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First post in the aircraft forum! Whoda thunk I would be tinkering on something that flew! This has zero airframe hours on it. It was once a Gate Guard at Ft. Ord?
This was put in place in place around 1993 ish. Has not been shown much love.
I always knew something was missing and today, I asked, found the pieces parts, gave them a bit of love and a chemical overhaul, and tomorrow, barring issues, will have the last part in place to make it LOOK good!
This airframe has ZERO hours left in it, so what I will be doing is for looks only.
This is a gunship, there are panels that show "how many rockets left" and a bunch of ammunition feed things. I think there are MG mounts. I THINK we have rocket pods somewhere on the property, I will ask about those. I will take pics soon.
Remember, I am a diesel mechanic, so, the nomenclature I use is probably wrong!
What I saw missing were/was the "counter weights" for what I think is the stabilizer bar assy, one weight and tube was in the cabin, the other was still attached to the centerframe out in the dirt under a giant propeller from a ship.
I got all of it back into the shop and started making things "work". The only real issue, besides being corroded horribly, was that the support bracket and bearing on one side was stuck. All of the other joints were free and just needed cleaning. I removed the remaining weight and tube to lighten things up, filled the Heim joints with grease, got them smmoooth, and removed the stuck support/bearing. Easy-peasy, cleaned the roller bearing and sleeve, lubed it and re assembled it. Now all of the joints are smooth.
Gave it a good cleaning and a "chemical overhaul" Also cleaned up the tubes and weights, gave them a shot of overhaul in a can.
More pics to follow. I did climb up top to check out the pillow block and the swashplate links...I think that's what they are....some hardware is missing, but since it isn't gonna fly, I think I can find stuff to make it look complete.
I would LOVE to hook a small electric motor to it and make the main and tail rotors spin, but it isn't my ballgame!![uh1 1.jpg uh1 1.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/654/654395-c9d410d07fa33ab28deffee3ce6f3213.jpg)
![uh1.jpg uh1.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/654/654397-92a16847bc26cb157d3f129224b086cc.jpg)
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![uh1 3.jpg uh1 3.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/654/654399-7c3c5ddf001311b2e4959f7a47678637.jpg)
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![uh1 6.jpg uh1 6.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/654/654403-02b3cd396b1ac4c5e6f93af6952d46ca.jpg)
This was put in place in place around 1993 ish. Has not been shown much love.
I always knew something was missing and today, I asked, found the pieces parts, gave them a bit of love and a chemical overhaul, and tomorrow, barring issues, will have the last part in place to make it LOOK good!
This airframe has ZERO hours left in it, so what I will be doing is for looks only.
This is a gunship, there are panels that show "how many rockets left" and a bunch of ammunition feed things. I think there are MG mounts. I THINK we have rocket pods somewhere on the property, I will ask about those. I will take pics soon.
Remember, I am a diesel mechanic, so, the nomenclature I use is probably wrong!
What I saw missing were/was the "counter weights" for what I think is the stabilizer bar assy, one weight and tube was in the cabin, the other was still attached to the centerframe out in the dirt under a giant propeller from a ship.
I got all of it back into the shop and started making things "work". The only real issue, besides being corroded horribly, was that the support bracket and bearing on one side was stuck. All of the other joints were free and just needed cleaning. I removed the remaining weight and tube to lighten things up, filled the Heim joints with grease, got them smmoooth, and removed the stuck support/bearing. Easy-peasy, cleaned the roller bearing and sleeve, lubed it and re assembled it. Now all of the joints are smooth.
Gave it a good cleaning and a "chemical overhaul" Also cleaned up the tubes and weights, gave them a shot of overhaul in a can.
More pics to follow. I did climb up top to check out the pillow block and the swashplate links...I think that's what they are....some hardware is missing, but since it isn't gonna fly, I think I can find stuff to make it look complete.
I would LOVE to hook a small electric motor to it and make the main and tail rotors spin, but it isn't my ballgame!
![uh1 1.jpg uh1 1.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/654/654395-c9d410d07fa33ab28deffee3ce6f3213.jpg)
![uh1.jpg uh1.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/654/654397-92a16847bc26cb157d3f129224b086cc.jpg)
![uh1 2.jpg uh1 2.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/654/654398-1e079a60ac409c80ccb7408d4d8dd514.jpg)
![uh1 3.jpg uh1 3.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/654/654399-7c3c5ddf001311b2e4959f7a47678637.jpg)
![uh1 4.jpg uh1 4.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/654/654400-4977bb59d75dd24d8ef7a74b827df3a7.jpg)
![uh1 5.jpg uh1 5.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/654/654402-ea5f47de1a627aff6a6076e70ed29953.jpg)
![uh1 6.jpg uh1 6.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/654/654403-02b3cd396b1ac4c5e6f93af6952d46ca.jpg)
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