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📝 Question of the Day?
11 days ago by 🇪🇸 bombero (
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should be"JOLLY" not merry
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📝 Wordle of the Day?
23 days ago by 🇪🇸 bombero ( Warrant Officer)
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got a "You Lost and the answer was" the same as my last line
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📝 tug servo control
1 month ago by 🇪🇸 bombero ( Warrant Officer)
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all the receivers (5)I have got are only 6volts, so suggest try again with receivers getting 6volt supply ( I always have wiring problems but am supported by members of this club)
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📝 Wordle of the Day?
1 month ago by 🇪🇸 bombero ( Warrant Officer)
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Cashrc,
How about the sailbag😔 for a dinghy or bag for offshore firefighting equipment?
How about the sailbag😔 for a dinghy or bag for offshore firefighting equipment?
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📝 Question of the Day?
2 months ago by 🇪🇸 bombero ( Warrant Officer)
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I thought it was Robin Nox Johnson and none of those listed
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📝 Question of the Day?
2 months ago by 🇪🇸 bombero ( Warrant Officer)
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Cashrc, the day I got married My bride of 1hr turned to me and said "What is yours is ours and what is ours is mine"! After 57 happy years it is still true,
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📝 Wordle of the Day?
2 months ago by 🇪🇸 bombero ( Warrant Officer)
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Peter it is quality rather than quantity
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📝 Question of the Day?
3 months ago by 🇪🇸 bombero ( Warrant Officer)
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if on a dead run the jib is one side mast and mainsail on the other so no chance of one behind the other
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📝 Question of the Day?
3 months ago by 🇪🇸 bombero ( Warrant Officer)
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Concordia hit rocks(sailed to close to island) and capsized, but did not catch fire so either your question or answer are wrong
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📝 Question of the Day?
4 months ago by 🇪🇸 bombero ( Warrant Officer)
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I thought tack was turning your boat so that the wind was from the other side ( used when I was a crew on an enterprise dinghy)
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📝 Question of the Day?
4 months ago by 🇪🇸 bombero ( Warrant Officer)
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surely some subs can have ballistic missiles and others cruise missiles😇
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📝 Question of the Day?
5 months ago by 🇪🇸 bombero ( Warrant Officer)
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you can download the manual for windows 11, only 208 pages but it is continually being updated, good luck😜
I also use apple and am involved with PIRDA where we recycle donated computers into usable ones and give to worthy causes, eg schools
I also use apple and am involved with PIRDA where we recycle donated computers into usable ones and give to worthy causes, eg schools
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📝 Question of the Day?
6 months ago by 🇪🇸 bombero ( Warrant Officer)
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not for me Peter😂😂😂😂
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💬 Re: Function test
6 months ago by 🇪🇸 bombero ( Warrant Officer)
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Peter, congratulations a superb model you should be proud of.
When are we going to swap?
When are we going to swap?
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📝 Very sad news Martin555
8 months ago by 🇪🇸 bombero ( Warrant Officer)
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my sympathy goes to Martins family and a sad loss to this club. His knowledge and help to other club members will be sorely missed. He spent a lot of time on Skype helping me sorting some of the problems I had with my models!
REST IN PEACE MARTIN
REST IN PEACE MARTIN
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💬 Re: Completion
8 months ago by 🇪🇸 bombero ( Warrant Officer)
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swap it for mine?🤔
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📝 Different between leds and lgbts for boat
9 months ago by 🇪🇸 bombero ( Warrant Officer)
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Dave,
if I read this correctly, this is what you want. I have a graupner mc 26 and I have a duo switch so that I can switch my LED running lights and 109 LEDs for lighting!
I enclose the wiring diagram
Len, bombero
if I read this correctly, this is what you want. I have a graupner mc 26 and I have a duo switch so that I can switch my LED running lights and 109 LEDs for lighting!
I enclose the wiring diagram
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💬 Re: Final assembly part 1 of ?
9 months ago by 🇪🇸 bombero ( Warrant Officer)
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Peter,
Just remembered!. when you do water test make sure hose from keel to pump is connected(or outlet above water level) when I did mine I found I had buggered the pump and was waiting for replacement and forgot about the pipe and when I did my water test I notice it started to get sluggish and on investigation found at least 1/2 inch of water in the hull, I had just tucked the hose in the hull!!!!!!😂😂😂
Len
Just remembered!. when you do water test make sure hose from keel to pump is connected(or outlet above water level) when I did mine I found I had buggered the pump and was waiting for replacement and forgot about the pipe and when I did my water test I notice it started to get sluggish and on investigation found at least 1/2 inch of water in the hull, I had just tucked the hose in the hull!!!!!!😂😂😂
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💬 Re: Final assembly part 1 of ?
9 months ago by 🇪🇸 bombero ( Warrant Officer)
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Well done peter, quality puts mine to shame, hope you enjoy it when in water as it has great speed and manoeuvrability. Put some other boats in the water and do a slalom between them(only kidding)!
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📝 PREPARATION FOR HULL
9 months ago by 🇪🇸 bombero ( Warrant Officer)
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After experimenting on where the electrics go, I have decided to put the battery in the front hold And made up an open ended box for it!The rear end contains the ESC, servo for the rudder and a fuse. As there will not any access between the two ends I have inserted two short tubes( see Photos) through the cutouts of the hull framework for the wires so the wiring can easily accessed if there is any problems. the receiver will be in a space on the first floor deck as will the on/off switches. I have checked the system and can operate the propeller and the rudder, I will be putting in a duo switch so will be able to operate the running lights and lighting separately.
I am now in the process of planking the hull below the side panels(never done this before as previous boats had plastic of fibreglass hulls) and enclose photo’s of first attempt, I carefully built the bow up not only shaped where it fitted but also had to chamfer the cuts to get a close fit, minor errors will be covered before final painting.
I am now in the process of planking the hull below the side panels(never done this before as previous boats had plastic of fibreglass hulls) and enclose photo’s of first attempt, I carefully built the bow up not only shaped where it fitted but also had to chamfer the cuts to get a close fit, minor errors will be covered before final painting.
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📝 Different between leds and lgbts for boat
9 months ago by 🇪🇸 bombero ( Warrant Officer)
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If you want to see led lights look at the photo taken in my garage of my Finnmarken blog (109 lights)😊
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📝 Site issues
9 months ago by 🇪🇸 bombero ( Warrant Officer)
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one and one makes two
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📝 Sea commander
9 months ago by 🇪🇸 bombero ( Warrant Officer)
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If the wood is thin enough you can soak in water for about a hour and the bend carefully onto a former( the size of the finished job) secure
and allow to dry.🤞
and allow to dry.🤞
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📝 graupner mc-26
9 months ago by 🇪🇸 bombero ( Warrant Officer)
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IT WORKS😁😁😁😁
Tried the advice given and tried with the transmitter 1m away( as RodC suggested, my manual says 1/2 m,) but made no difference and was unable to set the binding in the receiver as I could not reach it. I then tried Colin Hs suggestion and the system showed "trying to bind"and the alarm stopped,I set the receiver to bind and that worked, so thank you all for the advice.
I had difficulty when I got the transmitter for my Dusseldorf fire boat and was ready to bin the Graupner transmitter and have ordered a 2019 Frsky taranis X9 lite as a replacement( now a second transmitter )so I can play to see which is better😊
THANK YOU AGAIN!
Len
Tried the advice given and tried with the transmitter 1m away( as RodC suggested, my manual says 1/2 m,) but made no difference and was unable to set the binding in the receiver as I could not reach it. I then tried Colin Hs suggestion and the system showed "trying to bind"and the alarm stopped,I set the receiver to bind and that worked, so thank you all for the advice.
I had difficulty when I got the transmitter for my Dusseldorf fire boat and was ready to bin the Graupner transmitter and have ordered a 2019 Frsky taranis X9 lite as a replacement( now a second transmitter )so I can play to see which is better😊
THANK YOU AGAIN!
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📝 graupner mc-26
9 months ago by 🇪🇸 bombero ( Warrant Officer)
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Just tried to check the electrics on my Finnmarken using my graupner MC-26 transmitter.It does not want to bind with the receiver but instead starts bleeping at me and showing"Thr to high" I have set to a new boat setting,all controls are at normal positions.the voltage at the receiver from the ESC is a fraction over 6 volts
Any ideas????
Len🤞
Any ideas????
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💬 Re: Monitor rise and fall repair
9 months ago by 🇪🇸 bombero ( Warrant Officer)
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Peter,
As the monitor rotates the 1mm rise and fall tube and the water pipe also rotates so should not be a problem.
Len😊
As the monitor rotates the 1mm rise and fall tube and the water pipe also rotates so should not be a problem.
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💬 Re: Guestbook
9 months ago by 🇪🇸 bombero ( Warrant Officer)
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Guestbook,
I think you are a youngster, I was a fire fighter in uk for 30 years am now 78 and moved here 2007. I started boat building over here and found the help and encouragement on this website invaluable, good luck and do not be afraid to ask!
Len (bombero)😁😁
I think you are a youngster, I was a fire fighter in uk for 30 years am now 78 and moved here 2007. I started boat building over here and found the help and encouragement on this website invaluable, good luck and do not be afraid to ask!
Len (bombero)😁😁
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💬 Re: Guestbook
9 months ago by 🇪🇸 bombero ( Warrant Officer)
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jim dog,
regarding this club website NO questions are stupid,As I only started building my boats(I am on my third)since I moved here 15years ago I found the help fantastic and have actually helped the experts. so even the starters can be useful 👍😁
Bombero (len)
regarding this club website NO questions are stupid,As I only started building my boats(I am on my third)since I moved here 15years ago I found the help fantastic and have actually helped the experts. so even the starters can be useful 👍😁
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📝 lighting
9 months ago by 🇪🇸 bombero ( Warrant Officer)
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Firstly I hope you had a happy xmas what ever your religion, and wish you a “prospero nueve ano” !
It has been several months since my last update so here goes.
I have fitted all the llighting (except the running lights) 109 LEDS, which light up all decks, see photo taken in my darkened garage and workshop, I started with the copper wire supplied with the kit which I found would not accept solder, I tried all the recommendations from a lot of sources without success and even purchased a new temperature controlled fine point soldering iron. I then used some 26swg servo wiring but found it a bit bulky because of its insulation and the decks did not want to fit together. I tried stripping some coax cable and this seemed to work so bought some untreated copper wire ,only to find it was coated and difficult to solder( starting to get fed up). My other half Peggy suggested I try some of her craft wire used to repair jewellery (and surprise it worked perfectly and rewired some decks and some joints looked very professional and I had to replace said wire used. I then started to create connections so I could remove the deck using two core servo plugs and sockets which work a treat (Two per deck) my wring is in parallel (as suggested by Martin) and found I did not need so many resistors.
Seeing some comments from members who have built this boat suggesting the alterations necessary to get the boat radio controlled obtrusive and agree as as you separate the decks the framework for the lighting looks cumbersome and hides the tables, chairs, desks etc. I am now wondering if I can fit the lighting to the underside of the decks or after getting the boat radio control tested in my 8M*4M pool remove the lighting and reverting the boat to a static one after repairing the damage necessary for RC
My next job is to fit running lights and complete the radio controls before attempting the hull planking
It has been several months since my last update so here goes.
I have fitted all the llighting (except the running lights) 109 LEDS, which light up all decks, see photo taken in my darkened garage and workshop, I started with the copper wire supplied with the kit which I found would not accept solder, I tried all the recommendations from a lot of sources without success and even purchased a new temperature controlled fine point soldering iron. I then used some 26swg servo wiring but found it a bit bulky because of its insulation and the decks did not want to fit together. I tried stripping some coax cable and this seemed to work so bought some untreated copper wire ,only to find it was coated and difficult to solder( starting to get fed up). My other half Peggy suggested I try some of her craft wire used to repair jewellery (and surprise it worked perfectly and rewired some decks and some joints looked very professional and I had to replace said wire used. I then started to create connections so I could remove the deck using two core servo plugs and sockets which work a treat (Two per deck) my wring is in parallel (as suggested by Martin) and found I did not need so many resistors.
Seeing some comments from members who have built this boat suggesting the alterations necessary to get the boat radio controlled obtrusive and agree as as you separate the decks the framework for the lighting looks cumbersome and hides the tables, chairs, desks etc. I am now wondering if I can fit the lighting to the underside of the decks or after getting the boat radio control tested in my 8M*4M pool remove the lighting and reverting the boat to a static one after repairing the damage necessary for RC
My next job is to fit running lights and complete the radio controls before attempting the hull planking
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💬 Re: Lighting and Crane Modification
9 months ago by 🇪🇸 bombero ( Warrant Officer)
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Peter, I set them at 45 in their "boxes" so they can be seen at 90 degrees
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