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Step 4The Tail Rotor Blades
I used bamboo cocktail skewers here - cut them so that I was just using the centerpiece of each and glued them in an X. You could use more ice cream sticks and cut them to size instead of the bamboo skewers.
When the glue was dry, I drilled a small hole in the middle of the X.
I used a small rivet for the axle, although you could use many different things...wire, paper clip etc. I reversed the nail inside the rivet and also added a couple of washers, more for aesthetic than anything else. Push the rivet through a washer, then the tailpiece, then another washer, then the rotor. At this stage it is just dry-fitting it together, because I still have to spray paint the rotor blades.
When the glue was dry, I drilled a small hole in the middle of the X.
I used a small rivet for the axle, although you could use many different things...wire, paper clip etc. I reversed the nail inside the rivet and also added a couple of washers, more for aesthetic than anything else. Push the rivet through a washer, then the tailpiece, then another washer, then the rotor. At this stage it is just dry-fitting it together, because I still have to spray paint the rotor blades.
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