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I had to get today's question right , ah shiver me timbers
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📝 Question of the Day?
2 months ago by 🇬🇧 Bryan-the-pirate ( Warrant Officer)
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Today's question comes from a warped mind 😀
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📝 Question of the Day?
2 months ago by 🇬🇧 Bryan-the-pirate ( Warrant Officer)
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I thought resistance is futile then realised that was startrek 😊
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2 months ago by 🇬🇧 Bryan-the-pirate ( Warrant Officer)
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Today's question had me confused as I have been to Bristol floating dock which has lock gates. Only the bit about ship repair led me to the answer but surely the lock gate answer is also correct in view of Bristol.
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2 months ago by 🇬🇧 Bryan-the-pirate ( Warrant Officer)
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I'm glad I knew Janet's dive fast or it would have been a guess today
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📝 Question of the Day?
4 months ago by 🇬🇧 Bryan-the-pirate ( Warrant Officer)
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Boarshed We are currently both equal 14th but only as I've just answered today's question.
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4 months ago by 🇬🇧 Bryan-the-pirate ( Warrant Officer)
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Arrg my first wrong one, no clue so random guess
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4 months ago by 🇬🇧 Bryan-the-pirate ( Warrant Officer)
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My post yesterday suffered from auto correct it was meant to say The answer is easy if you have watched star trek 4
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4 months ago by 🇬🇧 Bryan-the-pirate ( Warrant Officer)
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It's easy to answer that if you have watched started 4😀
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4 months ago by 🇬🇧 Bryan-the-pirate ( Warrant Officer)
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I'm pretty happy with my row of green ones
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4 months ago by 🇬🇧 Bryan-the-pirate ( Warrant Officer)
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Yay my knowledge of d day helped with today's question
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💬 Re: CHICHESTER CANAL MODEL BOAT GROUP VE 80
5 months ago by 🇬🇧 Bryan-the-pirate ( Warrant Officer)
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The spitfire was a working model but is too brittle for flight now but with some extra buoyancy is good as a ditched plane👍
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📝 CHICHESTER CANAL MODEL BOAT GROUP VE 80
5 months ago by 🇬🇧 Bryan-the-pirate ( Warrant Officer)
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A group of 10 modellers joined in sailing our military craft to celebrate the victory in Europe 80th anniversary.
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📝 Question of the Day?
5 months ago by 🇬🇧 Bryan-the-pirate ( Warrant Officer)
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3 out of 3 so far. The extra clue helped😊
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5 months ago by 🇬🇧 Bryan-the-pirate ( Warrant Officer)
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I got it right today too, can't be a fluke 😁
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5 months ago by 🇬🇧 Bryan-the-pirate ( Warrant Officer)
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Ahoy a bit short notice but a VE 80 military boat sailing Sunday 11th May from 10am
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4 years ago by 🇬🇧 Bryan-the-pirate ( Warrant Officer)
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I missed a lot of questions but enjoyed it, A great idea to do it each year
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📝 Restoration of mercantic a old billings boat kit
4 years ago by 🇬🇧 Bryan-the-pirate ( Warrant Officer)
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Hi Dave and Colin, Yes I wonder if the prop was the reason this well made boat was stuck so long in the loft. I had her well ballasted so cavitation isn't the problem.
I agree the hull shape does block a lot of the propeller but I'm going to replace it with a nice brass one I have knocking about .
I agree the hull shape does block a lot of the propeller but I'm going to replace it with a nice brass one I have knocking about .
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📝 Restoration of mercantic a old billings boat kit
4 years ago by 🇬🇧 Bryan-the-pirate ( Warrant Officer)
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Well I took the vessel to the canal today and all systems worked but as suggested earlier the propeller is awful and wind powered the boat as much as the propeller did.
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4 years ago by 🇬🇧 Bryan-the-pirate ( Warrant Officer)
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ok that's two inches wide not deep lol
tests in my white dry dock facility (the bath) have confirmed the repair was effective. directly connecting the battery to the motor has confirmed that the motor works too.
just got to try the old speed controller add a servo if it works and the receiver and she should be ready for sea trials
tests in my white dry dock facility (the bath) have confirmed the repair was effective. directly connecting the battery to the motor has confirmed that the motor works too.
just got to try the old speed controller add a servo if it works and the receiver and she should be ready for sea trials
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📝 Restoration of mercantic a old billings boat kit
4 years ago by 🇬🇧 Bryan-the-pirate ( Warrant Officer)
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Good news the leak is a single separation between planks approx 10 inches long but the only one. I mixed a batch of epoxy and ran it into the gap. covering it to an inch each side. I've just done it and leaving it to dry.
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📝 Restoration of mercantic a old billings boat kit
4 years ago by 🇬🇧 Bryan-the-pirate ( Warrant Officer)
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I'm waiting a few days to ensure the wood is dry before doing the repair
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4 years ago by 🇬🇧 Bryan-the-pirate ( Warrant Officer)
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Thankyou for that Colin I will use your solution
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📝 Restoration of mercantic a old billings boat kit
4 years ago by 🇬🇧 Bryan-the-pirate ( Warrant Officer)
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its a single line crack, I'm thinking of allowing superglue to run into it to provide a seal once the boat is dry again. .the crack is only accessible from the bottom as there's the control gear above it
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As long as the resistors are first from the battery I can't see that series or parallel makes any difference.
You could cheat and get a string of white lights from poundland with a 2 x AA battery holder
You could cheat and get a string of white lights from poundland with a 2 x AA battery holder
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4 years ago by 🇬🇧 Bryan-the-pirate ( Warrant Officer)
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ah The bad news t has sprung a seam under the forward hatch area. Ship is now in dry dock awaiting repair
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4 years ago by 🇬🇧 Bryan-the-pirate ( Warrant Officer)
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I have a standard multimeter so happy to measure voltage but no idea about amperage measurements. I'll rely on the heat test
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When I was trying to find the size of the raf rondle on my raf seaplane tender I discovered the prototypes varied enormously depending on the artistic ability of the docky painting it
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4 years ago by 🇬🇧 Bryan-the-pirate ( Warrant Officer)
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Good news it floats, I'm going to leave it there for a few hours, fingers crossed its still floating when I finish shopping
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4 years ago by 🇬🇧 Bryan-the-pirate ( Warrant Officer)
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Thank you Dave for your advice, I haven't even float tested the boat yet but will stick it in the bath today
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