Build Story
CH-53
Chapter 1 of 3
Diggin’ in…
Nov 10, 2024
Hey there👋 I’m new to the group and turbine heli’s
I picked this up half built and am gonna dig in as far backwards to where I feel comfortable to start building forward again. Wish me luck 🚁🤪
Now that I’ve taken mechanics out, I’m back to the beginning.
Only a few pieces of wood to install.
First thing is retract’s…
4 Comments
My experience with this kit would suggest that you route the kero tube that goes to the gearbox through a hole in the canopy and away from the turbine. My tube was mounted inside and developed a micro hole which sprayed kero onto the hot turbine. This, in turn, caused the thing to burst in flames as soon as I landed and no more air was flowing over the turbine.
Good to know
Well started to get the ribs ready and put them in but they should’ve been done first now the whole bottom wood section that the rods go through is off by at least a quarter inch at each end, which makes the helicopter fly crooked. I don’t think I can undo it.
I added pictures to this, but they are not there and there is no edit button. I’m not very good with computers.