I heared a while ago that Graeme was doing this build, but never saw any pictures. Looking at them now, the machine sure seems good. It seems the Samka has a challenger!!
Looking at the attention to detail of the components, I'm sure Graeme must have done all his R&D well. But there are 2 things I wonder about, can anybody help me out here?
The heli has rotors turning the conventional "American way". I seems the accepted way is for the T/R to push against the torque, ie, it's mounted on the left. Why is this heli pulling against the torque, with the T/R on the right? Has it got something to do with the clean inflow of air? If so, why has just about all the heli's out there have it the other way round?
My second question, referring to T/R rotation, I was taught the accronem, Bottom Aft is BAd. This heli has the bottom blade going aft, thus Bad. Again, most heli's out there have the bottom blade going forward, why has Graeme done it differently?
If I ever meet up with him, I'll sure ask him, to clarify it up for me.
Regards,
Francois