Squirrel AS350 or AS355 (a.k.a Twinstar)

[ScaleHeliBoy]

I am on the lookout for a Squirrel Fuselage for a Raptor 30 sized helicopter.
My tail rotor is on the right hand side and most kits I have seen have the rotor on the left.

Does anybody know of a supplier for kits with the tail rotor on the right hand side?

I have seen some Graupner fuselages but need to find a supplier to talk to.

[chappers]

have a word with dave at motors and rotors regarding Graupner gear

[ScaleHeliBoy]

I will ring him on your recommendation.

My search is not limited to Graupner products.

Are there many Scale builders lurking about here?

[G-DAVE]

Hi Scaleheliboy
I've always done sports scale "Bell 47G -- Lama with scale 3 blade head -- Chinook with scale rotor head -- and currently an Graupner Agusta 109 - still can't put pics in a post but theres a nice picture of it in my Gallery.
Dave

[wazzer]

Hi Scaleheliboy

Is it not possible to turn the tail gearbox over and rotate the blades in their holders?

Not sure about this but maybe worth considering

Ben

[antsis]

The raptor 30 will fit in the century and funkey bodies. I have seen a plan for the hughes 500 body which was designed for the shuttle and they tell you to rotate the tail gearbox from right to left. I don't think that it would change anything except that the pitch slider would be on top.

[G-DAVE]

You can in most cases turn tail boxes over - the problem will be getting the control bell crank to operate in the same way - What I mean is they tend to be handed in that they meter out more throw in one direction than the other because you need more one way than the other " eg off setting torque."
Not easy to make this point in a few lines but if you think about it you'll get what I mean.
Of course the other thing is the Pushrod and Bellcrank will be on the top.
Dave