UH-18 and UH-12r

2002-04-13 This was a very busy day. I got to the shop (in McHenry, IL) at 8:30am (!!) and left at 11:30pm. I'm writing this the next day and I hurt badly from body aches.

There are three major areas of progress this day that are mine: -My uh18 lift duct came off the mold and was trimmed -My uh-12r drive train was assembled (no pictures!?! what was I thinking?) -My uh-12r lift guard was started.

The drive train: The pulley set for my uh-12r showed up that day. As such, I made a backing plate for the wood pulley (top) and assembled the whole thing. It's not mounted on the craft yet, but it is assembled.

I popped this off the mold using a fork lift and a chain hoist. This is not an easy process. We clamped the duct mold to the forks and pulled up on it with the chain hoist.

Before trimming, the duct weighed 12.5 lbs. Afterwards, it weighed 12.0. The scale is an electronic one with 1/2 lb accuracy, for what that's worth. It took 3 quarts of epoxy to make it.

I want an actual lift guard that's not just chicken wire stapled to the intake on the duct, put there the day of the race. So I started one that's going to be removable.

My 18 with the newly made duct on it.

	I popped this off the mold using a fork lift and a chain hoist. This is not an easy process. We clamped the duct mold to the forks and pulled up on it with the chain hoist.
	Before trimming, the duct weighed 12.5 lbs. Afterwards, it weighed 12.0. The scale is an electronic one with 1/2 lb accuracy, for what that's worth. It took 3 quarts of epoxy to make it.

	I want an actual lift guard that's not just chicken wire stapled to the intake on the duct, put there the day of the race. So I started one that's going to be removable.

	My 18 with the newly made duct on it.