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Incidentally, you may want to rethink the main rotor lead/lag adjustment mechanism. It's probably the only thing I don't like about my RW.
I have been putting some thought into that rotor head. I think I like it so much because of it's simplicity, and making a clone head would not be too hard. The only part that would prove to be a good challenge would be those two 2.5deg holes for the feathering shafts. I would probably send the head out to a more capable shop for that part. My default line for businesses when they ask what its for, I always say it's for a "hovercraft" . that way they don't loose their minds and boot me out the door.
The lead-lag issue is still one I have not figured out. I like the simplicity and that makes me not want to start articulating the head too much. I really don't want to begin putting rubber bumpers and things like that up there that absorb and release energy for lead-lag. It may be good to hinge that axis on a bolt, but it would need to be a hefty bolt and with the blade straps being used, I am not exactly sure how to do it. Last time I calculated it, each blade would pull about 16,000 lbs on the head at 520rpm.