Teeter Bar Found!

This very important part of the aircraft was missing and unknown to me when I posted the auction but thanks to a knowledgeable eBayer who described it to me, I went looking for it and found it. The rotor blades bolt to it and are supported by it during operation. It is made of machined aluminum and as you can see it has a heavy layer of surface corrosion but appears otherwise structurally sound. The red arrow points to the edge of the deepest machining of the otherwise flat bar to make a beveled surface. This bevel imparts an angle to the rotor blades when they are bolted to it so that they have the proper aerodynamic characteristics for flight. It's a good thing I found this as it is a very important piece of the aircraft (thx Rick!).