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**NEW ITEM** H-60 Naval Folding Rotor Parts
matt
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Posted: Wednesday, September 23, 2015 - 07:03 PM UTC
At the request of HeavyArty, I've modeled some H60 Automatic folding rotor hinge pieces.

1:35 scale for the Academy Kit:
https://www.shapeways.com/product/KHMTSLN2J/1-35-rotor-hinge-for-mh-60s-academy?li=shop-inventory&optionId=57898883

1:48 scale (generic as I have no clue what kits are available)
https://www.shapeways.com/product/HJWGBLBAL/1-48-scale-mh60-rotor-hinge?li=shop-inventory&optionId=57903836
plasticjunkie
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Posted: Thursday, September 24, 2015 - 12:29 AM UTC
This looks interresting! Are there Any instructions on how they are to be fitted?

HeavyArty
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Posted: Thursday, September 24, 2015 - 02:02 AM UTC
No, but they are a simple swap out of the kit blade root end. Simply cut the rotor blade off where it meets the kit hinge part, then glue the blade to the printed hinge. Glue the other end of the printed hinge to the rotor head using the square tubing from the original rotor blade root end.

This may help.

jacksdad64
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Posted: Thursday, September 24, 2015 - 02:27 PM UTC
Is there instructions on doing the support rods at the tail end?
HeavyArty
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Posted: Thursday, September 24, 2015 - 06:19 PM UTC
No, not as part of the set. They are pretty easy to do though with some metal tubing or plastic rods and a bit of sheet styrene.

Here is how they look.

HeavyArty
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Posted: Monday, September 28, 2015 - 06:59 AM UTC
I received the rotor blade hinges from Shapeways today. They look great and fit the kit parts perfectly. They also work just as the real ones do. Excellent job by Matt on making the CAD for them.

Here they are.



They will look even better when painted and have all the hoses/wires added.
plasticjunkie
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Posted: Wednesday, March 02, 2016 - 03:12 AM UTC
Awesome.
HeavyArty
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Posted: Wednesday, March 02, 2016 - 07:26 PM UTC
They are awesome. Here is how they came out all painted and wired up.



You can check out the full build review here.
matt
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Posted: Monday, May 09, 2016 - 03:14 PM UTC
All,

I've added a 1/72 scale version finally.

http://shpws.me/MaHk
Lagumiles
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Posted: Thursday, September 29, 2016 - 01:59 PM UTC
Really nice feature to increase the quality of the seahawk!
Whay don't you think also about the folding system of the tail rotor? it should be great!

Regards Moreno
HeavyArty
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Posted: Thursday, September 29, 2016 - 07:58 PM UTC

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Whay don't you think also about the folding system of the tail rotor?


Do you mean the folding tail parts? The tail rotor does not fold. The stabilator (horizontal tail plane) folds up on each side of the vertical tail and the whole tail section folds forward on the port side of the aircraft to reduce its height and length.



Here is how I did it on the model, with a few scratch pieces.





You can read more about the build here.
Lagumiles
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Posted: Sunday, October 02, 2016 - 04:37 PM UTC

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Whay don't you think also about the folding system of the tail rotor?


Do you mean the folding tail parts? The tail rotor does not fold. The stabilator (horizontal tail plane) folds up on each side of the vertical tail and the whole tail section folds forward on the port side of the aircraft to reduce its height and length.


Yes Gino, of course the tail parts is exactly what I had in mind! Sorry.
I saw your way to do that and it looks very realistic. Great job!

Moreno
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