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Forums tend to be website or Facebook based, I don't know of any that use an app?
But I'm not expert!
But I'm not expert!
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💬 Re: Classic Model Power Boats
3 days ago by 🇬🇧 ChrisF ( Vice Admiral)
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What Will, you'd better get your finger out! 🤣
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3 days ago by 🇬🇧 ChrisF ( Vice Admiral)
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What about a DUKW or a hovercraft?
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📝 Fairey Fisherman 27 - Rudder
3 days ago by 🇬🇧 ChrisF ( Vice Admiral)
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Checked operation of the rudder by piggybacking off Faun. Enlarged the hole through the stern a bit to give more clearance and happy with the amount of rudder movement.
Back onto the cockpit area now.
Back onto the cockpit area now.
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4 days ago by 🇬🇧 ChrisF ( Vice Admiral)
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Lovely job chug. 👍
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💬 Re: Fairey Fisherman 27 - Rudder
4 days ago by 🇬🇧 ChrisF ( Vice Admiral)
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Hi Ronald. I was looking for a micro servo with a bit more torque than the ones I'd got and came across wing servos and thought they'd be just the job due to their slim profile and way they mount which I thought would make things easier for installation.
The forces generated under power (due to its low speed) or even under sail (lightish winds only!) are only going to be low but it's good to have some in hand but was surprised that such a small and slim servo could generate 3.5kg of torque. I guess that with aircraft that the forces generated can be quite high at speed.
The forces generated under power (due to its low speed) or even under sail (lightish winds only!) are only going to be low but it's good to have some in hand but was surprised that such a small and slim servo could generate 3.5kg of torque. I guess that with aircraft that the forces generated can be quite high at speed.
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📝 Fairey Fisherman 27 - Rudder
4 days ago by 🇬🇧 ChrisF ( Vice Admiral)
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This morning I bolted the rudder horn in place. I'd got some M1.6 hex brass bolts and they were perfect when fitted with washers and domed nuts. I've said it before but how do they make lovely things like this so small!
I also found a smaller brass collar, though the bore is oversize, that looks better than the other one.
Once I've checked the operation and that the hole through the hull is large enough I shall make a mahogany piece to tidy it up.
I also found a smaller brass collar, though the bore is oversize, that looks better than the other one.
Once I've checked the operation and that the hole through the hull is large enough I shall make a mahogany piece to tidy it up.
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📝 Fairey Fisherman 27 - Rudder
6 days ago by 🇬🇧 ChrisF ( Vice Admiral)
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Well that was fiddly and couldn't be rushed! Time was first spent looking at my various options for the linkage given it's short length and awkwardness due to a relative lack of space and after trying a couple of options ended up with something I was happy with and was easy to fit and remove if necessary. The collar on the rudder horn is a bit chunky, but will do the job for now whilst setting up and later I will look at putting a thread on the short plain rod and using a domed brass nut which will look neater.
As regards the servo initial thoughts were to mount it closer to the stern but this proved to be difficult as balsa would have to be removed both for mounting and providing sufficient room for the servo arm. I couldn't get any suitable power tools in and it would be difficult to accurately remove it by hand so I decided to stand it off a bit. To this end a mounting plate was made from thin ply and bass strip and the servo screwed to it. Bass bearers were then glued to the back and sanded to an angle to ensure good contact with the curved balsa forming the stern. The servo and mount was then held in place by hand, ensuring correct positioning and alignment of the linkage and then odourless cyano was used to glue the bearers in place. The rudder horn will then be bolted in place and the servo piggybacked from another model to check its operation.
As regards the servo initial thoughts were to mount it closer to the stern but this proved to be difficult as balsa would have to be removed both for mounting and providing sufficient room for the servo arm. I couldn't get any suitable power tools in and it would be difficult to accurately remove it by hand so I decided to stand it off a bit. To this end a mounting plate was made from thin ply and bass strip and the servo screwed to it. Bass bearers were then glued to the back and sanded to an angle to ensure good contact with the curved balsa forming the stern. The servo and mount was then held in place by hand, ensuring correct positioning and alignment of the linkage and then odourless cyano was used to glue the bearers in place. The rudder horn will then be bolted in place and the servo piggybacked from another model to check its operation.
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💬 Re: Fairey Fisherman 27 - Rudder
6 days ago by 🇬🇧 ChrisF ( Vice Admiral)
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Thanks you are very kind, I was originally going to go with pintles etc. but couldn't find any big enough. Also using a spindle makes it easier to make it so that the rudder doesn't come off. Spindle is 2mm which I threaded to take the domed nut.
I've made the rudder horn now from 1mm brass sheet, so much better than plastic!
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I've made the rudder horn now from 1mm brass sheet, so much better than plastic!
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💬 Re: Port Area
7 days ago by 🇬🇧 ChrisF ( Vice Admiral)
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I mentioned a few posts below that I might have to use AI to produce an image of my Faireys moored up at a jetty. I've been thinking more about doing this recently and by coincidence my copy of the latest Model Boats Magazine has just dropped through the letterbox with an article by John Parker (see the solar powered thread) on this very subject and how to go about it.
I value my skills as a former design draftsman and my interest in photography but I'm keen to see what I can produce using AI to produce an image for something that realistically I was never going to be able to achieve practically or indeed photographically without an awful lot of photo editing.
With all the negative talk around AI good to see a positive use for it.
Chris
I value my skills as a former design draftsman and my interest in photography but I'm keen to see what I can produce using AI to produce an image for something that realistically I was never going to be able to achieve practically or indeed photographically without an awful lot of photo editing.
With all the negative talk around AI good to see a positive use for it.
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📝 Fairey Fisherman 27 - Rudder
8 days ago by 🇬🇧 ChrisF ( Vice Admiral)
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The rudder has been hung and once I have made a brass horn to fix to the rudder I can start on the servo mounting and linkage.
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📝 Is this site running slow?
12 days ago by 🇬🇧 ChrisF ( Vice Admiral)
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Sometimes it is very slow and posts won't open at all from Trending but at this moment it is fine and everything opens promptly.
Another problem though I've found in Bob's Classic Boats thread is that you can't see posts over 5 months old. I knew I'd posted about the Sea Vixen before that and a search on Vixen shows the post and it being 6 months ago but I can't open it, very strange.
Another problem though I've found in Bob's Classic Boats thread is that you can't see posts over 5 months old. I knew I'd posted about the Sea Vixen before that and a search on Vixen shows the post and it being 6 months ago but I can't open it, very strange.
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📝 Programming a seaking brushless ESC challenges..
18 days ago by 🇬🇧 ChrisF ( Vice Admiral)
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Hi Eric
Sorry, we've gone off at a tangent, no change there! 😂
You've probably ordered a new ESC now, which is probably the best course of action. I'm confident that you would be able to program your HobbyWing Seaking ESC with the HobbyWing LED card but given the age of your ESC it might be defective and not worth getting the card for?
Chris
Sorry, we've gone off at a tangent, no change there! 😂
You've probably ordered a new ESC now, which is probably the best course of action. I'm confident that you would be able to program your HobbyWing Seaking ESC with the HobbyWing LED card but given the age of your ESC it might be defective and not worth getting the card for?
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📝 Programming a seaking brushless ESC challenges..
20 days ago by 🇬🇧 ChrisF ( Vice Admiral)
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No, that's an old Version 2 going back a few years, just like Erics. The latest being V3.1 looks completely different.
Are yours 60amp?
Are yours 60amp?
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💬 Re: Making the paddle wheels
22 days ago by 🇬🇧 ChrisF ( Vice Admiral)
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Nice bit of metalwork there, good job you've only got two to assemble! 😀
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💬 Re: Trawler
22 days ago by 🇬🇧 ChrisF ( Vice Admiral)
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I was much younger than 50 when I realised I needed glasses - road signs were getting less sharp but worse than that snooker balls were blurred when far apart! 😁 I was never as good when I started wearing glasses.
I still had many years of working on the drawing board ahead of me but fortunately I'm short sighted so didn't need glasses which was good news for other close work as well and more recently model building, though I have noticed recently that my near sight isn't as good now but my longer sight is improving again. I did try vari-focals, mainly for computer work, but couldn't get on with them, so had the lenses replaced with single focus ones again.
I still had many years of working on the drawing board ahead of me but fortunately I'm short sighted so didn't need glasses which was good news for other close work as well and more recently model building, though I have noticed recently that my near sight isn't as good now but my longer sight is improving again. I did try vari-focals, mainly for computer work, but couldn't get on with them, so had the lenses replaced with single focus ones again.
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📝 Decent quality BRASS FITTINGS.
25 days ago by 🇬🇧 ChrisF ( Vice Admiral)
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Thanks Gary. Yes, I've done quite a lot of Internet searching on and off and is often the case can't find exactly what I want or if something close it's out of stock and has been for sometime!
Just spent sometime turning my workroom upside down to find the brass rod and tube I knew I'd got somewhere and with those and other pieces I should be able to make what is needed but will have another look.
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Just spent sometime turning my workroom upside down to find the brass rod and tube I knew I'd got somewhere and with those and other pieces I should be able to make what is needed but will have another look.
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💬 Re: Wavemaster mk6 version of hull
25 days ago by 🇬🇧 ChrisF ( Vice Admiral)
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Hi Bob, like you I looked at balsa but then discounted it, partly because of its softness but I don't think I could get the very small sections I wanted.
If I ever did use balsa I think I'd coat them in epoxy resin.
Chris
If I ever did use balsa I think I'd coat them in epoxy resin.
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25 days ago by 🇬🇧 ChrisF ( Vice Admiral)
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My thoughts as well Will! 😂
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📝 Decent quality BRASS FITTINGS.
25 days ago by 🇬🇧 ChrisF ( Vice Admiral)
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Hi Gary, that is a very generous offer and much appreciated. If it was only for one model and the fairleads were bigger then I'd love to take you up on it.
But as I said I've got seven models to fit out at a scale of 1:12 and so the fairleads are quite small. I've just had a look at the samples of the ones I've obtained and they aren't bad at all - better than a lot you see advertised and go well with things like the throttle that I've made.
Photo shows a 12mm one in place on my little Fairey Faun.
I haven’t got a lathe or milling machine but I like making the odd parts in brass - just about to look at making the hinges/pintles for the rudder for my Fisherman build.
That's another nice model you have.
Chris
But as I said I've got seven models to fit out at a scale of 1:12 and so the fairleads are quite small. I've just had a look at the samples of the ones I've obtained and they aren't bad at all - better than a lot you see advertised and go well with things like the throttle that I've made.
Photo shows a 12mm one in place on my little Fairey Faun.
I haven’t got a lathe or milling machine but I like making the odd parts in brass - just about to look at making the hinges/pintles for the rudder for my Fisherman build.
That's another nice model you have.
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💬 Re: Port Area
25 days ago by 🇬🇧 ChrisF ( Vice Admiral)
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That looks great Mike. You will have to make sure you keep the ducks away from it!
I have this dream about having all my Faireys moored up at a jetty for a photograph. Might be a job for AI!
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I have this dream about having all my Faireys moored up at a jetty for a photograph. Might be a job for AI!
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📝 Fairey Fisherman 27
26 days ago by 🇬🇧 ChrisF ( Vice Admiral)
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Just a little bit more progress. Few low timber strips to the main cabin roof so filled those with wood filler and sanded smooth. Fitted the mahogany rubbing strips and gave the hull a good sanding and took the sharp edges off the keel. had some minor gaps where the bilge keels meet the hull so these were filled with P38 and sanded smooth. Few more coats of Eze-Kote and a final sand and it will be ready for some paint.
Before that though I'm going to have a look at making the fittings to mount the rudder and then the servo can be mounted.
Before that though I'm going to have a look at making the fittings to mount the rudder and then the servo can be mounted.
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📝 Decent quality BRASS FITTINGS.
26 days ago by 🇬🇧 ChrisF ( Vice Admiral)
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Oh yes, has to be brass for your launch, it's lovely.
Someone I know fashioned fairleads by filing down electrical plug pins - OK if I just needed them for one boat but I'm on my seventh! Did get a couple of plastic ones from Cornwall model boats as a sample and they aren't too bad so will probably go with those.
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Someone I know fashioned fairleads by filing down electrical plug pins - OK if I just needed them for one boat but I'm on my seventh! Did get a couple of plastic ones from Cornwall model boats as a sample and they aren't too bad so will probably go with those.
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26 days ago by 🇬🇧 ChrisF ( Vice Admiral)
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Soon be ready for painting!
Blimey, what's the engine mounting for, a V8! 🤣
I'm going to be putting some paint on Fisherman soon, so that might be a good time to start on Sprite Plus OB! 🤔
Blimey, what's the engine mounting for, a V8! 🤣
I'm going to be putting some paint on Fisherman soon, so that might be a good time to start on Sprite Plus OB! 🤔
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26 days ago by 🇬🇧 ChrisF ( Vice Admiral)
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I'm having the same problem Gary. Brass would be nice but not essential for my builds. You can get lots of other parts like stantions, wheels and the like in brass but for some reason not things like fairleads, bollards etc. Some of the plastic ones are so weak they break easily.
I'm amazed at how they make some of the things in brass as some parts are so small.
I'm amazed at how they make some of the things in brass as some parts are so small.
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💬 Re: Modified Stiletto project, RE (another new ESC)
26 days ago by 🇬🇧 ChrisF ( Vice Admiral)
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They are in the UK but ShipWrightShop do some one ball stantions of various heights that could do the job.
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27 days ago by 🇬🇧 ChrisF ( Vice Admiral)
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Seems strange that other builds just call for a sail winch, why should this one be any different?
Found this photo from someones' build and you can see that the central ridge is in place. He mentions that it uses a loop system for operating the sails, is this what your instructions call for?
It's a big model and the force from the sails will be large, which Hitec servo do you have as they do a bigger, more powerful one?
Found this photo from someones' build and you can see that the central ridge is in place. He mentions that it uses a loop system for operating the sails, is this what your instructions call for?
It's a big model and the force from the sails will be large, which Hitec servo do you have as they do a bigger, more powerful one?
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💬 Re: Classic Model Power Boats
27 days ago by 🇬🇧 ChrisF ( Vice Admiral)
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I think it got messy because his son, I think it was, got involved with supplying some drawings for a time and the likes of SLEC have obtained the rights to release and update some of the kits.
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💬 Re: Classic Model Power Boats
27 days ago by 🇬🇧 ChrisF ( Vice Admiral)
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Yes, that was set up and maintained by Dodgy Geezer who posts on RC Groups. Note the lack of Lesro. I think that is because of copyright issues.
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27 days ago by 🇬🇧 ChrisF ( Vice Admiral)
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Those frames are a good idea as they are self-supporting when floating.
For Sprite Plus one end could be made specifically to fit and could possible use magnets for when reversing or other quick release method.
I won't use my outboard version for recovery but will probably do a quick no frills build for that purpose.
For Sprite Plus one end could be made specifically to fit and could possible use magnets for when reversing or other quick release method.
I won't use my outboard version for recovery but will probably do a quick no frills build for that purpose.
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