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MartinS
Warrant Officer
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Today at Little Radford MBC
Dave and I agreed that today was not going to be a lifeboat day so my Aero Naut Classic and Dave’s Fairey Huntsman and cabin cruiser had a trip out. My DF65 also got its keel wet but I didn’t get pictures of that.
Liked by Ray and Peejay and
4 comments
  • ColinJ2Petty Officer 1st Class
    I was with friends at Hoylake boating lake yesterday and one of them has a Fairey Huntsman kit to build without instructions. Does Dave have the build instructions for his by any chance, such that he could share the information with us? So his kit can be built without too much guess work.
    Colin
    Liked by Peejay and hermank
  • canabusSub-Lieutenant
    Hi
    The cabin cruiser is a MFA Spearfish.
    Harry
    Liked by Peejay and hermank
philcaretaker
Commodore
"Fairey Huntsman"
"Fairey Huntsman" - Following renewed recent interest from Model Boats Website members,
here are three variations from BMBC members of the popular "Huntsman".

(Ref from Wikipedia)
Fairey Huntsman / Fairey Huntsman 28 / Fairey Huntsman 31: The design of the Huntsman and its smaller sister, the Huntress were the inspiration of Ray Hunt and designed by Alan Burnard.
Liked by MouldBuilder and Inkoust and
StuartE
Chief Petty Officer 1st Class
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Mowe 2
I hadn't built a model of any sort since I was 15 years old and that was a control line aeroplane with a glow worm engine. 45 years later and regressing nicely back to my teenage years, my wife bought me (reluctantly!) a RC Boat Kit - Mowe 2. I had been wanting to build again for many years, but children and family and home situation did not allow.
So, over the cold Autumn and Winter Months I carefully put my spare nights to good use, rather than watching night after night TV box sets and re-watching the entire James Bond movies, not once but 2 or 3 times....
Anyhow after 3 months...the finished product. I should have started a blog but didn't know of this site until a few weeks ago.
Not a brilliant finished job, but a satisfying one, and it sails nicely on Bushy Park boating lake in Kingston-upon-Thames.
Now o nto bigger and more complicated things...a Fairey Huntsman 31.
This time I'll do a blog....👍
Liked by Cashrc and RNinMunich and
2 comments
  • DonnieboyWarrant Officer
    Good looking boat.Nice clean paint job.Looks good on the water.
  • retirement-hobbyPetty Officer 1st Class
    Nice job, looking forward to your next project!
manyboats
Petty Officer 1st Class
Fairey Huntsman
My scratch built Fairey Huntsman as can be seen in my build blog.First run with 3s Lipo
Liked by circle43nautical and Novagsi0 and
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  • John2Chief Petty Officer 1st Class
    Very nice, I am building one!
  • Novagsi0Chief Petty Officer 1st Class
    Very nice I'm also building one, what motor did you install to get that turn of speed. I'm hoping you will say torpedo 850 that is what I have just bought for mine.
sharpy1071
Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class
Veron Fairey Huntsman 28
First trip out 100Mtrs coupling broke, calmest day for weeks took an hour to get back!! Built from plans supplied by Colin Smith. 38/32 brushless motor, 125A ESC, 4 cell lipo. When it went it went! Motor, ESC and motor mount water cooled. I will get a new coupling and try to get a video of this hope we have some more calm days.
Liked by Madwelshman and Vickers1979 and
1 comment
  • TonyLRecruit
    Could be worse! Have you read my sailing RAC failure in the Naval section?
wrighty
Able Seaman
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jessica
this is my lovely boat jessica, shes fairey huntsman 31, she was built in 1994 by david john tittensor I think it was a scratch built boat, I'm planning to repaint the boat but cant make up my mind what colour weather to go with the blue or the lovely deep burgundy that I have seen on the faiery huntsman owners page Ive saled her twice now and looks lovey just cruising around on the water
Liked by PeterJ and Brightwork and
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  • wrightyAble Seaman
    she has a 800 brushed motor and a 50m brass prop with a 50a esc and runs on a 12v 7ah battery and can run for around 2 hrs on a charge Im looking to upgrade the motor so any ideas guys
Colin H
Fleet Admiral
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Kathy's Clown
Just rescued off ebay seller who had it in storage since he inherited it in 1976, it is a Fairey Huntsman, scratch built sometime in early 60's by his father who used to sail it near Manchester. its fitted with a SANWA 2F-2M RC system which seems to be still functioning. I will be doing restoration over the next few months, as there are a few cracks showing along most of the seems and I will need to sand and seal and repaint.
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  • wrightyAble Seaman
    nice boat you going to keep it same colour or changing it?
jelley_baby
Chief Petty Officer 1st Class
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Fairey Huntsman
Thought that some updated photos were in order this boat is now running on a 3 cell 11.1 volt 5100mAH Lipo no ballast and a 40mm brass prop at Cwmbran 30/05/2012
Liked by Madwelshman and Brightwork
4 comments
  • HuntsmanmanAble Seaman
    Nice scale-like performance could you tell us the total weight of the model?
  • jelley_babyChief Petty Officer 1st Class
    HI Huntsmanman, The boat was a President Plywood kit from 1975, and is quite heavy by todays standards its 5Kg /- a little bit depending on what batteries I use at the moment its a 5100mAh 11.1 Volt lipo. The run time is reasonable dependant on how long I run it at full power. Hope this helps. Graham 😊
    Liked by Madwelshman
jelley_baby
Chief Petty Officer 1st Class
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Fairey Huntsman
At last I have a Fairey Huntsman (34 inch) that appears to work, The photos are of it last Sunday at Cwmbran it needs a little extra ballast at the rear but once added it should be OK. it's running a Johnson 600 through a Graupner 3:1 gearbox at 9.6V with a 50mm brass prop, I may also try dropping the prop to 40 or 45 on the next trials.
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