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    πŸ“ Question of the Day?
    6 days ago by πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ NickD ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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    The " Tack " is part of the front of the sail at the bottom front corner. between the Luff and the Clew, the cord that attaches the Tack to the boom ifi recall is called a " Grommet ", ropes are called Halyards.
    A Tack can also be a term for the action of sailing into the wind and moving forward, this is called Beating or Tacking.

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    πŸ“ Question of the Day?
    6 days ago by πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ NickD ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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    June 2nd question answer i selected is the correct one, the answer the Quiz gives is wrong!!!!!!!!

    πŸ“ Relays
    10 days ago by πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ NickD ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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    Do I need to connect a relay into the motor switch circuit please?πŸ€”

    πŸ“ Sea commander
    13 days ago by πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ NickD ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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    Try SARIK MODELS for plans

    πŸ“ PHOTOS
    14 days ago by πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ NickD ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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    Why can't I add photos into my build blog please.......Yippee got it to work..........🀣🀣🀣🀣🀣

    πŸ“ Huntsman
    15 days ago by πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ NickD ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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    😌Progress to date at a nice steady pace........why can't I add photos please?

    πŸ“ Quiz
    19 days ago by πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ NickD ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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    To be actually correct they are called " Submarine Cruise Missiles " as compared to Ground, Surface Ship or Air launched " Cruise Missiles "

    πŸ“ Quiz
    19 days ago by πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ NickD ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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    2 correct answers

    πŸ“ QUIZ
    20 days ago by πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ NickD ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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    Today's Quiz question none of the above sorry......

    πŸ“ RECEIVERS
    22 days ago by πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ NickD ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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    Thans guys for all your help 5.5v it is then

    πŸ“ Question of the Day?
    22 days ago by πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ NickD ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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    I agree Roycv, my first instinct is to go full astern and try and get off. Incase its a falling tide, if you stop and discuss options you could really get stuck, other option is of course to learn to read a chart or actually have one for where your cruising and by taking depth soundings to will alleviate getting stuck, of course if you go blindly about you deserve all you get by putting another crew in possible jepody comming to your rescue.

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    πŸ“ RECEIVERS
    22 days ago by πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ NickD ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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    What is the voltage out of each channel on a 3 or 6 channel Flysky receiver please.

    πŸ“ Batteries
    26 days ago by πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ NickD ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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    I have been told 9v PPE batteries don't work well in an RC Boat. I assume people thought I was going to use a 500mah battery, I want to use 4 x 12800mah 9v PPE batteries, is my idea a go or no go, if so why please explain?

    πŸ“ Question of the Day?
    1 month ago by πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ NickD ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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    I was going for the actual correct answer, brain was activated, target allocation was acquired, calculations worked out for wind velocity and direction, controlled my breathing, relaxed and comfortable, rechecked my proposed answer for correct selection, then carefully placed my index finger on the answer, touched " are you sure " and got the wrong answer......i realised i had had an issue and totally missed my proposed aiming point...
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    πŸ“ Free MTB at estate sale ina display case
    1 month ago by πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ NickD ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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    Won't open for me, and I have tried "open sezza me"......
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    πŸ“ Just got Phonak hearing aides
    1 month ago by πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ NickD ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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    I have Phonak hearing aids never realised they might interfere with boat in build

    πŸ“ Batterys
    1 month ago by πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ NickD ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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    Having read numerous posts Bout the pro's and con's of Lipo batterys and realise they can be abit of a liability.
    Therefore on this tact what does everyone think to the Pro's and Con's of using 2 banks of 2x 9V PPE batteries......2x 9v..6800mah. 18v each bank. 1 set for the motor, the other for ancillary steering etc. Or am I barking up the wrong trè again, I have step up and step down converters to handle different voltages required.

    πŸ“ Boat Fittings Supplier
    1 month ago by πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ NickD ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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    It can take abit to source all the bits, but at the end of the day more job satisfaction because you have made an item, plus hopefully you get something that is exactly the design you want.πŸ‘

    πŸ“ Question of day
    1 month ago by πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ NickD ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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    All answers wrong........πŸ€”

    πŸ“ Boat Fittings Supplier
    1 month ago by πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ NickD ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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    You might have to scratch build a light, 3mm flashing LED's are fairly bright and colourfull for the glass you could use part of a ballpoint pen with a see-through blue barrel

    πŸ“ Boat Fittings Supplier
    1 month ago by πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ NickD ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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    I've bought all sorts, sometimes it comes from China or UK or Belgium. And often will within delivery times as I always select free postage on principle. Not had an issue yet.

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    πŸ“ Boat Fittings Supplier
    1 month ago by πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ NickD ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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    Try Aliexpress they do lots of different police lights just make sure you search for model one as they do sell full size as wellπŸ‘

    πŸ“ Aeronaut Spitfire
    1 month ago by πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ NickD ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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    Thanks Neil

    πŸ“ Aeronaut Spitfire
    1 month ago by πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ NickD ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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    Where did you obtain the outboard motors from please.

    πŸ“ Aeronaut Spitfire
    1 month ago by πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ NickD ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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    SLEC in Watton, is very good for alot of Boat parts and kits. And the same for Aircraft

    Railway goods, has to be Great Eastern Models in Plumbstead Road Norwich.

    πŸ“ Battery Box and Receiver Cover
    1 month ago by πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ NickD ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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    I use a food containers with a clip on top, I put a false floor in it to mount all the 'lectrics and a fan on the lid should things get warm, that is the only way wet stuff can get In.any cables exit via a hole fitted with a rubber grommets sealed with silicon, Box is then screwed down inside.πŸ€žπŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

    πŸ“ Favourite homemade tool
    1 month ago by πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ NickD ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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    To get small items square, I use a tin sheet plus a load of rectangular magnets, seem to do the trick....

    πŸ“ Receivers
    1 month ago by πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ NickD ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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    I was just curious as I was going to control a boat with 2 channels, then decided when I found out I could reprogrammed the Transmitter for up to 8 channels at least, I thought I could add other accessories. I have a 3 channel receiver I jut wanted to bind another 3 channel receiver to make 6 channels. Clearly I have received mixed responses which I thank you for, I guess I'll update the transmitter and obtain a dedicated 6 channel receiver, unless there is a way to use an extra 3 channel,time will tell. I do gave a limited budget.....

    πŸ“ Receivers
    1 month ago by πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ NickD ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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    The Tx is a 3 channel Flysky GTC3. It can have the channels increased from 3 up to 8 channels using other control buttons to activate channel apart from steering and speed. YouTube has numerous videos of how to up grade

    πŸ“ Receivers
    1 month ago by πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ NickD ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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    According to many on YouTube i can reprogramme the 3 chn Tx up to 6 chns each free chn will have its own operation via each rx position



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