Top view of the main fuselage.	Right side view of the Huey with most fiberglass parts attached, landing gear and mechanics.	The first stainless steel double wall turbine exhaust nozzle.
Front view of the built up Huey.	Detail view of the Jakadofsky turbine exhaust without the custom exhaust nozzle.	Lots of louvres around the Huey's engine compartment.
Inside shot of the mechanics, note the saddle tanks and header tank.	3/4 view of the mechanics with the flexible tail drive shaft and tail pushrod.	Inside shot of the primed Huey with custom heavy duty servo mounts.
Getting started on the instrument panel for the cockpit.	Painted servo tray and organizing the internal wiring and fuel lines.	Where to hide all the electronics? The Huey has plenty of space below the cabin floor.
The Jakadofsky turbine with Len's mechanics beside the unpainted Huey fuselage.	Another shot of the mechanics from the side.	Overall shot of the mechanics beside the Huey fuselage.

As you can see I really like Huey helicopters. I guess after building the Cobra, I proved to myself that bigger is much better. Now all I needed was a more powerful engine for this fuselage and along came Jakadofsky who was just getting started with turboshaft model turbine engine. I couldn't have possibly found them at a better time. Len Mount was working on a mechanics designed for his engine and now I had a fuselage ready to receive this awesome combination.

The Huey over the Cobra has a lot more space to truely build a fully detailed cockpit and nearly all the operational equipment can be hidden away below the main cabin floor while allowing the main cabin doors to be open during flight for additional cooling. I thought the Cobra was big, but this Huey is slightly bigger again. Man, I need a bigger trailer again! Sometimes I wonder if more effort goes into building the transportation than the model. But, big models are certainly magnificant.

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