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Venetian Evening

You just lost your bet Martin😁 There sure are, seen 'em first hand. Tugs to assist the cruise ships, tanker barges, plus a tanker terminal near the entrance to the , and Patrol Boats from the italian Navy and Guardia Finanzia. There has always been a Marine Arsenal and Academy there. Cheers, Doug 😎

6 years ago by RNinMunich

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Its good day, its a bad , its a great Day

Hi all good stuff that I order arrived quicker than expected, bad day one of the props the wrong size good day quick phone call to Cornwall models sorted. great day I was getting a bit worried out sailing the boats I am making as it looked like I would have to go in Edinburgh or Glasgow to sail them, so last night I fired an email of to Falkirk trust who look after the kelpies and the helix park with has a large I expected a no go as far as sailing the boats, so great news they said ok no caveat's or conditions except that boats that use fuel are not allowed, and if their are no other organised events on, So after reading so much on the site about clubs folding and boating lakes closing and not been looked after and also the rarity of boat sites in Scotland we now have a site that is easy to get too right next to the motorway that goes for Glasgow Edinburgh and even Perth would to be to far. And I the lucky boy live at its front door so next job after the boat is a trailer for the mobility scooter to carry the boats I think someone did something with a golfing trolley so its praise your god and pass the battery charger , but it is good that the Falkirk community trust is going to let boats on the

6 years ago by teejay

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Another RAF Crash Tender restoration

HI Folks Between other hobbies and household duties the repaint is now done and the stand made and painted as well . Grey and white primers worked ok but I used tile red for the bottom and a satin black for the upper hull . Apart from the decals , rear steps , mast , and life rings it is a bit bare . The weather is foul at the moment and I hope to get down the in the next couple of months to re float and run the boat . until then here is a boat out of water thanks for the help and tips regards emma

9 years ago by twinkle

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RAF Crash Tender Motor size

Guesstimate on speed faster than I can run . The 10 sub C's weigh about 20 ozs my lipos only 12ozs hence 8ozs difference , my batteries are in the front compartment where the tank was originally. not much weight with the motors and speed controller midships , and nothing heavy at the rear , without the ballast it would have made a good submarine on full power as the bow wave flooded the model . tried 20 ozs in the rear and it planed better but sat too low without power . A couple of the local boat club were at the when I got there and they had a go after I put the 4 off 1/2" drives plug sockets I found in the cars toolbox in the back , Since then I have been given a divers belt weight and 1/2 of that weighs the same as the sockets I had used . next stage is to secure it in the rear in a purpose made housing . might try 2x 2s 1800 lipos next time just to see how the boat performs with the extra GO!.. 😈

10 years ago by twinkle

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RAF Crash Tender Motor size

Nice !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If mine goes like that I will be pleased , The bath test shows the motor has enough power , only have a standard esc at the moment I might use a spare channel to reverse the motor windings on a relay , Just finished fitting the windows and replacing the cabin roof , few more bits and its ready for a test down the ,

10 years ago by twinkle

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RAF Crash Tender Motor size

HI Paul RAF Crash Tender took a back burner again due to 5 trikers going camping, I put it in the bath tonight with the watt meter connected , on 3s , it was running about 100 watts and the prop wash seems enough to pull it along at a sensible speed as the motor is rated at over 300 watts I might go 4s and try it as it was only pulling 8.9 amps on full power held stationary . weight is about 6 1/2 lbs about 3kg emma next stage the before I do a refubishment on it just to make sure

10 years ago by twinkle

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RAF Crash Tender Motor size

Thanks Roger The 35-30 motor is almost fitted ( dry run ) and the new rudder installed the motor lines up well with the propshaft so all is looking good , just ordered a servo mount as Servotape didn't appeal to me , waterproof box for the rc gear is mounted . All I need to get is a snake for the rudder linkage and then I will float it in the bath to check the watts before taking it down the , before it undergoes its refit and repaint . I have a couple of 3s 1800 lipos spare that I can use with a y lead and get 10 minutes with to check it all out . regards emma

10 years ago by twinkle

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MY FIRST BUILD ''ROBBE PT 15''

hI dave not sailed her yet will do at the weekend at hove in brighton "weather permitting"

14 years ago by fryer1966