Very nice printed parts. Can you not use a different system to give rudder control? Beautiful model. kb

Hi Dave, re puffy batteries, I think it depends on the load you put on them if they are slightly puffy. I've used LiPos which have slight puffing for years under light loads, and have even frozen them as an experiment and they still work. As you say, once they have puffed it means a cell (or more ) has been overloaded - sometimes it's just cr.p batteries (HK zippy batteries used to be good but ended up rubbish and dropping cells after one flight). I still have an HK Flightmax 5s 3000mah 20c LiPo from 02.06.2010 which I still use for low loads, - charges up, balances perfectly, just has no guts. Another Zippy 5s 3000mah 40 c from 05.08.2012 has been slightly puffy for years, charges up, balances perfectly, but again has no guts any more. I can use it with no problems in a boat and limit the throttle, as there is usually very little load on a battery with a small motor. I was using it with a 100mph racer (converted from nitro, and a few others) and pulling around 80A static, and it would come back quite warm after a flight. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqaRfuwa-dk&t=298s It slowly started losing power which is why I stopped using it in planes. The next identical brand new HK zippy battery dropped a cell on the first flight ! I also have 2 old Zippy 2s 1800mah 20c batteries (2011) which are quite puffy but I just use them for testing small motors, pumps etc. Won't charge up fully any more and only just balance (I use them at about 3.8V capacity). I had one in a flouro camping lamp at home one time, and my son was using it in my shed with his mates drinking, and they went off and left it going, which ran it down to nothing. Same happened the other one, but I managed to revive them and have been using them for testing for about 8 yrs and they are still chugging on. Almost ready for the garden fork treatment now. I never throw LiPos away if only one cell is bad, ($$$$$) and as long as the terminals are solderable (some are crimped alloy and can't be soldered) I'll cut out the bad one and re-wire them. I have a few good 2s and 3s 3000mah LiPos from 3s and 4s HK batteries. These are ideal for some of my boats and vehicles. I disassemble the batteries outside for safety. The balance plugs need converting to the new S number. I wouldn't recommend doing this to anyone who is not fully conversant with LiPo wiring. (eg 2s/2s1p etc) JB

Hi JB. Love the dash. How do you do the gauges. Are they printed and cut out?

7th Dec: The pipes that run along the keel of a boat to provide cooling for the engine are called what? A. Keel Coolers (81%) - Correct Answer B. Underside Duct (5%) C. Chilly Bottom (2%) D. Thermal Bypass (12%) A keel cooler is a closed-circuit cooling system mounted externally on the vessel's hull below the waterline. The concept of keel cooling is similar to the application of a radiator on a car. Engine coolant is circulated through the keel cooler, which transfers heat from the coolant before it returns to the engine. Most people got it correct Stephen

I'll look there. Thank you.

TRy Sarik Plans MM1322 Keenoma Roy

Something I thought was good about the Windermere museum was the fact that one could borrow, presumably for a fee, a simple pond yacht to sail on their pond. They sold them of course, I think they were £50. Lots of interesting boats in the museum, well worth a visit, let's face it, what tourist attraction is cheap these days. Cheers, Nerys.

I forgot to mention that it is just me and my two sons Trev

Hi Ron, I live in Cumbria, in a area of sparse population. I belong to Darlington model boat club, but it is a 90 mile roundtrip away. Carlisle model boat club is about 100mile round trip. Lakes of the Lake District National Park are unsuitable for model boats. There are no model shops selling boats /fittings etc in Cumbria, buy most stuff online. Regards Roy

A good afternoon modelboat builders,modelboat yacht men and model yacht skippers Indeed is this à fantastic site for ant one who wants à solution or a question answered regarding building. Personnaly i joined thé royal model yacht club when i was 16 years old. We do have à fantastic maken espacially build for us. Thé complet pond is vuiltje in concrete and had à depth of one meter on top of that thé pond is about 2 meters deep with thé actual ground level si even when it is windy it doesn’t affect out sailing. Having Saïd this we struggle as Many hobby clubs with finding or welcoming new and preferably young members. We know that we are not thé only club with this problem. Si if any one of you got Some good ideas they are more than welcome. Looking forward to the suggestions Regards Herman Lifeboat lover

Hi Ron, PayPal is the preference, from a convenience and security point of view. Although they do take a cut, using them as a payment provider means they handle all the difficult and secure stuff. The website is immediately informed of any contributions and your membership gets updated automatically. The alternative would be a bank transfer. I've published the international bank account number on the Membership page. Please use the reference numbers shown there so I can identify where contributions have come from. These are unique to your account. It'll be DON and a number, for one off donations, or SUB and a number, for regular contributions. Thanks, Stephen

I also think many have to little flair , Ik going to run a 3545 outrunner on 4S lipo Global setup in the picture

Hi Shipmates, A warm minus 4°C this morning in Sunny Cumbria in the UK. So had to rip off the cargo hold roof, and windowed sections and cut down the sides to the correct hight and angle, removed some cross braces, may replace later ? Cut out the 3mm ply rear deck that the Cabin will be constructed on, have added some bracing around 3 sides, hope the sheet will stay flat, will add more under the 3mm ply. Regards Roy

JB, was it a Packard Hawk? They made about 600 of them in ‘58 and that was that. That had a rather distinctive front end.

Yes they love plywood its the Glue apparently this boat is going be like grandads hammer, I love a challenge

It is yes and not entirely. I believe commented elsewhere on the forum about this but always happy to have a recap Regards Jordan