Bensen Cotton Reels.

[Greg Mitchell]

G"Day Gents,Anyone out there have the dimensions to the Bensen "Cotton Reels". For the Bensen Rotor Head.I need to get some turned up.AppreciatedMitch.

[GraemeMonro]

I dug up some figures for you Mitch.Not sure if they are what you were after, but they should help.Graeme.

[bones]

You are a very bored man mr Monro

[hatrack]

Can anyone recommend someone to make me a new pair for my machine? Rob P. is pretty busy these days.

[Greg Mitchell]

Hey Hatrack,Waddles told me a fella named BJ Smith (?) up Qld way does rotor heads and does cotton reels.Also try Rod Torr.MitchPS Gra Gra, I have had these figures for some years now. TKS. ;D

[Tim]

Rosco - 0880879148.Bensen heads have 1/2" thick towers while most Aussie heads have 3/4" thick towers. He will need to know which yours are.

[NiqueNaque]

I dug up some figures for you Mitch.Not sure if they are what you were after, but they should help.Graeme.Very peachy.... oops, just wipe the drool off the keyboard..

[Greg Mitchell]

Thanks Tim. Mitch.

[hatrack]

Cheers Mitch. While I"m at it, anyone got any comments on worn cotton reels? Will it reduce teeter action enough to reduce lift. I suspect stick shake under high G manoeuvres would be the first sign. I have SS cotton reels with sintered bronze bushes whidh I grease every 10 hours. Sound about right?

[Mark Horan]

He may be bored, but he has given us the best veiw of a magni front wheel I have ever seen! Mark,

[Mark Horan]

Seems I was fixated on the logo on the wrong tail, on closer inspection The gyro is actually an ELA!I dont know how I confused the two, but if you look hard, there appears to be something in the foreground that is obscuring the fuselage of the gyro ???Mark.

[Greg Mitchell]

Mine are Alum 6061-T6 and I use the bronze phospur oil impregnated bushes which I grease 10 hrly or as required.

[birdy]

While I"m at it, anyone got any comments on worn cotton reels? Will it reduce teeter action enough to reduce lift.Any inefficiancy would be neglegable, and i dout you feel any more/less shake.But i will say that under low/0 G conditions youll feel a definate "flutter" if theres too much slop. But they gota be REAL slopy for that.