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Scratch Built Collective Pitch - Hummingbird / Hornet Hybrid

Part 2 - Tail

The tail is a simple construction consisting mainly of 8mm DIA tube with a 10mm DIA tube junction piece.

I made my own carbon fibre horizontal and vertical fins out of 1.5mm carbon fibre sheet plus a tail support which is more for looks than functional. The 3D drawing below shows the tail boom junction with the main chassis

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The tail boom is in two parts, the main length being 8mm tube the junction piece being 10mm tube.

The tail boom itself is 278mm long, in total from the main shaft it is an extra 10mm in length over the Hummingbird, this plus the weight of the boom will offset the weight of the 4 cell Li-Poly up front

The advantage of using this construction is that the boom itself will be almost indestructible

 

 
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To drill all the holes accurately I made some 'wrap' templates. Thes are stuck on to the tail boom with spraymount and wrap around the circumference of the boom.

The holes are then drilled out completely accurately.

I applied this principal to the junction piece as well.

A slot is cut to accept the end of the tailboom support within the tailboom, the support has a lug that locates into this and locks it in position, this can be seen in the drawing.

 
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I am using an alloy tail motor mount, a suitable piece of copper tube was epoxied in position at the end of the tail boom, the tail motor mount uses hex head screws to lock on to this.

 
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The completed tail with the alloy tail motor mount.

I am using the short version of the Fiegao brushless tail motor which is very powerful for its size.

 
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This picture shows how the tail boom is joined to the rear of the main chasis.

The lower section of the main chassis extends 25 mm to allow the junction piece, which has a slot filed half way down its length at a tangent to its diameter, to slide the 'C' section. This is then bolted in place.

 
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The completed tail assembly.

This forms the central core of the Helicopter for the main mechanicals.