Glen Baker - Builder
Victoria, B.C.
Victoria, B.C.
Fairground Ride
Here is the latest model to come out of the shop. Not too sure what it is but we will call it a Fairground Ride.
The unit sits on a cube which has an elevator lift to raise the rotating track to clear the table. There is also a drive to raise the track into the vertical position, plus the track rotates. Sitting on the track is an articulated car which travels along the track in any position.
Why this model even came about is because when I ordered the large toothed quadrants I thought had to order 4 pieces to make up a set not knowing that it was posted as a set so I ended up with 16 segments and a bunch of large tooth pinions.
The unit sits on a cube which has an elevator lift to raise the rotating track to clear the table. There is also a drive to raise the track into the vertical position, plus the track rotates. Sitting on the track is an articulated car which travels along the track in any position.
Why this model even came about is because when I ordered the large toothed quadrants I thought had to order 4 pieces to make up a set not knowing that it was posted as a set so I ended up with 16 segments and a bunch of large tooth pinions.
Helicopter
Here are some pictures of the helicopter. It weighed 40 pounds, the motor was a 120 volt from a hand held vacuum. The bearing for the swash plate was from a Nissan Micra distributor for the vacuum advance. The foot pedals controlled the pitch of the tail rotor by a plastic coated stainless steel cable. The landing gear is run by two 3-6 volt meccano motors one for the front and one for the two rear wheels. The collector arm controlled the simultaneous pitching of the main blades via a gear box motor from a tuner remote controlled car, which actually raised and lowered the shaft and transmission for the main blades, and the joy stick via gears, levers controlled blades for front, rear, and side to side pitch. All motors were powered from transformers which were hidden in front to achieve proper balance front to rear and side to side, it took quite a bit of time and rebuilding to make sure it was balanced when lifted by the main rotor shaft.
The unit actually did get off the ground for a bit, but all the body work had to be removed to cut down the weight.
These are several photos of the 'copter before completion.
Completed Body Work.
