Butch Wellmaker (30 followers)
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VH-92A “Polyphia” Book 3.
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With the wonderful rainy weather here in Sunny Zoo York the goal was to get the base IP for S/N 003 wrapped up. I made a minor adjustment to the glare shield by adding an additional layer of 6 oz fabric between the 2 layers of 4oz fabric. It stiffened it up a touch and happy with the results....
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RAH-66 Comanche maintenance event.
It’s time to get aircraft ready for the flying season. Most in the hangar are ready for the season however “Homer” likes a little more maintenance than the others. With running duel motors, and ESC’s along with all the parts to hook everything together and then, for it all to actually work as one...
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A short video I forgot to post.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6fjuiG-bM0
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Danny Dobbels
What kind of mechanics is this?, looks very compact. Direct tail drive safes you a lot of mechanical transmission and weight.
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Sikorsky S-92. Book 2, “Polyphia”
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Many of you have followed my “scratch Build S-92 oner the past months. It has been a long journey with a few hurdles however nothing that would stop any progress.

Yesterday S/N 002 lifted off for the first time. An uneventful event but non the less, somewhat stressful. Sandy accompanied me ...
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Well a few of my friends and I were sitting around the fire on a Saturday night drinking some of "Tickles" famous sour mash when all of a sudden...

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Over the years I have taken on several Sikorsky model builds. A Len Mount RAH-66 Comanche, a Scale Jet S-76 and most recently...
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Michael Kranitz
Hey Butch, this looks incredible!! As a fellow S-76 fan, I will be especially interested in this story!!
Uwe Behr
What material did you use to print? How thick is the wall?
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Joe Bessette
Very cool! Glad I found this thread. I work on VH-92's at Sikorsky.
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