N5 - The Build

[jamiem]

Main gear and tail drive pulley assemblies


Main Gear, tail drive pulley, main shaft clamp (hidden under top bearing block) and main shaft fitted.


Just doing the head, more updates later

[waveydavey]

It looks bloody gorgeous, I can see the selling of some superfluous organ coming up. Nice write up!

[Rctintin]

They were not joking when they said it was designed with minimal parts count!

[Jamin_00]

Looking real good

[squeaky pete]

N5 - The Build

We are about the same place on the build, apart from mine has no leccys in it, my tail was spot on

[synergyn9]

My tail is spot on now, no play what so ever

[simm0]

guys,so what is the retail price ?
cheers craig

[squeaky pete]

N5 - The Build

The kit is 450 dude

[Fixxxer]

- clutch was tight once I had glued the liner in, appears to be catching somewhere slightly. Used one wrap of tape. Will grab slightly for the first few flights then I'm sure will bed in

Did you epoxy the liner in ? Mine catches but only if the clutch is pressed right the way in as it grabs on the small amount of epoxy around the bottom edge of the liner. I Did the single tape method as it says and pulling the clutch out just a fraction will give perfectly free rotation. It's definately not the liner that catches on mine.

[jamiem]

Headblock, swash, washout fitted.


Dampers and head axle support - dampers are very big and pretty stiff too (no pun intended!)


Very sexy looking metal grips fitted along with bell-hiller mixing arms. I had to place the grips in the oven to allow the outer radial bearings to seat - very tight tolerances, but once warmed for 10 minutes they dropped straight in.


All linkages fitted and horns ready for fitting to servos once radio installed.

[moonmanflyer]

Think that may well be flying tomorrow, nice one jamie

[jamiem]

Rough radio install for setup purposes


Final radio install, servo horns installed. Wiring is not as tidy as I want, but its functional for the weekend to allow me to test fly it!


Finished! Canopy fitted, Radix 600SB's fitted, Radix 95mm tails fitted, Align 600 white carbon paddles fitted, Header tank fitted to engine mount bolt with stand off and long bolt, remote glow fitted.


Just another finished shot

[Jamin_00]

Very VERY nice

[jamiem]

A few quick thoughts on the build. Very very simple to build. If you've had aligns and you think they are easy to build, this is just as easy as any align (or any other for that matter) machine. The fact that all parts had the relevant screws loose fitted is great. Saves hunting through bags and boxes for the correct bolt - something that is refreshing and would be great if every manufacturer adopted this. As a direct result, I had ZERO PARTS MISSING! Every single bolt, washer, spacer, stand off was all there. The only couple of parts that were in the wrong bag for the build order were the flange bearings for the ccpm shaft (which were on the ccpm shaft in the head bag), and the tail bell crank block which i think was in the fan shroud bag.

Everything is super chunky, but well thought out. The tailbox is simplicity at its best, the head is a work of art, the canopy i now love; both the shape and the design, and the radio tray just works. The only place there wasnt any locktite where it should have been out of the box (as most parts were pre-assembled) was the tail hub on to the shaft, and the anti-rotation bolt/bearing on the back of the swash. All the linkage lengths were spot on, which makes a change as every other machine ive ever built have been wrong by some degree.

Anyway, I'm off to bed, maiden flight in the morning, I'll get some in flight pics, and hopefully a video if Swashbuckler brings his HD Camera

[shikari_chaos]

Thanks for showing us your N5. I'm sure I'll be getting one of these in the not to distant future and it's nice to get a final user hands on build with some top advice and good pics I hope the maiden flight goes well