N5c Build!

[Kevin Feil]

Alright Chris and Alan, We need some videos now, Enough Chit Chat!! I want to see these bad boys in the air!

Kevin

[flyalan]

Hopefully this weekend! My wife, camera in hand, will be at the Fun Fly in Cookeville with me.


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[Chris "CSpaced" Mulcahy]

I tried the heat gun and clips trick, and the rubber trim around the fuel tank now fits MUCH better. Thanks for the tip guys. Motor is now mounted, along with the bellcrank assembly. I carefully wicked some thin C/A into the exposed part of the carbon frame where the bellcrank bearings are inserted. This gave me a tough press fit for the bearings, resulting in absolutely no play.

I've gotten as far as the tail now, and have just about got it all taken apart ready for reassembly. More to follow tomorrow!

More things I like:
- The fan shroud design. It's adjustable front to back, and has some cool duct work to increase efficiency!

A Curiosity:
The anti rotation bracket has a notch in it, and I can't figure out why...

[Kevin Feil]

Chris,

 By NO means am I doubting your skills as a builder, Just make sure your motor-clutch bell-starter shaft alignment is perfect, and follow Matt's sequence of tightening. Can't wait to see this in the air!! N5c is truly the best Nitro 600 class on the Market,And I'm not just saying that!! 

Kevin

[flyalan]

My first introduction to Kevin was at Birmingham when I asked for assistance with a clutch/starter shaft issue on an N5 that I had purchased used.
Turned out to be missing shims between the engine and mount. I really learned a lot in regards to aligning everything. That made the build on the most recent N5C painless. I did check and recheck alignment though before the first flight. That really paid off! Flawless first flight.
So Kevin said to the tenth power:-)



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[Chris "CSpaced" Mulcahy]

No worries on the motor mount, everthing is squared and spinning freely. 

I woke up with a cold this morning, so I didn't get too much done. I put the tail assembly back together and have it temporarily mounted to the boom. Bearings are greased, and screws are threadlocked!

[Tommy Wagner]

Looks good!!! Mite want to flip your tail grips around so that they are leading edge. And so the lock nuts are on the inside


Tommy

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[Chris "CSpaced" Mulcahy]

Funny you should mention that, my buddy and I were just discussing the fact that the manual shows trailing edge grips. A little searching around here provided the solution, so everything is set!

[Chris "CSpaced" Mulcahy]

Now that my cold is clearing up, the build has resumed. I've modified the tail with some extra bearings per Matt's suggestion. This raises the belt enough to prevent any slap on the inside of the boom. I epoxied the boom plastic ends on to the carbon boom supports, and have made sure the one way auto bearing was thoroughly lubed. Next up, the swash and rotor head.

[Ross Lawton]

Great job on the build so far Chris!, looks great! 

Keep us updated!
Cheers!
Ross

[flyalan]

Looking good Chris!

Cheers
Alan


Alan Butler
Team Synergy

[Bob Heybrock]

I have been making lightning speed progress on my N5c, so much that I didn't have time to post my progress before now! And a month ago I feared it would be spring before I'd be flying it, amazing what a bit of intention will get accomplished.

Last post I had ordered, and was expecting, my cyclic servos, as you can see from the attached pics I'm way past that point now and all I really need is a 6V regulator for my throttle servo, which with any luck will arrive by Friday.

I've got it outfitted with:

Engine: OS MAX 55HZ Hyper w/OS Power Boost pipe.
Servos: Cyclic-Outrage BL9180 (x3), Tail-Outrage BL9188, Throttle-Futaba S9650.
Gyro: HeliCommand HC3sX.
Blades: Main-Rail 606mm, Tail-Rail 96mm.
Radio: Aurora 9 channel 2.4GHz & Optima 7 receiver.
Battery: Venom 2200mAh 2 cell 7.4V Lipo

Thanks to Matt Botos for checking out my assembly in progress at Triple Tree, I feel confident about the engine, clutch & starter shaft alignment in addition to my general building skills thus far. I still have to complete the tail belt mod to help prevent the belt from slapping the boom at the tail but I've got the parts to do that.

A note on the canopy installation. The mounting pin upgrade is great except for a clearance issue at the post adjacent to the muffler so instead of cutting the canopy I decided to use one of the original screw knobs. Also, those dang black rubber grommets kept soaking up the silicone grease I applied so I swapped them with some white TT Raptor grommets which seem to work fine. I did consider that once some nitro exhaust got on the black ones the problem may go away but I had these on hand so I used them. I did however leave one original grommet in the canopy for the screwin fastener.

I have yet to resolve easy access to the power switch which I mounted below the tail servo...I am tempted to cut a hole in the canopy for that. Any comments or ideas supporting that or other methods?

If my regulator arrives along with some nice weather I plan on doing my maiden flight this weekend! (I think Chris will be joining me with his!)

Bob

[Brandon Bartolomucci]

Very nice and congrats are in order of course. For my power switch I literally just put it right behind the cheek of the canopy so that I can reach in with my index finger and turn it on or off.


Regards,
Brandon Bartolomucci
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[Bob Heybrock]

A couple of things I forgot to mention. Once I get my regulator I plan to get the rest of my wiring cleaned up & secure at which time I'll secure my receiver as well. Also, I put it on the scale yesterday and it came in at 7lbs 12oz. I meant to weigh my old Raptor 50V2 just for kicks but it is a moot point!

Later,

Bob

[Chris Sexton]

Looking good man!

I have a used N5c coming I plan to strip down and change all bearings and inspect everything. I will be referring to this thread for help.

Great detail, thank you!