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small sailing yacht

I built this one for my grandaughter. She is from a MB free plan about 12 inches long that used to have a swing rig. I don't like swing rigs so set up a very simple sail set from ripstop nylon material. The sails are just hot cut so no sewing needed. The vane steering works very well and on a small pond keeps you very fit! Again no radio but a lot of fun for a young person. Susie says "Not seen this one before"! You are not old enough puss. Roy

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Anglian Trawler

I have been doing a bit of re-furbishing and this is the Very old Hobby's kit for The Anglian Trawler, about 18 inches long. The all balsa kit is from the late 1950s. The kit was complete, note the cast lines in the just visible lead weights, these came ready shaped! The Mighty Midget electric motor does its bit to give her a healthy turn of speed running on a discarded Sony movie camera 6 volt battery. No radio and only for small ponds. I have kept her as was, this is Susie, Just checking! Roy

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Celia May

This is one of those toy boats that I used to look at through the Basset-lowke window in Holborn. Not an original Bowman Sea Jay but a copy I made from the Basil Harley plans of Celia May 1988. I suppose I started in 1989 almost certainly a Sunday as I had to hunt round to find some 3/8ths" thickness wood. The only stuff I could find was some 9 ply which is quite tough. So I made a steam cylinder from plastic guttering tubing. I boiled an old fashioned kettle into it and about 5 minutes of this softened the ply for bending. I made a crude former, mainly big nails, and whipped it out and bent the ply to shape. Then the other one followed and the hard bit had been done. The rest of the hull was straight forward. The superstructure was made of aluminium, not easy to bend but a friend showed me how. The boat was meant to have a steam plant but the one I had built by an excellent engineer for me was in the end too heavy. So I left the boat for a few months and then decided to go electric. If you look at the plans the 3 parts of the s/s are individual and have another bend also to form the deck, great for steam not so for electric. I cut the flanges off and made a wood deck and planked it to look pretty, well it is a toy after all, and fitted the s/s parts into the deck. Those ex-Meccano gents will spot the rudder parts a 2 inch pulley which I carefully sawed to make the 2 parts. These have a wrap round chain and a small spring to tension the chain. The rudder servo has a small extension and the whole has worked with a little oil ever since. The motor is a Bassett-lowke Marine bought when I was in my teens but not really used. The yellow U/J is I think from SHG it has a loose "bone" as the connection between the 2 ends. It allows for a lot of positioning of the motor as I had planned to use the boat as a test vessel. Notes The cat is Suzie my little helper and is 13 now. I really like the funnel, it is rolled aluminium with a half inch piece of dowel on about 6 thicknesses of blanket. The aerial is a working one connected to the receiver which is 27Mhtz 2 channel. Apologise for the prop I originally made my own it is somewhere in the shed! Roy.

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5 months ago

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Huntress

Hi all this model was scratch built using the free plan Sparkler as the basis. She is just over 16 inches long and has a 380 geared down 1 : 2. Unfortunately she was over-powered and on 6 cells only has 2 or 3 inches of the hull is in the water. I have slowed her down a bit but it is difficult to ballance the hull. Either the hull is climbing a hill or just splashing through the water. I built her in 1986 so she is getting on a bit. The pulpit is brass tubing and painted silver. The perspex wrap round screen was fractured a while ago and left for several years, then I decided to replace it and it is fine now. Roy

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1 year ago

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Mary Ann No.2

This is another Mary Ann, I bought her off ebay after a good negotiation to lower the price. She was built as a decorative model quite attractive but again many problems. All the glueing was minimal and I just lifted off the cabin! I stripped her completely and drilled into the deck to get an opening for the engine and RC. I grasped the side gallows to pull them off expecting brass they were delicate laser cut wood! So a recent model! I had a spare brass pair and that is what is on her now. The prop and shaft are just a short push in dummy! So a new shaft hole was opened up, I did an initial fit of motor and prop and into the bath, luckily I did not walk away! I watched the water coming in. This took a while to sort out and I had to open up the forward bulkhead which was sealed in. I poured in varnish and swilled it around and then poured the residue out. After drying I found the main leak and as I was not going to re-do the planking and I remembered seeing a fishing boat drawn up on the beach and it had additional planks nailed on, I presume repair leaks. So I did the same. She is a different colour as these fishing boats should be white hulled, this is because both of the Mary Anns work from a single 4 ch. Tx. (reference Admiralty Naval Intelligence November 1942) This I have found may need a more alert brain than mine to do successfully! The right stick, no problem but the left (hand and) stick do not give the right rudder movements when coming towards me. My left hand needs re-educating. I found the father and 2 sons crew lurking in my garage and after I got them new gear here they are. Roy

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Lilla Dan

Lilla Dan but not as you might know her! She is an extended version 36 inches stern to bowsprit. The hull is a Graupner Elke fishing boat hull. The plans were kindly sent by Billing 20 odd years ago. However I am the new owner as she was built by my late friend John Cook. I bought her earlier in 2022 and did an update on the insides and renewed all the rigging, which took quite a while and rather than serve the lower parts of the shrouds I used white heatshrink electrical insulation. She needs a good breeze to sail and really hates tacking through the wind and wearing ship can lose all you gained previously. However my daughter in law got her to go very nicely. Roy

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1 year ago

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The Schooner Theresa

Here is another of my yachts, the hull is 40 inches loa and the bowsprit makes her a bit longer. She was built by my late friend John Cook back in 1965 and first came to my notice when many years later we had a club stand at Olympia. I had offered to take the boat and John said he would be along later, so he was very surprised when he arrived and found I had assembled the boat. (To some eyes it would be a jumble of sails and spars). We became friends then. I bought the yacht from his estate when he died and started refurbishing her. I simplified the RC and kept the double drum winch as it works very well. Replaced the 2 hatches in keeping with the rest of the boat, they have custom made brass pins on a retaining string to keep them located. All the rope rigging had lost it's strength and was replaced and there was a lot of whipping to to do on the spars, this is something I like doing. The paintwork you see is original I just cleaned the paint and gave it a spray of varnish, the sails are cotton and also original. The winch system looks the part where it can be seen on the deck, it is functional and easy to adjust. The plans and building instructions were in one of the old F.J.Camm A5 size books on model yachting and about 6" X 4" but the table of 'off-sets' was the main guide, John drew them up to full size and the construction is plank on frame and has well stood the test of time. She sails very gracefully and responds to the helm easily and always draws a small group of people when sailing. I keep her in a large 'Christmas Tree box' a plastic one with a lid which is excellent for model boats. Most of the plastic box makers do them but they only come out at Christmas! Roy

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1 year ago

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Condor

This was drawn up from a 6 x 4 plan out of Yachting Monthly and is called Goosander. She was designed as a home buid yacht 27 feet loa 4 berth. My model is 1 : 12 scale. The hull shape is unusual being a double chine. When I came to draw up the plans it was not easy to accomodate a little more displacement and still balance the hull. This involves keeping the waterline right and doing some calculations for in and out wedges for heeling over and staying level. She got wet for the first time in 1975 and then having learnt a bit more about sailing I gave her a re-fit in 1990 and entered her in the Class C5 in the Model Engineering exhibition where she gained a Bronze medal. She sails remarkably well and also has a small prop, (purely for lunch time purposes of course). I found some more detail photos. The stanchions were mechanically drawn down to size on diameter from some Aluminium rod to match the brass tubing used at the pulpit and pushpit. The anchor sits at the bow and takes any knocks etc. The side view shows the tabernacle used to hinge the mast down. She is fitted with life saving apparatus. The handrails are cut from the solid and were a bit fiddly to make. I recently did a few repairs and some changes to the jib arrangements and the photo was taken a week or so back.

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1 year ago

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Mary Ann

Hi all I like fishing boats and this must be one of the most popular judging from prices. This is an old one with brass fittings. It took me a while to recruit the crew as the hours are long and no holidays. She runs with a Monoperm on 6 cells and a small brass prop. The esc is a very small pcb one from China. I have another one but different colours can't go to sea yet as no Captain!

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2 years ago

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Fishing boat Norderney

I bought this boat at an auction it was started but not much more. I paid £40 and when I got home I found a ready made set of sails wrapped up in the plans which are from Graupner. She sails with internal ballast and a small (drop down) keel, but this is fixed. Against Graupner advice with internal ballast she sails very well. Not great into wind but easy enough to control. I used a Hitec arm winch but this was too fast so I used a slow down circuit which works well. There is a motor so needs a 3rd. channel.

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2 years ago

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Ferry from St. Lawrence Seaway

This is my version of Glynn Guest's free plan of Ogdensberg. I have timed it as the 2nd. August in 1937, which was the August Bank Holiday and the cars are all left hand drive with passengers for each. There is a story behind each group for my own satisfaction. The main s/s is located on brass ferules that come with servos, the lifebelts are the 'heads' of brass rods that hold the s/s in place. Took me ages to work that one out. Motor is a 555 with an old Hitec esc and runs on 6 cells, moves nicely. The ramps were made of coffee stirrers but it is crap wood and would not do it again, they do hinge down on dolls house hinges. Of the vehicles all to 1 : 43 scale the most sought after is the motor cycle and side car, I put in her a very disappointed girl friend expecting a naughty weekend but ending up in a sidecar!

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2 years ago

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Inga IV

This was a gift but needed a complete re-build. The insides had grown with new additions and I took everything out reduced all to run from 6 D cells right down low. She had some rather unfortunate red sails but I have now fitted a new but original set of sails. Lovely to sail but rather heavy to move around for me now.

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2 years ago

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Clockwork boat

This was a collect it or it goes in the skip email to me. I went to collect wondering what electric motor it might contain. So opening up was indeed a surprise! "will you restore it"? the lady said. "more like a ressurection " I replied, however a collector friend convinced me to restore her. It was very crude s/s and heavy but very solid construction I reckon the mid 1930s the clockwork motor at first a mystery was revealed in an article by John Parker in his Flotsam and Jetsom series. Turned out to be a top of the range clockwork motor and she runs for about 7 minutes. I put in RC! This was for the rudder and also a stop on the motor. I found by the time I got low enough to launch her the motor had run down!

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2 years ago

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Yachts

This just to show the 2 similar yact hulls I bought £30 for both of them! Had to go to Salisbury to collect just as the Novichok problem allowed us all back again. I made the boatstands myself to my standard format.

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2 years ago

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Graupner Gracia

Gracia is my all time favourite! I had the plans and was about to build when I had an email from friend Keith Bragg who said would I like to take on his inherited part made kit, I jumped at the chance. It took me a month including planking the deck and making the sails, and she looks great on the water. I have recently found some original sails and am contemplating revising the rig. I usually separate the mast and sails and store them in boxes, so this would be another mast with new sails so I would be able to choose from 2 rigs etc. RC is simple winch with a far pulley on a stick so that it can all be withdrawn for maintenance. I finished her summer 2006. I have found some more pictures of the winch - on - stick which locates into a slot at the bow and the joggling of the planking. This is the stern and you can see the tiller arm. This is made of 11 laminates of 1/32 inch ply and shaped to fit over a 13 amp brass mains socket single pin. This is handy as it has a grub screw that retains it on the rudder stock. It is the second one as the first one was nicked while the boat was on display at a show!

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2 years ago

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Nordfjord

This is a version of Glynn Guests Norwegian ferry free plan. I built my one from obechi and not balsa and she was top heavy, After much thought I sawed my one through just at the foredeck level and added 8 inches with appropriate lead ballast. I turned her into a cargo carrier which is exactly what was done to many of the ferries after WW2 due to the high cost of steel. The various derricks are made from an old 27Mhtz aerial so very light in weight. They do articulate. My model runs on a 555 motor on 6 volts with a 45mm brass prop, but there is enough power lower down to control the speed on the Tx, trim control alone. She has had a lot of admirers and running at slow speed my initial problem duck turned into a swan.

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2 years ago

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Dolphin

Although no longer in my possession this a kit from the late 1940s. I was asked to finish an already constructed hull and there were the plans to go by. The drive is an orange and black Hectoperm motor, which I supplied so in keeping with the era well just about. She drives like a dream and even though I was paid well I found it difficult to part with. She is about 42 inces loa, originally for i/c.

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2 years ago

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Endeavour

This is a conversion of the Amati static kit to RC. She is about a metre long and looks very graceful when sailing. Note for display purposes there is a 1 : 35 scale crew on board as well. The kit is on sale and you can also buy a booklet showing the conversion which I wrote with the kit, all rights sold to distributors.

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2 years ago

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Yacht

This a bare hull I bought a few years ago, I think it was made in the early1950s judging from build. She had a sealed deck and I used my worm camera to look inside down the mast hole. B & B construction so I delved inside and fitted RC and kept it looking like a Pond yacht. Interesting part is there are 2 hulls almost identical and I am working out a new rig for her.

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2 years ago

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Pelican

This an Aeronaut Bella with a gaff rig. 3 channel RC as there is an additional tweek to tighten the fore jib, makes a big boatspeed difference. I like the old 40 Mhtz sets with a flick arm for the 3rd. channel and I use this to flatten the jib after a tack. I had to fit a bowsprit because of the extra sail, and also move the mast back about half an inch.

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Hence the expression for 'skivers' of Swinging the lead!
My son calls his depth measurer a 'Sounder'. Good enough for me.
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Oh! Ronald 'don't you trust me'?😊

I thought I explained a few posts ago.

Never mind no one listens to the oldies!

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Hello Alessandro, You mention the spritsail.

A 'sprit' is a pole or spar. We have a bow- sprit which is at the bow of the boat.

In this case the sprit from 'spritsail' is the long pole that holds the far corner of the sail up. Easy to do and there is no extra rigging needed.
So the spritsail is also the mainsail in this case.

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Hi Majorray, I do not know if it might work but subs and helicopters use a levelling electronics device.
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Hi Rowen if you look at the number posts / members who post then this is the most popular thread.
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I carnt agree a tall that Inglish is stoopid. The langwidge has been added 2 as our conkerers have cum and gon or stayed. In 1066 frenj Bill landed at astings as is mates ad told im he was the riteful king. He stayed and liked wot essaw. e bilt a few peers rownd the coste for the lads. If franz woz that gud e cud av gorn home arfter but i spec he woz fed up wiv snales 4 brekfst.
E never whent bak so it mus tave been beta ear than frarns. Moast invadurs r fed up with thair one cuntry nd they sta.

So wot langwidge do tha speek? Thay bring there oan and plonk it on top of the nativs 1.

Wee av all thers and our bits 2 and we hav a com plex 1 lik the bloak sin iglus av wiv 50 wurds 4 sno.

It seeems the wiffy fav vors Inglish so liv with it ore go and invad some wear.

I did knot get speshul treetmnt wen the boms were forling lik wot the covid skolars dun. we ad 2 liv wiv it

anon, but I am 85 !/2 !

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Points of sail

These are generally the ones that most sailors use. The close reach is forward of the beam not behibd it.
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Hi Stephen single subject groups often form together. The ladies have a common denominator of being model boat widows. This is a talking point! All talking points are good.

I find that the main difference between gentlemaen and ladies is that men like to sort out problems and resolve them while ladies regard them as talking points and are not bothered about solutions.

However if you want a quiet life and your spouse points out something that needs to be done my 60+ years of marriage have taught me one major lesson:- It is quicker to drop everything you are doing and attend to the problem.

Otherwise you will be regarded as 'typical male' useless when wanted! So by instant attention this in itself will make you a paragon compared to other husbands, which in itself will give your wife a special position.

She will be grateful, you will get unexpected cups of tea and other thoughtful things.

Above all do not get smug about it, nobody likes a s******s.

Yes dear, just coming!!!!

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Hello Doug does that mean the mice really are running everything? I have had my suspicions as the Covid enqiry in the UK has revealed a 'lack of expertise' amongst those who would like to think they are our betters!

I think the mice have it!

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I think it may be the ultimate question that has no wrong answers.
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I knew it would be C. Who needs the queation?

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Hi Stephen what has happened to the Question?
I just have the possible answers of ABC and D.
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Of course my option precludes any way of knowing what is going on due to the rules applied, but my % score has reduced so I know the system is working!
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I seem to have the ultimate question!
It assumes that as I will just guess, so there is no point in posing the question.

So only options of A,B,C,D are supplied.
I think I will decline this one as it implies acceptance.
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Hi Hermank it is life! The Police never stop you on the road to congratulate you on your driving either!

Just break the rules and 'voila'!

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Hi Peewit Will, is available for trips still on the Thames. Basic but well done food on-board.
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Hi Peewit, is this the Guardsman plan? I always fancied one but never got round to it.

Looks great.
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Before RC was common I remember seeing a Thames Barge over at the Hampstead yachting pond. The leeboards were operating and the owner told me he had mercury filled tilt switches, one for each leeboard.
They were wired up to electric motors that hauled them in or let them drop, there was lead weight at the bottom.

It was done by the wind, if the boat leaned over the switch would tilt and the motor would drop the 'lee' board down but also hauling the windward board up.

So fully automatic, but no control as to where it went!

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Hi, a barge is never going to sail close to the wind so you could just fit a rudder servo and do manual adjustments to the sails.

She looks really nice, I had a smaller 48 inch barge for a time, but she was too heavy for me to manage and I think she is currently in a small museum.

I have to say I did not builld her but did a bit of restoration.
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Hi Jump.... what lovely clear detailed pictures! Must have been a professional with a plate camera.
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Hi Doug and all the best from sunny,not, Watford.

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You have to go along with the options. When I was young I was asked a simple question including my options.

My choice was rich and famous! But it did not happen, it was not an option.
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Hello Doug my daughter in law comes from Munich, I will let her know what she is missing!
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In defense of this question none of the other choises qualify.
Now if Titanic was an option we would know where we are. Also unfortunately where the lowest point was as well.

But I digress (possibly my best subject) one might presume that be where a person might go, as sitting on a radar scanner would not get you anywhere.

In Nelson's day there always seem to be a lad standing on the button, I grow cold just thinking about it. I wonder how many survived that into their 'teens?

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It depends on how many amps you want it to run on. You need to check the gain of the transistor and compare it with the the o/p of the transistor driving the big one.

Electronize did a more powerful esc maybe check what was done there. I am passed that sort of design bit now, sorry!

I mentioned I was using the 43 which was happy at 15 amps i.e. European amps not the ones they have in the far east!

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The power transistors may be mosfet but the Electronize kits I made up had the old fashioned power transistors.
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I am going to get into trouble if this thread wanders into pros and cons of hearing aids.

The unit looks similar to mine, I had a bizzare choice of colours but quickly chose ones that matched my hair where it still shows.
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Are'nt these Admirals naughty. I think it is a hint about spelling?
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If they are hearing aid inserts and I have seen similar, they are about 5-6mms diameter.
Ihave a friend who has them and I was going to ask (NHS) Audio dept if they were options as they look like they allow a bit of airflow.
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Hi Allessandro. The ZN409 is a passive chip no programming needed. If you want more power a higher current o/p transistor like a OC29 or 3055 sorry can't remember the numbers. Should be cheap but I can find plenty of them in my tranny collection if needed.
Remember these old power transistors have a 0.7 volt loss across emitter to base and develop unwanted heat.
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