300 in materials. It's one of those challenges that make me more determined on every failure. :-)
