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Conclusion.

I must say that I have really enjoyed building the Aeronaut Pilot Boat. The kit is well detailed and has a certain level of difficulty that suits me at the moment. This is the first project I have completed in 35 years. Boat projects that is. During the build I did encounter a few problems which, in my opinion, could be put right by Aeronaut. The first was the fitting of the skins. The laser cut parts had no extra material to aid fitting. They were difficult enough to fit but with no margin for error at all, I was losing the will to live. I had failure after failure and considering each attempt had to be temporarily set in position with tape, days and days went by. Finally, I managed to get them into the best position I could and stuck them down. I think I managed 95% good with about 5% I had to deal with later on. Most of any error is covered by the rubbing strake.😐 Another problem is the connections for the two rudders. Fortunately, I noticed the issue early on so devised a repair before a problem was encountered. The instructions, and the parts themselves, were fitted with the screws facing towards the transom. Once the deck was glued into place the screws could not be reached. I redesigned the actuating mechanism so that the screws were facing forwards. They are still difficult to get at, but with a long Allen key it is possible. Getting all of the electrics working as I wanted was also a challenge. I could not find a way to programme three switches to operate on three channels. There is a way, so I understand, by using mixes on the transmitter. I looked everywhere for information on this site and others. I found nothing except everybody was saying that the ER9X firmware was the way forward. There was no way to update the Turnigy Tx I have so I found the perfect solution in the Turnigy 9X Pro transmitter with a frsky module. For £90 this is some piece of kit. I have programmed the three switches with ease and everything works well. One issue I have had and really would like some help with for future projects, is the connection of all of the wires from the removable cabin. I have used some rather large nine pin connectors and eight . These can be seen in an earlier post. Does anybody know of where I can get much smaller multi pin connectors? For my next project, the Robbe/Krick Dusseldorf, I am considering nine pin DIN sockets. That concludes this build. I think a name might look nice on the side of the hull to break up the full colour. I will see what I can find. I would recommend this kit to those with a little experience. I think it is a little complex for a first build but who knows. Thanks for reading the blog and a special thanks to all of those who have offered valuable help at every stage, so until the next one, Happy Building. Peter.😊

5 years ago by MouldBuilder