A Little More to Show...
A Little More to Show...
And, here I have all the parts that were Anodized Blue (you can see how the years have weathered them!) They are going to be re-done in a nice Gold Color, along with the Pre-Rotator parts. Richard Press (fellow Chapter 1 member) was kind enough to come over this past weekend and we used his grinder and my dremel to cut off the spring loops from the muffler parts (I'm going with the newer compression clamps). I had an additional part welded today to divert the exhaust a little (as some other people have done) and plan to send it off for Ceramic coating.
The hub bar was very pitted and grungy from years of weather. So, I decided to give it some luster. Now, I DID NOT take it apart! I know that SportCopter builds these with some bushings internal, so I used a lot of Purple Polish (after a light touching with a Scotchbrite wheel - thanks Richard!) and as you can see, it looks pretty darn good! (IMHO)
I have a plethora of parts on order from SportCopter (Trenna has been such a pleasure to work with!), and still need to get new hardware ordered, some other minor parts from SC as well (I'm making a list) (to SportCopter, not Santa Claus!!!)
The bad news is with the recent watering of my kitchen floor (thanks to a bad refrigerator valve in the wall), we're going to be diverting more funds for a kitchen re-model (yay?) So, it might be a bit before I post more. BUT, I'm getting some stuff done!