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SMS Emden plus maiden video
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17 days ago by 🇬🇧 HappyHaggis
So where to start. I took ownership of this broken, split and damaged Emden that had been in the club for many years. The hull is around 50 years old and had never been sailed before. Hull is a mystery as there's cardboard, plywood then fibreglass. Fittings kit on deck was completed around 12 years ago and obtained from the Deans marine Embden.
I had to remove the original prop shafts and motors as everything was seized solid. I believe this boat was sunk when our clubhouse was flooded!
Twin Radiolink esc's, rc helicopter gyro and a 12v lead acid battery
3D printed scale like props
Overall she sails very well.
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13 days ago by 🇬🇧 HappyHaggis (
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Yes sorry it was a typo and thanks for letting me know 😊. My phone always says a damn "b" to it and as I type at 100mph amd often at 4am I never notice 😂
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13 days ago by 🇨🇿 tomarack (
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It is a truly beautiful model, unfortunately with mixed feelings I take the liberty of correcting the name of the model. It is the SMS Emden..
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15 days ago by 🇨🇭 IGinBasel (
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. . . what a wonderful combination: a pre-WW1 warship and an Arduino GPS. Looks like you're in for a rather hectic summer!
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15 days ago by 🇬🇧 HappyHaggis (
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Yes she didn't look too frightening though the 18 guns along with torpedoes and her speed made her the success she was. I still have several to add though my resin printer is currently sick. It was her masts that took me back as these where broken. I can't get over how tall they where on the real ship. Wouldn't have like to shuffle up them to maintain the top.
My model version is about to get another slight refit with smaller motors and a new rudder to single prop mix. I have an Arduino gps autopilot to fit for summer which will allow me to set a course and it'll follow that until i flick a switch on my transmitter. Can have the course as a constant slow loop around the pond so i can sail other boats 😀 ▲
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16 days ago by 🇨🇭 IGinBasel (
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The video works perfectly well on my laptop; media viewer possibly not installed??? An interesting model, the original being over 100 years old. By the way, is that really the entire armament this cruiser had; does not look very frightening . . . Ian
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16 days ago by 🇬🇧 HappyHaggis (
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Thank you. They are fairly tall. This isn't our normal pond so normally its easier to launch without having to lean right down. I don't know how thr wee pond is dropping when its not stopped raining for a month 😂.
I fly rc planes in the rain too. Internals stay dry and if water does manage to get in everything including the receiver is waterproof. I've never had any issues sailing in rain or snow. Transmitter normally goes into a bag over my hands if its torrential rain and I'll stand in the shelter though find it very therapeutic being able to listen to rain hitting the pond whilst sailing at the same time. Rc helicopters are even better since you see the vortex of the rain under the rotors 😊 ▲
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17 days ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald (
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Nice video Scott
Those are very tall masts on there. You could use some launch and retrieval slings. Save yourself some back strain and possible model damage. Always surprised by how you folks are out in the rain. I though our electronics were not to be exposed to rain? ▲
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17 days ago by 🇬🇧 HappyHaggis (
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17 days ago by 🇬🇧 HappyHaggis (
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Strange i'm adding the video link and its there when i edit but not showing
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17 days ago by 🇬🇧 PhilH (
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No video that can see
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