CN4004 Sea King Scale Fuselage Manual
Warning
The Sea King fuselage is designed to use Century’s flexible cable drive system, this requires that the mechanics
installed use a wire drive tail shaft or can be modified from a shaft or torque tube drive system. A belt drive
A belt drive
A belt drive
A belt drive
A belt drive
system is not compatible.
system is not compatible.
system is not compatible.
system is not compatible.
system is not compatible. Consideration also must be taken when choosing a gyro as the demand from the cable
drive system will require a lower gain setting and the heading hold gyro is generally not recommended from the
high stress imposed on the tail. A good rate gyro will work very well.
In order to use the Retract system included in this instruction, it is assumed that the mechanics to be installed is
of the rear facing engine design
rear facing engine design
rear facing engine design
rear facing engine design
rear facing engine design.(all X-Cell 60,ST,CT & SE) If it is preferred to install a mechanics using a
forward facing engine, then additional modifications will be necessary for the Retracts to operate.
It is worth while mentioning at this time that if the scale multi main and tail rotor systems will be used that it is
best to install the lowest gear ratio available for the chosen mechanics. Lowest referring to the engine to main
shaft gear ratio that turns the main rotor disk the slowest (usually the main gear has the largest number of teeth)
to maximize engine torque to drive the 5 blade main rotor system. It is also important to understand that the
main rotor RPM range should fall in the 900-1200 range due to the increased number of rotor blades on the main
head and the tail rotor.
Congratulations on purchasing Century’s magnificent scale fuselage of the Sea King.
Congratulations on purchasing Century’s magnificent scale fuselage of the Sea King.
Congratulations on purchasing Century’s magnificent scale fuselage of the Sea King.
Congratulations on purchasing Century’s magnificent scale fuselage of the Sea King.
Congratulations on purchasing Century’s magnificent scale fuselage of the Sea King. The fuselage is
manufactured from lightweight fiberglass using Epoxy resin with carbon fiber filament reinforcement at seams
for extra strength. The fuselage has a pre-primed surface and has the major open sections precut for conve-
nience. All wooden parts are precut and labeled for easy identification. Semi-scale Retractable landing gear and
wheels add that little extra that has made Century famous for their quality fiberglass scale fuselages.
This instruction set is to aid the modeler in the construction of their fuselage, however, due to the large number of
helicopter mechanics available on the market, this instruction will only detail the general case. In many instances,
additional modifications will be necessary to adapt to your helicopter.
Fiberglass main body parts Pre-cut wood parts Clear windshield
Section One: Tail Drive & Installation
Step 1. Insert the flexible cable into the brass tube
Step 1. Insert the flexible cable into the brass tube
Step 1. Insert the flexible cable into the brass tube
Step 1. Insert the flexible cable into the brass tube
Step 1. Insert the flexible cable into the brass tube
Insert the flexible cable into the brass tube (to keep the
bend smooth, without kinks) and tape off at one end.
Slowly bend the long brass tube, make the bends gradual
in intervals using your hands. Do not cut the length of
the brass housing at this time, this will be done near the
very end of installing the flexible cable drive system. See Fg.1
Step 2. Locate F15 and F16
Step 2. Locate F15 and F16
Step 2. Locate F15 and F16
Step 2. Locate F15 and F16
Step 2. Locate F15 and F16
Locate F15 and F16, these formers (photo #1) are for mounting the tail gearbox to the elevated tail section. The
F16 former will be glued to the F15 former with the offset notch to the front part of the F15 former. The basic
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