I miss Graupner!!! And Robbe too.

It's amazing! I started in RC scale boats 50+ years ago when there was little available (and no internet). First boat was scratch built including 3" propeller and the motor was from a car heater. The radio was a Heathkit. Only parts from a hobby shop was the balsa. Fast forward a few years and all sorts of kits and parts were available. Now RTRs are common place. Sure, we miss the big manufacturers but if I have to regress back to scratch building my own parts, so be it. That's where my 3D modeling and printing come into play. If you watched my last video (on board a Springer) most of what you see I 3D created. Lew Florida ⛱️, USA 🇺🇸

4 minutes ago by 🇺🇸 LewZ ( Captain)

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Calling it a day.

Bill From the posts I'm reading this forum is a family.When one of us is hurting the family steps in to affirm that we are all with you and wish you fair winds Rick

4 minutes ago by 🇨🇦 Newby7 ( Fleet Admiral)

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Useful Battery ???

Hi Colin, what you do for your family at your age is commendable. I admire you.

7 minutes ago by 🇮🇹 AlessandroSPQR ( Commodore)

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Question of the Day?

26 minutes ago by 🇿🇦 Rudy-M ( Warrant Officer)

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Lew nice video of your Springer tug. Thanks for making it and sharing it. Very enjoyable and gives me added momentum to finish my Springer twinster. Len

4 hours ago by 🇺🇸 Len1 ( Sub-Lieutenant)

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What are the difference between the AEROKITS PT BOAT and the AEROKITS RAF CRASH TENDER. I cannot seem to find a picture of an Aerokits PT Boat anywhere.

7 hours ago by 🇬🇧 BOATSHED ( Lieutenant)

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Wordle of the Day?

12 hours ago by 🇬🇧 Doogle ( Commodore)

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Hi Denes If you would be so kind, I would appreciated it. Thank You Mike W

12 hours ago by 🇬🇧 Steam-mad ( Able Seaman)

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International Associations

Hi Model Boaters 😆 Please help me out. I am looking for an International Association / Federation that represents RC Boating. I have all the Model Power Boat / Radio Sailing Associations and Naviga. I'm looking for something similar to the latter but with an actual contact person / number to contact for collaboration in Africa.

1 day ago by 🇿🇦 Rudy-M ( Warrant Officer)

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Modello RC scala 1/60, di piroscafo armato a goletta, liberamente ispirato alle cannoniere classe US

Glad to see that Colin is posting again.

1 day ago by 🇺🇸 Len1 ( Sub-Lieutenant)

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Blast from my past

River Rat! With a wonderful engine detail! Simply...

1 day ago by 🇺🇸 jumpugly ( Lieutenant Commander)

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keel weight information

I see you are building Gary Webb’s “ Annie” from bearospaceindustries. Gary has included keel weight information for his various designs in the written instructions. Displacement 20lbs/9Kg from the Annie Particulars If you email Gary directly, he will get back to you shortly with answers to your questions.

1 day ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald ( Admiral)

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Hi JB, Thanks for asking, however alas no progress on the Drifter due to time difficulty. Life is really getting in the way of hobby time at the moment. I did buy a Revell kit of a north sea trawler and have converted it to RC, I will post a build log of it at some point. Nice bit of bitumen over there. Cheers, Stephen.

1 day ago by 🇦🇺 stevedownunder ( Captain)

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THE MOST ORIGINAL, STRANGE AND FAILURE SHIPS EVER BUILT IN THE WORLD.

The third ship in the list of strange, bizarre, failed ships is the battleship NOVGOROD. Now the list has gone from four to six thanks to Cashrc who added: 1) an aircraft carrier which proved to be very useful but very original, perhaps unique (along with its twin) of its kind, and 2) a submarine which seems to have been a total failure. As you can see from the photos and as mentioned in the first message, the feature that makes it unique and bizarre is the circular shape. The intent was to create a platform as stable as possible for the large naval artillery of the time. Vice Admiral Popoff's idea was realized in 1873. The 2500 ton ship had a diameter of 36.9 meters and mounted 280 mm caliber guns. Propulsion was guaranteed by six propellers at the stern, powered by as many steam turbines capable of delivering a power of 2400 hp (wikipedia reports a different, much higher value). The six propellers should have made it more maneuverable than any other ship, this was the prediction but in reality it was almost impossible to maintain a course and it was very slow, just 6 knots of speed. The ship was launched in 1873 in Nikolajev on the Black Sea, and was supposed to operate as a coast guard together with the ship Admiral Popoff, also circular but with a slightly smaller diameter, but with a greater displacement of 3647 tons. As soon as she left the Dnieper River she became uncontrollable, she rotated out of control and caused illness to the crew who apparently were paralyzed by dizziness. The circular platform was indeed much more stable than traditional ships as expected by its designer but the nautical qualities were terrible. The biggest drawback of her hull shape was that it greatly reduced the rudder's ability to turn the ship by masking much of the water flow, so much so that it took up to 40-45 minutes to make a complete circle. The solution adopted was to use the engines for control and leave the rudder fixed, even if this reduced the speed of the ship. Despite this obvious failure, Tsar Alexander II was favorably impressed by the stability of this ship and wanted the imperial yacht, the Livadia, to be built on the same principle but to look like a traditional ship. Popoff then designed a hull that was not circular but elliptical with a length of 72 meters and a width of 47 meters. But this is another bizarre ship that perhaps deserves a separate mention. Unlike the other ships on the list, this ship type operated for a period of time before being scrapped in 1911 and also participated in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78.

4 days ago by 🇮🇹 AlessandroSPQR ( Commodore)

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mascotte...pilot cutter

Maybe this can help get you on the right sea lane Jacks. Cheers, Doug😎 https://prints.rmg.co.uk/products/lines-rigging-plan-for-yacht-cariad-1904-ex-bristol-channel-pilot-cutter-m1135 https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=The+mascotte+pilot+cutter+plan

5 days ago by 🇩🇪 RNinMunich ( Fleet Admiral)

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Relax for a few days.

Habe ich mir fast 'gedenkt' Wolle😁 😎

5 days ago by 🇩🇪 RNinMunich ( Fleet Admiral)

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34" Fairy Huntsman air scoops

Hi Olly. If I send you the details for one of mine can you produce the CAD file at some point please. No rush as I have a way to go with my builds. I've done all my scratch build drawings in Visio which can't produce the files for 3D printing. I've started to learn TurboCAD but haven't got very far! Once I've got one CAD file I hope I can alter it for my other builds. They are all at a scale of 1:12 but the air inlets do vary in shape and size from model to model. Chris

5 days ago by 🇬🇧 ChrisF ( Lieutenant Commander)

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Hi Jacko, What motor and batteries are you running in your Cresta? Do you do propellor swaps when you are out trying your boat out when first running? Was she on full throttle at all or was there lot's more to go. Was your Cresta driver just a little nervous when he was out on his first maiden trial run. I am just wondering if she can get up on plane when running being a speed boat.

5 days ago by 🇬🇧 BOATSHED ( Lieutenant)

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Wolle extremely well recorded videos. An the surroundings were you sail also. No probleem when yo are thursty or hungry?

6 days ago by 🇧🇪 hermank ( Captain)

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Smoke spaghetti

Hi One & All Thank you Doug for the links, I am using one from Component shop to power the LED's on one of my boats. The item in the photo's is a unit that works on 3.7 - 12 volts, in photo 2 are my attempts to bypass the jack plug and the on/off switch, some how I have burnt out a few, Product Introduction: 1.Diameter:20mm 2.Operating Voltage:3.7-12V 3.Frequency:113+/-3KHz 4.Quiescent Capacitor:3000+/-15%PF 5.Rated Voltage:70V (max) 6.Rated Power:2.5W (normal use 1.5W) if any one can see just were I have gone wrong, could you please point me in the right direction. Thank you Fred

7 days ago by 🇬🇧 Fred ( Lieutenant)

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Today at our pond, IngaIV and tug Portbalne

It's really true, I also think like you about this Flaxybybuck. When I finish the model I'm building I have two projects in mind. One of these, most likely, is another sailing ship. I would like to design another schooner (no longer a war schooner, without cannons) but I don't intend to give up propeller propulsion either.

7 days ago by 🇮🇹 AlessandroSPQR ( Commodore)

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Yorkshire Belle

Hi Doug, Alive and well but spent most of this last winter trying to sort a misfire out on my Jaguar XJS V12. Not quite sure if entirely cured. Am hampered in my ability to run it at full throttle by the local Police forces! No understanding of my quest for perfection. Did potter along with my waterjet powered Swedish Interceptor based yacht. Nearly done, hence my YB inquiry. Thanks for the SARIK lead. Had already seen that but recognising the frugality of my heritage was trying to avoid paying for them! If all else fails! Keep seeing your notes on the site, so assumed all was well. Best Rowen

7 days ago by 🇨🇦 Rowen ( Captain)

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Deans Marine

I don't wish to twist the blade too much but from my own experience Deans have been less than co-operative in the past. Even to the point of "staff" being rather offhand at the International Model Boat Show a few years back. I heard a rumour that the business was up for sale in the past year or so but still continuing at the moment I understand. Very sad because they have a nice range of products.

7 days ago by 🇬🇧 Razor1955 ( Able Seaman)

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Airsoft gun mechanism

If you research spares for 1/16 heng long tanks you will find small gun units👍

8 days ago by 🇬🇧 Dave Kershaw ( Leading Seaman)

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Fighting Lights

Many thanks for the quick replies. If these lights were just high up extra navigation lights, it will be an easy fix to just wire them up with the cabin navigation lights. A bit of a let-down really as I was about to try and program a pic integrated circuit to sent out some morse !! A very big learning curve, except that I used to send out morse code as an amateur radio operator in the past as G4ZSS. It will be easy to have a switched circuit to switch these extra mast head lights on/off. Thanks for the interest I look forward to anymore comments,all the best, steve.

9 days ago by 🇬🇧 Steves-s ( Able Seaman)

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Hermank you are in a great place, I wish I had one as I have to organize almost a military expedition if I want to find a quiet place to sail. The measurements of this artificial lake are optimal.

9 days ago by 🇮🇹 AlessandroSPQR ( Commodore)

The Swedish galleon VASA

Good evening to all naval modelers. For those interested in the history of this emblematic galleon I found this interesting videos on YouTube. I didn't put all the links to the various parts. There are many. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yknLUNgMqOI&t=587s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp37g7Edjpo&t=8s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jH9wjBM7bFE

9 days ago by 🇮🇹 AlessandroSPQR ( Commodore)

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Exciting, exceptional new WiFi Microcontroller Boat Project

Looks great

9 days ago by 🇮🇪 EddieT ( Recruit)

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Opening of the season

Ahahahahahah Hermank, you're always the same. I'm glad you appreciate Italy. I am proud of my nation, of the treasures it holds, of its history, of the men who made it great but I am also very self-critical. In this lake (which is actually artificial) inside a city park I would like to see more education and civilization. When I hear about the proverbial English education and respect for rules I am very envious. In Italy there is not much respect for the rules unfortunately and this is my regret. In Belgium you will certainly be more compliant than us with the rules and with respect for others. Anyway, congratulations to you who have created an excellent place for RC models to sail, very good.

11 days ago by 🇮🇹 AlessandroSPQR ( Commodore)

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laser tachometer

Thanks Commodore-H for sharing this item. In fact it can be very useful to know the number of revolutions in different working conditions. It could be useful to check the effectiveness of the applied propeller or otherwise. Are you planning on doing any specific tests? If you run any tests I would be happy to see them. If you can, make videos.

11 days ago by 🇮🇹 AlessandroSPQR ( Commodore)

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