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AI does have some very positive applications
I used to be the IT Manager at this company till I retired
I used to be the IT Manager at this company till I retired
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📝 AWOL, MIAor KIA!
12 hours ago by 🇬🇧 EdW ( Captain)
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Hi Doug
Good to hear you are on the mend, we need your “direct” comments as those of us that suffer fools lightly are rare.
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Good to hear you are on the mend, we need your “direct” comments as those of us that suffer fools lightly are rare.
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📝 Question of the Day?
1 day ago by 🇬🇧 EdW ( Captain)
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The reason I got this one is that I knew that Lophelia pertusa is the only coral found in UK waters.
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📝 "New" Kid on the Block: Meus Racing?
4 days ago by 🇬🇧 EdW ( Captain)
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a 27Mhz radio is great for submarines
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📝 AI Images
5 days ago by 🇬🇧 EdW ( Captain)
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If you post pictures of your models on this site you should not be precious about them
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📝 Robbe Atlantis Fttings
5 days ago by 🇬🇧 EdW ( Captain)
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Most sites will accept pass phrases for passwords, put 3 un-associated words that you can remember.
E.G. HulkBrokeFlier, these are much stronger than passwords. You can add numbers and special characters.
E.G. HulkBrokeFlier, these are much stronger than passwords. You can add numbers and special characters.
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📝 Sprite
12 days ago by 🇬🇧 EdW ( Captain)
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Doug, you have been quiet for a while, are you OK
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📝 Transmitter brake down
14 days ago by 🇬🇧 EdW ( Captain)
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Bob,
Zebra was developed in South Africa in the 1960s and based on Controlair.
This is a 10 channel reed set giving you 5 servos.
The only reason that this set is not used is that it requires a unique battery setup based on DEACs that are no longer available.
This is a picture of the receiver and two servos.
Zebra was developed in South Africa in the 1960s and based on Controlair.
This is a 10 channel reed set giving you 5 servos.
The only reason that this set is not used is that it requires a unique battery setup based on DEACs that are no longer available.
This is a picture of the receiver and two servos.
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📝 Transmitter brake down
15 days ago by 🇬🇧 EdW ( Captain)
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How’s this for old
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📝 Royal Navy Type 45
17 days ago by 🇬🇧 EdW ( Captain)
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This is an easy to build RC model, especially HMS Dragon as it is basically a static model as it does not really have to go anywhere
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📝 Question of the Day?
20 days ago by 🇬🇧 EdW ( Captain)
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This one rings a bell 😁
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📝 Sterling boat models
21 days ago by 🇬🇧 EdW ( Captain)
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I remember my Sterling Chriscraft Buccaneer from the hazy annals of my youth. If I remember correctly it had a thick balsa base with a balsa double hull on the sides.🤔
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📝 Is this site running slow?
23 days ago by 🇬🇧 EdW ( Captain)
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Another thought on web sites running slow. When last have you cleared your browser cache, I did not think of this as it is something I do on a regular basis. In the past I have had people complaining to me that their internet is getting slower and slower, I showed them how to clear their cache and lo and behold everything starts working again.
A word of warning, you will loose your browsing history, cached data, cached images, files and auto fill data. Be careful as you could clear your passwords as well. There I’d a selection screen showing the options.
A word of warning, you will loose your browsing history, cached data, cached images, files and auto fill data. Be careful as you could clear your passwords as well. There I’d a selection screen showing the options.
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📝 Is this site running slow?
24 days ago by 🇬🇧 EdW ( Captain)
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As a site grows it will slow down.
There are two options to fix that-
Delete the historical content, this takes time and manpower
Second is to throw more power at the site, this takes money, this would mean everyone would have to chip in.
I would like to see how you would go
There are two options to fix that-
Delete the historical content, this takes time and manpower
Second is to throw more power at the site, this takes money, this would mean everyone would have to chip in.
I would like to see how you would go
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📝 Question of the Day?
29 days ago by 🇬🇧 EdW ( Captain)
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This is a prime example of a minister making a mountain out of a molehill by not having all the facts.
Pontoppidan, a Danish minister wrote a book based on myths and his illustrations depict a giant squid or octopus Serving to foster this myth but this is typical of men of the cloth over the ages.
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Pontoppidan, a Danish minister wrote a book based on myths and his illustrations depict a giant squid or octopus Serving to foster this myth but this is typical of men of the cloth over the ages.
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📝 Question of the Day?
1 month ago by 🇬🇧 EdW ( Captain)
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Have we now digressed into ornithology 🤣
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📝 Question of the Day?
1 month ago by 🇬🇧 EdW ( Captain)
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Pat I agree, had to read a couple of times before it made sense
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📝 Testing LED diodes
2 months ago by 🇬🇧 EdW ( Captain)
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As I have said before, I was an electronic engineer.
Resistors are ok for a single LED but to vary the brightness you have to change the value of the resistor, de-soldering and re soldering and probably replacing the sleeving. Arduino micro controllers are not for beginners unless you wish to go through a lengthy learning curve as you require electronic and coding knowledge. I see that some of you use Vero board, not the best idea in marine applications due to corrosion.
Designing and etching PC boards is another area requiring a lot of experience and best avoided for beginners.
I am able to design simple to complex electronic circuits, design and make their associated circuit boards as well as building them.
Then why, do you ask, do I use LED drivers and digital switches that I buy from Amazon. The answer is simple, they are cheaper than I can build them for and gives me more time to spend building and running model boats. After all my hobby is model boats, not electronics.
My two pence worth 🤔
Resistors are ok for a single LED but to vary the brightness you have to change the value of the resistor, de-soldering and re soldering and probably replacing the sleeving. Arduino micro controllers are not for beginners unless you wish to go through a lengthy learning curve as you require electronic and coding knowledge. I see that some of you use Vero board, not the best idea in marine applications due to corrosion.
Designing and etching PC boards is another area requiring a lot of experience and best avoided for beginners.
I am able to design simple to complex electronic circuits, design and make their associated circuit boards as well as building them.
Then why, do you ask, do I use LED drivers and digital switches that I buy from Amazon. The answer is simple, they are cheaper than I can build them for and gives me more time to spend building and running model boats. After all my hobby is model boats, not electronics.
My two pence worth 🤔
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💬 Re: Classic Water-Cooled Model Power Boat Engines.
2 months ago by 🇬🇧 EdW ( Captain)
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Bob, did you see my PM
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📝 Question of the Day?
2 months ago by 🇬🇧 EdW ( Captain)
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I knew the anchors in B C and D so guessed A 🤔
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📝 Testing LED diodes
2 months ago by 🇬🇧 EdW ( Captain)
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I was an electronics engineer and avoid using resistors to supply LEDs. The reason that I use driver boards is that they supply pulsed (PWM) supply to the LEDs and by varying the pulse width, you change the brightness. The input voltage is anything from 6 to 24 volts and the brightness is as easy as turning a preset potentiometer. No worries about V=IR and it’s derivatives.🤣
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📝 Testing LED diodes
2 months ago by 🇬🇧 EdW ( Captain)
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I use LED driver boards that I buy from Amazon.
At 2 for £8 I could not even buy the components to build them myself. The input voltage is 6-24v and the output current variable so changing brightness is easy.
At 2 for £8 I could not even buy the components to build them myself. The input voltage is 6-24v and the output current variable so changing brightness is easy.
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📝 Question of the Day?
2 months ago by 🇬🇧 EdW ( Captain)
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The revision questions are working, 100% so far on todays question
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📝 Question of the Day?
2 months ago by 🇬🇧 EdW ( Captain)
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Shortest route and longest answer 😂
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📝 Question of the Day?
2 months ago by 🇬🇧 EdW ( Captain)
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Todays question has got an issue, I answered keel and was told that it was correct but still got marked as wrong.
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📝 CA Glue Type
2 months ago by 🇬🇧 EdW ( Captain)
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I bought a pack of 100 of those spouts, they work fantastically and prevent the cyno from drying out
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📝 Faulty Spektrum TX
2 months ago by 🇬🇧 EdW ( Captain)
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Register on Spectrum’s web site. This will allow you to download updates and apply them to your transmitter.
This may fix your issue
This may fix your issue
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💬 Re: Classic Water-Cooled Model Power Boat Engines.
2 months ago by 🇬🇧 EdW ( Captain)
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Nice one Bob
Here are some of my collection of motors.
No electric motor can come close to the Rossi 60 with a tuned pipe running 20% nitro
I do bench run some of mine every once in a while.
Have a few more, will dig out and post pictures.
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Here are some of my collection of motors.
No electric motor can come close to the Rossi 60 with a tuned pipe running 20% nitro
I do bench run some of mine every once in a while.
Have a few more, will dig out and post pictures.
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📝 Question of the Day?
2 months ago by 🇬🇧 EdW ( Captain)
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Geography ?
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💬 Re: Re: Re: Classic Model Power Boats
2 months ago by 🇬🇧 EdW ( Captain)
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Sarik list the plan
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