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terra wrote:
As far as me, I bought a Rotorway Scorpion One single seat helicopter for a song and am in the process of restoring it. It looks just like the scorpion 133 only thinner. I saw one at an auto show, seems about 40 years ago. Evinrude motor, right? No no no, its only been about 35 years and is a about a decade or two younger than the brantly - only better looking. Yes, it uses a 110 HP evinrude. In those days, the evinrude was the best choice for a vertically running engine. I'm not so crazy about it being 2-cycle, but it is and it works. It will also fly when I am done with it. Dennis H. Dennis Hawkins n4mwd AT amsat DOT org (humans know what to do) "A RECESSION is when you know somebody who is out of work. A DEPRESSION is when YOU are out of work. A RECOVERY is when all the H-1B's are out of work." To find out what an H-1B is and how they are putting Americans out of work, visit the following web site and click on the "Exporting America" CNN news video: http://zazona.com/ShameH1B/MediaClips.htm |
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terra wrote: As far as me, I bought a Rotorway Scorpion One single seat helicopter for a song and am in the process of restoring it. It looks just like the scorpion 133 only thinner. I saw one at an auto show, seems about 40 years ago. Evinrude motor, right? No no no, its only been about 35 years and is a about a decade or two younger than the brantly - only better looking. Yes, it uses a 110 HP evinrude. In those days, the evinrude was the best choice for a vertically running engine. I'm not so crazy about it being 2-cycle, but it is and it works. It will also fly when I am done with it. Dennis H. There's a sketch of your Scorpion and a bit of history at http://avia.russian.ee/vertigo/scorpion-r.html Yes, it looks good. Improved all-aluminum rotor blades are mentioned. Be careful with your deteriorated 35 year-old blades with only 25 hours on them, they apparently weren't too great when they were new. |
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terra wrote:
There's a sketch of your Scorpion and a bit of history at http://avia.russian.ee/vertigo/scorpion-r.html Yes, it looks good. Improved all-aluminum rotor blades are mentioned. Be careful with your deteriorated 35 year-old blades with only 25 hours on them, they apparently weren't too great when they were new. The sketch is pretty close to what I have. The red one in the photo on top and the one in the sketch are both supposed to be scorpions. The frames are pretty much the same with different bodies. I think that the red one is the first one that they are talking about and the one in the sketch is the second one. The javelin is a totally different looking helicopter. More rotorway history at: http://www.rotorway.com/history.html There is a really good photo site at: http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaver...364/earl2.html In any event, my scorpion rotor blades are composite and appear cracked. I haven't figured out how to fix them yet. Perhaps a fresh coat of resin? Dennis H. Dennis Hawkins n4mwd AT amsat DOT org (humans know what to do) "A RECESSION is when you know somebody who is out of work. A DEPRESSION is when YOU are out of work. A RECOVERY is when all the H-1B's are out of work." To find out what an H-1B is and how they are putting Americans out of work, visit the following web site and click on the "Exporting America" CNN news video: http://zazona.com/ShameH1B/MediaClips.htm |
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In any event, my scorpion rotor blades are composite and appear cracked. I haven't figured out how to fix them yet. Fix.....???????? Perhaps a fresh coat of resin? Perhaps a new set of blades. |
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... The javelin is a totally
different looking helicopter. Ahh, the `60s :-) Thanks, it's hilarious!! Geez, it looks like the thing that sits in the play area of my daughters old Kindergarten Center. |
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