Copter Doctor
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Location: daleville/ft.rucker, al- home of army aviation
My Posts This: Topic Forum | along with the head and follower, you need the swashplate as well. there willbe a total of 5 balls on the swash. one for each of the pc rods and the fifth for the follower. i noticed you didnt mention having a swash in addition to the head and follower.
here are some pics showing one of my heads and follower installed same setup applies to the century.
this is where the blade's pc rod willbe onthe swash. note that this blade is on the left side of the heli, with a 90 degree angle to the tailboom
the follower will be attatched to a ball in between two of the balls that pc rods get attatched to.
looking from the front toward the rear, the blade is on the helis left. see where the rod attatches to the swash?
   
withthe follower loose, you twist the rods (and the follower is swiveling as well when you twist) til you get the ball at the swash in this spot withthe blade remaining on the left of the heli. this is how you set the phasing. once you have that, lock the follower in place on the mast and you are done. the height that the follower sits on the mast above the swash is determined by up and down travel of the swash on the mast. just make sure there isnt any binding.if you have to move it up or down, be careful not to shift the phasing out of allignment.
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