All Things That Fly Interview

Two of the CNC lathes used to make the motors. These are being used to true up the center hole in the stator assemblies.

A close-up of the working area in one of the CNC lathes. This one is being used to blank out the bearing tubes for the Scorpion HK-2221 motors.

A stator for a Scorpion S-3026 motor that shows how well the stator plates line up.

A close-up of the stator laminations that shows the individual 0.2mm laminations.

The aluminum bar stock raw material gets feed into the holder end of the CNC lathe........

And gets machined by a variety of different cutting bits in this rotary tool holder.

Blanked out HK-2221 bearing tube from the CNC lathe, before and after machining in the CNC workstation.

A video of the CNC workstation drilling and threading the mounting holes in the back of the bearing tube.

Several trays of HK-2221 bearing tubes before and after final machining.

Fan housings for the HK-3026 helicopter motors after machining.

Trays of flux rings, fan housings and bearing tubes after machining, on the way to the plating department.

Georges standing in front of one of the CNC workstations where all the magic happens.

Raw materials used for making the motors. Aluminum stock for bearing tubes and fan housings on the left. Steel tubes for flux rings on the right.

The prep area where parts are wired into frames before going to the Electro-cote plating area.

Trays of HK-2221 bearing tubes after the gold Electro-cote process.

The motor assembly area where all the parts come together and become Scorpion Motors.

Fan housings, bearing tubes and flux rings ready for assembly.

Magnets being installed and glued into place in a variety of motors.

A video showing magnet installation and gluing, as well as stator winding.

A video showing the packing and gluing of stator winds.

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