CoaX Helicopters was invited to display and present at RotorTech 2016 courtesy of the Australian Helicopter Industry Association , AHIA.
We had allow a month to manufacture the H37 engine mounts, configure and fit the MoTec and G3X displays, build a new console and prepare the 20′ helicopter for departure.
But not everything goes according to plan! A number of hurdles were thrown out to challenge us and it wasn’t until 6 days before we were due to leave did we receive the engine mounts. Without those we would have to cancel.
On Sunday and Monday we fitted the engine mounts and engine
On Tuesday we collected the MoTec C187. Fortunately the engineers at MoTec had gone above and beyond to load the display data and configure the electrical system to power the display.
On Wednesday all players gathered to pull it all together. Jim Azar worked all day mounting and wiring the Glass displays and finally we had power on the machine.
The console to hold all of the components together arrived at 5 pm Wednesday. The panels we still in pieces and had to be fitted.
By 9 pm that night we finally had a finally had the helicopter on the trailer ready to go. We departed at 8 am Thursday morning, phew!
The smallest player on the field was our 20′ single place Experimental helicopter. But we received a great deal of interest. Here are a couple of shots at the venue in Maroochydore during RotorTech 2016.
