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📝 Water-jet drive
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Hi Ed - some months ago unfortunately! I may go Thursday though now that it is warming up!
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📝 Water-jet drive
16 hours ago by 🇬🇧 ChrisF ( Vice Admiral)
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Reminds me I must start building my water-jet project but I'm trying to be good and finishing off some of my earlier builds first or at least progressing them. I've already printed off the drawings (yesterday) for my outboard project even though I've only just recently completed the drawings for that and it should be the last to be built. 😁
Ed - is yours a TFL water-jet? If so I bought the 29mm version so if so yours will be a bit of a beast!
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Ed - is yours a TFL water-jet? If so I bought the 29mm version so if so yours will be a bit of a beast!
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💬 Re: Classic Model Power Boats
3 days ago by 🇬🇧 ChrisF ( Vice Admiral)
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I'm watching via the cable network but I'm missing some of the earlier episodes so think I will have to get a boxed set as I've still got a DVD/Blue-Ray player.
Harry, but you usually rebuild most of your bought models so worth the risk! 😀
Harry, but you usually rebuild most of your bought models so worth the risk! 😀
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💬 Re: Classic Model Power Boats
4 days ago by 🇬🇧 ChrisF ( Vice Admiral)
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And apart from the square picture format it doesn't look too dated either unlike some programmes.
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💬 Re: Classic Model Power Boats
4 days ago by 🇬🇧 ChrisF ( Vice Admiral)
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I don't like to post anything, apart from paper, unless I really have to.
On a different note. I've been rewatching episodes of Howards' Way and last night included the start of an offshore powerboat race. Accompanying them as they set off was a Spearfish.
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On a different note. I've been rewatching episodes of Howards' Way and last night included the start of an offshore powerboat race. Accompanying them as they set off was a Spearfish.
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📝 LiFePO4 BATTERIES (Lithium-Iron-Phosphate batteries)
5 days ago by 🇬🇧 ChrisF ( Vice Admiral)
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Alessandro - it's not that often we disagree is it! 🤔
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📝 LiFePO4 BATTERIES (Lithium-Iron-Phosphate batteries)
5 days ago by 🇬🇧 ChrisF ( Vice Admiral)
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I have a fast electric with two LiPos in parallel and likewise separate them for charging. I think that is the only way to safely charge them and use the balance function of the charger. I may be mistaken but I think I read that it is unwise to connect LiPos in series or maybe that is for charging?
Most of my batteries are LiPos which I've used since getting into the hobby around 9 years ago but ideally would like to replace them with LifePO4 but unfortunately at the moment are only available in limited sizes/capacities which from my limited research so far aren't really suitable for my Fairey sports cruisers.
Most of my batteries are LiPos which I've used since getting into the hobby around 9 years ago but ideally would like to replace them with LifePO4 but unfortunately at the moment are only available in limited sizes/capacities which from my limited research so far aren't really suitable for my Fairey sports cruisers.
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💬 Re: Port Area
21 days ago by 🇬🇧 ChrisF ( Vice Admiral)
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Hi Mike
The harbour looks superb - a lot of work has gone into it. A benefit of having an enthusiastic team to share the load!
The lighthouse will be a nice addition - is it a kit or a laser cut own design?
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The harbour looks superb - a lot of work has gone into it. A benefit of having an enthusiastic team to share the load!
The lighthouse will be a nice addition - is it a kit or a laser cut own design?
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📝 plans
21 days ago by 🇬🇧 ChrisF ( Vice Admiral)
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Julian, an Internet search didn't throw up any information on this model. Where were you trying to buy the plans from?
More information and photos would be needed before anyone could help.
More information and photos would be needed before anyone could help.
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💬 Re: Fairey Fisherman - Cockpit
21 days ago by 🇬🇧 ChrisF ( Vice Admiral)
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Thanks Brian. I was apprehensive about the curved coamings and thought I might have to leave out the tight curves at the ends but thin ply came to the rescue.
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📝 Fairey Fisherman - Cockpit
24 days ago by 🇬🇧 ChrisF ( Vice Admiral)
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Having dealt with the rudder and it's servo I was then able to return to working on the cockpit by fitting the coaming and making the seating and boxing in the servo. Everything comes out to allow for access.
This just leaves the door and console to make and fit.
This just leaves the door and console to make and fit.
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💬 Re: The Motor & Prop shaft.
26 days ago by 🇬🇧 ChrisF ( Vice Admiral)
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That's good to know Rob. I've got some model boat grease that I use for a stern-drive which I'll use for part of the Fisherman prop-shaft. I say part as some of the shaft runs in the keel without a tube and like you will use it primarily as a water-seal as the prop-shaft is quite low in the boat.
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💬 Re: The Motor & Prop shaft.
26 days ago by 🇬🇧 ChrisF ( Vice Admiral)
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Rob, those are my go to motors and couplings as well. As are the motor mounts as I can no longer get the alloy ones anymore.
Nice workmanship there. You mention filling the propshaft tube with grease - I've seen comments that say doing that can cause excessive drag and the motor to get hot.
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Nice workmanship there. You mention filling the propshaft tube with grease - I've seen comments that say doing that can cause excessive drag and the motor to get hot.
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💬 Re: Classic Model Power Boats
1 month ago by 🇬🇧 ChrisF ( Vice Admiral)
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What Will, you'd better get your finger out! 🤣
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📝 Fairey Fisherman 27 - Rudder
1 month 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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💬 Re: MODEL EXPO STEAM TUG "SEGUIN"
1 month ago by 🇬🇧 ChrisF ( Vice Admiral)
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Lovely job chug. 👍
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💬 Re: Fairey Fisherman 27 - Rudder
1 month 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
1 month 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
1 month 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
1 month 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
1 month 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.
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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
1 month 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?
1 month 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..
2 months 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?
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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..
2 months 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
2 months 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
2 months 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.
2 months 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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2 months 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.
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If I ever did use balsa I think I'd coat them in epoxy resin.
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📝 Sprite
2 months ago by 🇬🇧 ChrisF ( Vice Admiral)
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My thoughts as well Will! 😂
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