VictorC
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Master Seaman · 117 pts
La Salle, United States
Member since Feb 2026
Last online 2 hours ago
Age 73
About
I was born in the UK and at the age of 15 built my first radio controlled boat in 1968. It had a REP super-regen valve (=vacuum tube) transmitter. I have a degree in Marine Engineering, Newcastle University 174 and was an Engineering Officer in the British Merchant Navy 74-81.
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Re: build blog
@EdH Hi, I have the 34.5 inch Aerokits Crash Tender. I got it for Christmas in 1968 when I was 15. It's not in the best of conditions. I going to start restora…
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Re: Boat physics
This is photocopied from my undergraduate fluid mechanics text book.
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Torpedo boat destroyer
HMS Flirt, built by Palmers of Tyneside in 1897. It was a C class aka Star class three funnel 30 knot destroyer. Twin reciprocating steam engines. The model is…
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Re: Futaba FP-T6nLK transmitter and FP- R105M receiver help
Try these is the order listed. Before doing any tests check if the motor has two small capacitors, one from each terminal to the case. These provide a low impe…
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Re: Futaba FP-T6nLK transmitter and FP- R105M receiver help
I have a Futaba M6 that I bought new in the model shop on Deansgate in Manchester in July 1977, I also have another Futaba M6 and an M4 as well as a Futaba FP-…
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Re: Futaba FP-T6nLK transmitter and FP- R105M receiver help
Are you using two ESCs? If so, the two ESC will each have 3 wires going to the receiver. It is necessary to cut the red wire on 1 of them to power the receiver…
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Re: Accurate Weather Forcasting
@zooma It is in Oldham! LOL
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Re: Accurate Weather Forcasting
In Oldham we used to say, "If you can see Hartshead Pike (a folly on top of Hartshead hill) then it's going to rain, if you can't see Hartshead Pike it's alrea…
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Re: build blog
@Plivez Thanks for the info. I'm sure that I could get acceptable performance with a single shaft. It went fast with the 3.5cc glow plug engine. I have 2 destr…
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Re: build blog
It's looking good. I have 2 questions:- 1 What are you using to stick the various sections together? 2 Does anyone know how far apart the prop shafts were on t…