AllenA
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Chief Petty Officer 1st Class · 492 pts
Cardiff, United Kingdom
Member since Mar 2017
Last online 6 years ago
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4 boats(Pleasure Craft) Billings Sea King
Found at a Boot Sale in a sorry state. Retained the 2 Como motors but replaced ESC with Chinese Fan Cooled …
(Tug Boat) Springer
Built as a rescue boat, the Springer seemed to be the easiest to build as I am still a Novice and to while …
(Pleasure Craft) Dolphin 16 (19)
This is the Meccano Magazine January 1967 issue plan, built in balsa. I didn't do a build blog as the const…
(Pleasure Craft) NorStar Wave Princess
Built in 1980s restored and RC fitted 2017. Kit built from ply. Graupner 12" prop, MacGregor Digimac 3 cont…
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Graupner Elke HF 408
Hi Roy, Mine was a restoration of a wreck I picked up at a bootsale. All the information compiled in the photos I sent was gleaned from online sources. Good Lu…
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Graupner Elke HF 408
Hi Roycv, Please click on the following link which will take you to my Amazon file on the Elke. It has plans and instructions etc. Sorry to be slow responding …
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Hi Teejay, I have a couple of Carson Reflex sets and they are as good as gold. The only problem is the cost of the receiver. I eventually changed to the TGY i6…
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Graupner Elke HF 408
Problem solved for the moment with insertion of correct battery. Battery arrived this morning, ordered yesterday... great service! Power Sonic PS 630 ST 6v 3.4…
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Graupner Elke HF 408
Hi Dave and Doug. I love it when you two start chatting it's like tipping a cornucopia of knowledge all over the floor of my workshop. I found my original note…
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Graupner Elke HF 408
Hi Dave, Can't find the motor I have on the Mabuchi site. My guess it is quite old. I think it is a TD 224 that I picked up at a boot sale from a model plane e…
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(Pleasure Craft) Billings Sea King
Found at a Boot Sale in a sorry state. Retained the 2 Como motors but replaced ESC with Chinese Fan Cooled 320a. Acoms AR-201 Rx, Futaba servo all linked to ne…
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Graupner Elke HF 408
'So 'ark an' 'eed, you rookies, which is always grumblin' sore' (Rudyard Kipling)....... until it comes naturally I remain a Rookie. I'll give you a shout when…
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Graupner Elke HF 408
Agreed Doug. The Rookie forgot the fuse again.
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Graupner Elke HF 408
Hi Doug, I put the Watt Meter to use and with about 16ozs of ballast, might need a bit more, had 6.77 amps at full forward with just over 40 watts . At complet…
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