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Marblehead
Built in the early 70's and then refurbished during the Covid lockdown
DuncanP
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Aerokits Fireboat
I built it around 1968 and then refurbished the model during the Covid lockdown. Just recently added a working fire monitor.
DuncanP
2 years ago
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Truly
My wife bought me this kit for my 70th and I spent 2 years and 2 months building her to launch date. Since then added a planked cockpit floor. This was my 1st plank on frame build.
DuncanP
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๐ I think we can all sign up to this!
2 days ago by
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Today I came across this poster on Facebook. I'm sure it will apply to most of us!
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๐ Modello RC scala 1/60, di piroscafo armato a goletta, liberamente ispirato alle cannoniere classe US
2 days ago by
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Superb detail - very well done! Fantastic skills you have.๐
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๐ Help with wiring 2 motors please
22 days ago by
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Hi Tom, Thank you for your informative information. I hadn't seen it before, so I found it useful.
Having now done some tests, I found that the two 5 pole brushed motors weren't starting simultaneously, so this would potentially cause the boat not to start off in a straight line! It was suggested by a member at my club that I should use one of the 'pots' on my Flysky i6 instead of having it on the joystick. This proved to be far more successful at starting the motors together.
So I now have the motors on channel 4 (left hand pot) and the rudder on the right hand stick. The winch when in sailing mode, is on the left hand stick.
Not sure why the 'pot' dial is better but it certainly worked!
Cheers Duncan ๐
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๐ฌ Re: Demo of W-Tail mixer to control two motors and rudder
25 days ago by
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2nd attempt to upload the video.๐
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๐ฌ Re: Demo of W-Tail mixer to control two motors and rudder
25 days ago by
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Thank you Stephen for taking the time to look into the file upload sizes. Much appreciated for your time. Cheers Duncan ๐
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๐ Easter greetings
27 days ago by
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Happy Easter to you too and everyone else in our wonderful model-boats club. Wishing you all a great and healthy year and lots of wonderful boating! ๐๐
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๐ฌ Re: Demo of W-Tail mixer to control two motors and rudder
28 days ago by
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Do you know, off hand, what the maximum file size is that I can work around please?
Thanks P S. I tried to do it in the media section and it showed a you tube link. Again it failed but later I managed to send it to a friend on Messenger OK.
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๐ฌ Re: Demo of W-Tail mixer to control two motors and rudder
28 days ago by
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Steven, Why am I getting invalid file type when uploading a video please? Is it because it is too big? It is an MP4 type file.
Cheers
Duncan
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๐ Help with wiring 2 motors please
28 days ago by
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Hi Doug,
Thank you for your very informative instructions on how to arrange my motors and fit the left and right handed props. That's brilliant!
Cheers
Duncan
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๐ Demo of W-Tail mixer to control two motors and rudder
28 days ago by
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I'm getting an 'Invalid File Type' message when I try to upload the MP4 video file of all the equipment working. I think the file might be too big at 119Mb? ! Consequently I've just put a photo of the setup because I've been unable to delete my post!
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๐ Help with wiring 2 motors please
28 days ago by
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Hi Roy, I thought you were going to just fit a switch on each of the +ve leads to each of the motors. To take it a step further you could then have a linkage on another channel to push the switch back on if you end up with no wind! What do you think?
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๐ Help with wiring 2 motors please
28 days ago by
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I found that if you only move the right tx stick left and right (no up or down) it only activates the rudder. The other day when I connected up incorrectly, when I turned the rudder it also increased the power to the appropriate motor. I think originally you were going to place a switch under
one of the deck boxes to cut power to the motors when only using it in sailing mode. Hope this helps. Cheers D๐
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๐ Help with wiring 2 motors please
29 days ago by
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I forgot to add the W-Tail instructions to my last post saying I had a solution! See the earlier posting please!
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๐ Help with wiring 2 motors please
29 days ago by
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Solved apart from which way do I put the anti clockwise rotating motor and the clockwise rotating motor into the boat and which motor has the left or right handed propeller.
You can see from the video it all works now! Motor speed is up and down on the right transmitter stick and the winch is up and down on the left stick. Rudder is left and right also on the right hand stick.
This setup is to go into my motor cruiser Mantua Bruma. My mistake was not reversing the plug from the ESC to the Motor2 outlet from the W-tail which is the other way on Motor1! They had reversed the wiring on the W-Tail and the wire colours on the ESC are different - so not so obvious!
Thanks for all your input and help.
Hope you find it useful reference if your want to do something similar - especially for Roy who has the same kit to build!๐
Apologies it is coming back invalid file type when trying to upload the short MP4 video file. Any suggestions?
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๐ฌ Re: Restoring micro magic
29 days ago by
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How long is she?
Great restoration - well done!
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๐ Help with wiring 2 motors please
30 days ago by
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Thank you for your input. I had it all working fine 12 months ago when I first got the equipment! It now works fine when I turn the rudder the motor speeds up to help the turn. It's just the second motor is not responding to the throttle but if used on its own without the W-tail it works fine. The cable ends on the W-tail plugs were already labelled with motor1, motor2, motor3 and rudder. ๐ค
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๐ Help with wiring 2 motors please
30 days ago by
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Hi,
Can anyone help with wiring a W-Tail mixer which controls two motors and a rudder please? Does the W-Tail mixer stop more than 6v coming from 2 ESC's? I've tested the motors through the both ESC's and they work fine. I have then attached them through the W-Tail and I can only get one motor and the rudder to work. I was told to cut the red wire from one of the ESC's so as to not get 2 x 6volts going to the receiver. When it didn't work i did a quick reconnect but still no joy.
Also I've wired the motors on the opposite +ve and -ve terminals and I have two props 1 left handed and 1 right handed. I saw somewhere that they should be put specifically on either port or starboard depending on which way they rotate - unfortunately I cant find that article now. Any advice please?
Please see photo of the electrics layout. Thanks Duncan
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๐ Flysky radio behaving erraticly
1 month ago by
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Step 4 needs to say First remove the bind cable from the receiver followed by removing the power from the receiver.
Otherwise if you do it in the order mentioned in the step, it doesn't work!๐
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๐ Flysky radio behaving erraticly
1 month ago by
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I've just wasted a lot of time trying to bind a new receiver to my Fkysky i6. The order of the instructions make it look like you remove the power from the receiver before removing the binding cable. NO this is incorrect - you must remove the binding cable BEFORE removing the power! You should then see once re powered up the receiver voltage under the in the display underneath the TX voltage.๐
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๐ฌ Re: New fire monitors.
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Fabulous and at a reasonable price as well! Pity they are not for the 36 inch model which I have! ๐
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๐ Is tomorrow a day to celebrate or NOT??
1 month ago by
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Just seen a post on Facebook that says:-
Tomorrow is national "Give your husband whatever he wants" day !!!!
Hmm!!๐๐๐
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๐ Sarik Riva Aquarama
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Hi,
I don't know whether it is any help but I built the Amati Riva Aquarama kit and here is my build blog which might be some help.
One thing that I did differently to the build instructions was to fit the rudders, motors and gear before planking the sides. Otherwise access to fitting the rudders especially is extremely restricted through the small rear hatch - even if you have small fingers! The build blog explains how I went about this process.
Good luck with the build and please don't hesitate to ask if you require any further information or advice
Cheers
Duncan
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๐ Question of the Day?
2 months ago by
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Same question again but slightly different wording. Looks like AI is getting stuck in a loop! We will have to hope this isn't an indication of all AI systems otherwise we are going to be in a real mess!!๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ
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๐ Question of the Day?
2 months ago by
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Same old question - just different wording!
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๐ Modello RC scala 1/60, di piroscafo armato a goletta, liberamente ispirato alle cannoniere classe US
2 months ago by
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You've done an amazing job of the lifeboats. It seems a shame to cover them up and your meticulous attention to detail lost forever! I would keep the covers as they are. Well done. Regards Duncan ๐
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๐ Question of the Day?
2 months ago by
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I thought it was HMS Exeter but that wasn't an option!
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๐ Harro koebke
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She looks fabulous! Well done. I presume she is quite a heavy boat to carry around.
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๐ฌ Re: My Robbe Sirius
2 months ago by
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Looks fabulous. Well done!
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๐ How are points awarded for photos and videos
2 months ago by
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Just looked at my profile and I have found that I have had no points awarded for photos and videos. I have put many photos and some videos on my build blog Do these not count? How do you place photos and videos on the site so that they count please?
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๐ Question of the Day?
3 months ago by
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Just different wording for the same question we had recently!
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