Build Story
Vario Bell 429 Build, a pictorial journey
Chapter 1 of 17
Unboxing, body and structural build
Oct 26, 2024
I thought I would share my Bell 429 build photo history. It is a 2 year journey, delayed by other activities and now complete. I have test flown it several times and had some tail rotor challenges (no reflection on Vario) due to some build changes. I’ll post up some videos later. I’ll add a few comments along the way, but this will be mostly pictures as they will speak for themselves.

Thomas D.




















6 Comments
Nice save...
Using the video projector is brilliant, never seen this!
Thanks!
The projector is KEY!
Never seen indeed, either build reports or Vario wiki (I won the 2nd prize in 2023 contest with Bell 212 1:7 build report). Usage of video projector looks to be generally "undocumented" or not used often, while makes so sense to use it for best scale results, like a laser. Maybe I miss something, that's possible
That pretty cool. I like it.
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