I've picked up the Revell 1/48 WAH-64 Apache and will also pick up the Isracast British update set, this I intend to build as on board HMS Ocean with the rotor's folded, see picture below.


But I need some more detail shots of the rotor head and fold, can any one help?

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Can any one provide more detailed photos of the rotor fold?

http://www.b-domke.de/AviationImages/Rotorhead/12115-2.html

not really what yuo ask for but...

Thanks, its a help.

Hi
very hard to find subject, i think that they remove 1 pin and fold it on second.
Few pictures:

I agree Adam, that's why I have asked the question as all my searches came up with only a couple of photos but none showing any detail. From my photo it looks like there may be some sort of locking brace in place once they are folded.

I have the operational manual for the 64A, this is what is said about the Main Rotors:

"e. Main Rotor Blades. Each main rotor blade is a
constant-chord asymmetrical airfoil. The outboard tip is
swept aft 20° and tapers to a thinner symmetrical section.
The blade has a 21-inch chord. Tip weights are installed
within the blade. Chord-wise, the leading-edge and forward
half of the blade is a four-cell structural box of stainless
steel and fiberglass with a stainless steel spar. The
aft half of the blade has fiberglass skin with a nomex honeycomb
core and a bendable trailing edge strip to aid in
blade tracking. Each blade secured to its lead-lag link by
two blade attachment pins. These pins can be removed
without the use of tools and they pass vertically through
the lead-lag link and blade root fittings which are both
made of titanium. Five sets of stainless steel doublers are
located on the upper and lower surfaces of the blade at
the blade root.

The blades may be folded by removing the
appropriate blade attachment pin (one for each blade)
and any two adjacent pitch link bolts and pivoting the
blade to the rear position using a hand-held blade support
device."

I doubt there would be any differance in this between the A and the D, but am unsure.

I have all of the Technical Manuals too, I'll see if I can find pictures (drawings) of what exactly is removed to fold the rotors...

I think this is what needs to be done... but remove from the same blade (of course...)

Thanks Brian, that certainly helps.