fid2b
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Petty Officer 2nd Class · 168 pts
Norfolk, United Kingdom
Member since Oct 2012
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A real one!
I wouldn't say this is the inspiration but it is a missile boat of approximate specs! It's an Iranian design so maybe most of them on the seabed by now.
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Little more...
And it is a little, changing jobs and families keep us all busier... Anyway, I have done a bit to the superstructure. What I amusingly refer to as the weapons …
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Re-start.
Ooh look, 9 years later I'm doing a bit more, it's sat on the top of various wardrobes over the years but now it's back. There's a 2mm deck and some superstruc…
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Slowly does it.
That's interesting, didn't know that! Always thought it only became a cardan when a short shaft had a UJ at each end to to change the drive plane. Live and lea…
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Slowly does it.
All getting involved now! I suspect it looks worse in the pictures because the prop thrust will definitely pass over the rudder although perhaps not ideally. A…
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Slowly does it.
Ah well, thanks for that! I think you and Sonar are quite right, and no doubt better qualified to comment. Certainly the motor could be lower but I hesitated a…
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Slowly does it.
Mines a bit more than that! in all truth I am no a boat designer so I just look at things in a practical way and while I absolutely agree with what you are say…
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Slowly does it.
I would tend to agree! The more it pushes forward the better of course. But I largely copied my 36" fireboat and to get the prop dia options up to about 50mm i…
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MTGMB
Easier to form lower skins than I thought, laminating from the 32thou helped a lot.
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Slowly does it.
After a long pause I am as far as propshaft, motor and rudder installation. I need a servo next but spent all my pocket money climbing a mountain in Wales this…
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