Morley Maverick

Specification:

  Std XR
Full Length  45 inch  (1143mm)  45 inch  (1143mm)
 Rotorhead    
 Main Rotor Dia  49 inch  (1245 mm)  52 inch  (1320 mm)
 Tail Rotor Dia   10 inch  (255 mm)  10 inch  (255 mm)
 Engine  .40/.46 cu in  (6.5/7.5 cc)
.50/53 cu in (8.5 cc)
 Weight  7 Lbs  (3.25 Kg)
 7 Lbs  (3.25 Kg)
Documents: 
 
Maverick Assembly Manual (common with XR)
 
Maverick Assembly Diagrams
 
Maverick XR Assembly Diagrams
 
Reports:
 

   Maverick Kit Review - By Dave Day

 
Maverick XR Kit Review - By Steve Engel
 
Maverick XR Kit Review - By John White in RC Model Mart
 

 

Designed for the 'Sport' flyer allowing progression from basic 'learner' to aerobatics.

                           Cabin decals

 

Blade holder thrust bearing upgrade

Maverick Clockwise addendum - To reverse the direction of the main rotor



Morley Maverick XR

Upgraded specification utilising a bigger engine and larger blades thereby making it more suitable for aggressive manoeuvres

       

        These photos from the Busy bee flying club web site.  www.busybeemfk.se/

In construction, the Maverick was quite basic and used many plain bearing where other manufacturers had already moved to full ball bearing assemblies.  From this it was possible to upgrade the maverick head to full ball races which removed a lot of the 'slop' after prolonged use.  Additionally, many lightened parts were brought out thus greatly increasing the performance, see upgrades below.

 

Morley Maverick Hughes 500E (1995)

Body conversion for for both Maverick standard or XR mechanics.   

Introduced in 1995 and came in two colours, Red or White and a very quick fit assembly .

Morley Maverick Extras and upgrades

  No3 No4 No5 N06 no7 Weighted blades warning 

The Maverick was upgraded over the years to incorporate 'lessons learnt' or just to give that extra 'Bling' and these were promulgated in regular newsletters.  Check out No7 for the final list of upgrade; an XR built to this spec was a very potent machine...

  

Additional marketing of the Morley Maverick included key fobs, wall clocks and pre-loaded models on the flight simulator of the period the TRU-FLIGHT.  Specials offers were also available when ordering the Rossi 53 helicopter engine.