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Scratch
Built Collective Pitch - Hummingbird / Hornet Hybrid
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Part
2 - Tail
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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.
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