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Norstar Wave Rider
She has no motor as yet, she's empty at he present time except for a old prop shaft. That will need to come out. I will probably put in a small brushless after cleaning her up and repainting.
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(Naval Ship) PT 109
She handles very well on the water, great on turns it's like she is stuck to the water. Hardly any roll at all. But then like an idiot I ran her up the side of the pond and now need a new prop and prop shaft fitted. (Motor: 26CC PETROL ENGINE) (8/10)
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(Other) Graupner Rhode Island F1
The boat is an ARTR, you have to fit your own receiver and battery and use your own transmitter. I will be using Spektrumโข 2.4GHz DX2E marine radio system and the MR210 marine receiver. I have fitted in the receiver but up to now I haven't run this yet, but looking at online video it should be quite fast. Well that's what I am hoping. The transmitter I am using is the one that came with my Proboat Miss Geico. But the receiver is a newly purchased one. I still haven't had a chance to use this one yet. Too many other things going on at present so she will have to wait now until next spring. I think she will have to be run on a flat water. Don't know how she would react on a choppy surface. (ESC: Pre Installed) (8/10)
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(Racing Boat) Miss Geico
Don't know how fast it is but straight from the box, nylon prop and 14.8 5000 mAh battery she is pretty fast. Turns on full lock of rudder at flat out. Great fun. Would recommend. I have run her many times since I added this on here. She is totally wicked. She turns so well and that's flat out. (10/10)
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High jacking threads.
I think just for now I will be leaving the site in as much as commenting on threads. I think I have stepped in a couple of times and made remarks that have upset members. I have deleted some of my last comments and hopfully that will please the people I have upset. I will keep looking on here but not sure when I will return with comments. I hope that the managment of this group, if I have offended them with my comments that I have stepped in with, would have blocked my account. If my account doesn't get blocked then I may get to speak sometime in the new year.
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HELP needed on a hull.
Hi everyone I need some HELP HELP!!!. I have been given a hull and I do not know anything about what it is and how to try to build it up. ๏ธ๏ธ. I have posted some picture and hope that some of you out there can tell me what it is and maybe show me a picture of how it should look when finished. Hopefully I can add some R/C to sail it. I have only ever been into MTB's and RAF Crash tenders and fast power boats.
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Roy, it had tried to be explained to me in the past about the %, and it seemed to loose me.
I have red your explanation twice ?? and when I got to the end I was even more confused.
I did start a third time but I just gave up. For some reason , my brain doesn't get it. I do admit on some thing's I will accept I'm just thick I suppose.๐คฃ
You say it's just numbers. For about 2 weeks I was a t 93% then I answered a question right and it Jumped up to 97%. Two correct questions later it dropped back to 93% I was shocked. I stayed like it for a while and then with a good few right answer's it went to 100% and it has stayed there for nearly 2 weeks now. I am starting to think I can take off my dunce's hat. ๐๐คฃ
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๐ Fairey huntsman steering
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I cannot see that up to now you haven't had any replies about what type of propellor to use?
I may be wrong and I would think that someone will put me correct. Four bladded propellors I would think would be used on Navy ships like Destroyers. Aircraft Carriers and Tugs and Ocean Cruisers. I have a Aerokit's Huntsman and I have used a three bladded brass propellor but I had better performance with two bladded props but the sport type like 45s and 50s,
I all way's used to take a few prop's and take a few runs swapping props to see which one I got better performance with, by just going up and down in seizes.
I hope this explanation might just be a little bit of help or someone else might help you out.
Happy boating with your fab looking Huntsman.
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๐ฌ Re: Maiden voyage
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Hi Trident73,
I see you are in Sevenoaks, I am curious, I see you you run your boats on a river. Is it on the Medway/ Are you not worried if anything should happen (not trying to be a Jonah).
How would you receive or do you take a recovery R/C boat with you.
That would always be my concern.
I have run my boats up on the Norfolk Broads but that was only because I kept a dingy in the Boat yard that I could use near my own Cabin Cruiser I had there. Or actually out on the river when I was following it a bout 50 yards behind it. People used to look amassed when they saw a small boat out on the river. I heard someone shout out to me once "watch out mate your going to run over someone's toy boat".
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๐ Animal and nature photos to enjoy.
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Comm0dore-H,,
That's some name, I used to keep Tropical marine Fish. Mainly Lion Fish. But I knew that one as the Trigger Fish which is it normal name in English.
So the Hawai'ian's.
This name was too simple and boring for the imaginative Hawaiian people who love stories, legends, and myths. They decided to name it Humuhumunukunukuapua`a.
Don't you just love people with great imaginative brains.
Not an easy word to remember or even say.
When I saw the picture I thought that cannot be right that's a Trigger Fish. I never actually kept one of those I did keep Powder Blue's, Clown fish. Lion Fish and Banded Cat Shark's, Copper Banded Butterfly Fish and a Regal Tang. Used to have two tanks. That was when I was working and was able to afford to keep them. It becomes an expensive hobby. Even keeping the water to a specific Ph and running a Reverse Osmosis Unit. I used to sell the water to other people that had marine tanks at the time as well.
We also kept and showed Afghan Hounds we also breed them some years back, But have been completely pet free now for over 14 years. After loosing the last 2 Afghans it comes too hard on the emotions and we decided enough was enough.
No more. Plus we are now too if we took ion another dog they would out live us and that would not be fair on them.
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๐ฌ Re: 29" Double Horse 7007 Flying Fish
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I have an old bath at the bottom of the garden for boat testing, I put that there as when I used to test my boats with IC engines it didn't stink the house out being near the back door. Not like my dad when I was a kid starting and running a ED Hunter 3.46 cc in our bathroom. My mum didn't even say a word. ut after 15 minutes he stopped it as even with the small window that we had in there it was full of exhaust smoke and fumes. That was a one off, after that it was only ever run on the pond or with a gravity fed cooling water pipe in the garden
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๐ฌ Re: 29" Double Horse 7007 Flying Fish
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I would use silicone grease on the shaft, but that is just my opinion. As that's what i use on my boats. Silicone grease is a water resistant one. But to each his own we all have different opinions. I stopped using other greases as I found they tended to gum up and then solidify.
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๐ Question of the Day?
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Just answered todays question, know nothing about submarines other than they disappear under water for months at a time. lucky guess, I got it right today.
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๐ The all new Citroen 2CV or the poor man's Rolls Royce
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That's a CitoRoller
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๐ฌ Re: 29" Double Horse 7007 Flying Fish
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I don't know if you can still get then, but I bought from B&M some what they were selling called swimming snake's I think. They were in the children's toy isles. They were like those polystyrene lagging tubes but not hollow. Also came in different colours. they were a lot longer than those grey lagging pipe ones and would go all the way down the side of the boat.
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๐ Kyosho RC Boats ....
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Hermank, We are very restricted on where we can run these engines over here now. There are many places that are banning them. I have sold off all of mine. I had 6 that had never been run, a Zenoah that I had blinged it all up fitted a clutch and an electric start and run it in ready to install in a boat. (Here is a picture of my Zenoah I had Cost me over ยฃ500 an I only got ยฃ275 on Ebay for it) Also removed 4 engines out of boats that hadn't had more that a couple of hours running and sold them all off on Ebay. I live in an area where I have nowhere where I can use an IC/ petrol engine.
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๐ Question of the Day?
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Todays was a well lucky guess.
I know nothing about siling boats. I never wanted anything to do with them when I messed about with boats up on the Norfolk Broads for the 50 odd years I was boating up there. It looked like too much hard work.
I stuck with outboards until I could afford a boat with an inboard with an outdrive. It was a 1962 Norwegian built Ancas Sea Queen with a Volvo 1600cc converted to marine with a AQ80 Outdrive. It was the first of the boat Outdrives before Mercury built them. These 21' boats were built for use on the Norwegian Fjords and some had the cabin roofs removed and were removed for racing.
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I just lost 4% as I went for retrieval. It was a toss up between that and recovery, I would never have gone for haulout. Even when I went through the ownership of my 3 different boats, my brother and me we both used the two words between us, recovery and retrieval. Never haualout. Maybe even winch it out. OH well there we go again. -%.
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๐ฌ Re: NQD PX-16
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Hi CB90,
Where did you get the Flying fish from? did you buy it new or was that another off of Ebay or somewhere else?
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๐ Question of the Day?
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Me I just took a guess and plumbed for The Mediterranean.
Lucky guess it put my % up from 86 to 90.
I might just loose it again in the next day or so though.
Who knows with the way it goes on here.
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๐ How do I bend plywood
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Hi Roy
Thanks for your reply, glad I didn't offend you.
As far as cleaning brass goes I use this on my classic Rover car on the chrome and it works wonders on all types of metals like brass, copper, aluminium and even stainless steel.
The price on this box is a bit out of date now I think as when I buy it I usually buy two at a time.
You can get it at Halfords and most good car accessory shops.
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๐ How do I bend plywood
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Hi RoyCV,
Yes I did see your comment on the window cleaner solution. But not everyone would take that into consideration. I was not criticising your comment intentionally, I was just try to make a friendly warning to those who may not have ever handled this liquid before. If they could get hold of Ammonia they may just try using it as it is. It is also not a good liquid to keep in the house if there is children in the house and as you know it's an evil substance if NOT handled properly. I spent 26 years working in dry cleaning using this product in a solution of 70% neat along with Peroxide and several other acids for removing stains on clothing and knowing just how lethal they can be. It was a job I enjoyed and the pressing of the clothing once I had cleaned it. I was saddened when I had to pack the job in. Then a follow up of 17 yeas of bus driving was an awful job, it was heaven when it came to retirement day.
I do apologise if it came over if I was being critical of your post. I wasn't.
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Here is another video. Showing just how brave they get if then want to get food for their young. This went on for over a couple of hours. I was up there for a week and they kept coming back every day for prolonged visits. Several times a day.
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I have tried adding a bit of video from a Norfolk Potter Heigham fishing trip. This is what a fishing trip is makes my day worth it even more if I don't catch anything.
Yes it has worked, Found how I can add my wildlife video's.
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This was while fishing on the canal, I think The Grand Union Canal? along the Stoke Road in Bletchley Milton Keynes. Mother and baby out for a swim and a bumble Bee collecting some nectar to take back to the hive.
I always stop there for a couple of days fishing in the Motorhome when we are on our way on a drop in visit to our son in Heywood Manchester. I leave my lovely wife in the vehicle doing her thing and using the mobile internet that's been fitted.
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I have been trying to upload its of video. every time it comes up as it finish's loading invalid file. My video's I think are great. But they just wont load. Wildlife when I am fishing in Norfolk makes my day, I could sit for 7 or 8 hours and not catch a thing and my day would have been amazing. Why can't these video's load???
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๐ฌ Re: Riviera
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That's SEX on a stand waiting for R/C to get on water.
I can't wait to see her being transformed then the video of her maiden voyage.
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๐ How do I bend plywood
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BEWARE WITH AMMONIA, when you are using it it will hut your eyes and your lungs when you are breathing it in. It also burns your skin. I used to use it when I worked in a dry cleaners for removing blood stains. I always keep some at home, but I never let my wife use it, it is lethal stuff.
I thought that there is now laws on being able to buy it due to these idiots that throw it to burn peoples faces.
But getting back to bending plywood I have only ever dampened it and steamed it into shape then let it dry. That is how my father showed me when we used to build model boats together, even done that to form the side stringers.
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๐ Question of the Day?
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The Battle of the Coral Sea was fought with Aircraft Carriers and Planes in MAY 1942 one month before the Battle of Midway June 1942. Both of these battle with Aircraft Carriers only lasted a few days. Once again I only know a few navy facts due to my late dear old navy dad. He should never have got into the Navy as he was colour blind. He never did tell us how he done it all I know is that him and his best mate and what became my Uncle both went together when they went to sign up.
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Terra Firma???
I Have spent many hours out on a boat sea fishing mostly at Newhaven, sometimes at Deal. Getting off of a boat after 10 to 12 hours, even so called Terra Firma still seems to move about.
Mind you if I wasn't catching fish or I didn't have something to focus my eyes on I used to get pretty sea sick. My dad used to say he was ashamed of me, " Son of a Navy man sea sick, was not a good example". I would reply "Not my fault should have given birth to me out on a ship after all mum was a Wren"๐คฃ๐คฃ
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ROGAL118,
Don't you have your shoes on the wrong feet? or is it your feet on the wrong legs? I think I am confused now.
When I had my little boat all though it was only on the Norfolk Broads, RED was PORT left and GREEN was STARBOARD right. That's also what my dad taught me, he was in the navy.
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YEP, I got it wrong as well today. I read it about 3 times and still didn't read it correctly. I assumed no matter what way you are the ACTUAL LEFT side of the boat is PORT. Trick question ??
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๐ FUN AT THE BOAT RAMP
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I didn't notice a boat at the ramp. Moon was out early though.
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How can you get this one wrong?? the answer is in the question?? DERR!!!! Even I found that.๐๐๐
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My nice new brass propellors arrived today, earlier than predicted. I am very impressed. What a great service from them. I would definitely buy from them again. Thanks again for the informattion on where to buy them
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