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dbninja
Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class
restored Sea Commander on speed 600
ok, my first ever attempt at posting a video on here and youtube..

my Aerokits Sea Commander restored but not finished running a direct drive graupner speed 600 8.4v on 40mm std 2 blade plastic prop. battery is 9.6v 8cell 3300mA nimh. sailing Sunday 15th August 2010 at Taylor park st Helens mbc

thanks
David
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  • HuntsmanmanAble Seaman
    HI Dbninja, weight makes a measurable difference to how any given model performs, could you give us an idea of the overall weight, thanks. Colin.
  • welshfenmanAble Seaman
    many thanks to you both.
    At this time I have no idea of the weight except to say that from what I can gather from looking at the rudder that this boat seems to from the sixties/seventies, and is quite a substantial vessel.
    She is undergoing a major refit.( spent the day rubbing down the inside of the hull, and removing paint from the toerail to the carlings.
    This looks like being a long job.
  • dbninjaChief Petty Officer 2nd Class
    welshfenman

    if its "that old" and is a 60's/70's built model that had an I.C. engine fitted..
    I would recommend you "glass-cloth" the outside of the hull..

    models built during this period tend to have been built with bio-degradeable glue! (cascemite/ boneglue. etc.) show it water for the first time in 40 years and your boat will revert to kit status and basically become unstuck! if the wonky glue doesn't do it then the diesel/glow fuel used in the 60's will have undone all the joints from the inside-out anyway!

    enjoy your restorations and read as much as you can on here

    db

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