The scale section of the Eastleigh and District Model Boat Club (EDMBC)

Meet here every Wednesday and Sunday.

Web site also gives location of sail section lake also in Eastleigh

https://model-boats-eastleigh.club

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Thanks for that

The https etc at the front of address works

Regards,

Tall Paul.

EDMBC has changed its web site to

model-boats-eastleigh.club

Tried to create new location but the above web address was rejected ???

Hope this can be sorted,

Many thanks, Tall Paul.

Hi folks,
tried to attach photo files but doesn't work ???

Found this boat and it looks great, it was a bit top heavy but I've cut a lot of it away and fitted Rx, Esc and motor etc it runs OK but cant tell what it is ?

any help would be appreciated

regards Tall Paul

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Thanks for posting about pond weed control.

Biological Control .. best seems to be Grass Carp reported to eat the weeds, we are still investigating.

Chemical Control... not allowed to use herbicide as our pond is linked to the River Itchen. However we do use Barley straw extract to control algae.

Mechanical Control ... motorised cutters etc are far to expensive and you still have to rake up the cut weeds.

In the end throwing a rake out or placed behind roots by guy in a boat and pulling it in is the best solution for us, so far. one in the boat, two each with a rake and barrow. we cut and collected barrow fulls.

We continue to use Pond Dye (see biofix and dyofix.co.uk) other shading can be obtained by planting willow trees.

Weighted black polythene sheets for 6 months at a time has been suggested as has solar powered fountain or air pumping air bubbles as this reduces infestations and oxygenates the water.

Regards, Tall Paul.

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Hi

You mention Southampton

Are you aware of our local model boat club?

See Web site for EDMBC
two sites.
1. lakeside country park for sail

2. Highbridge Farm for scale

Regards

Paul from Romsey

Thanks for the info.

What it requires then is for people who are posting which is not related to pond weed etc to start a new post with a related new subject title.

Regards, Tall Paul.

Hi folks,

Please could you edit Subject

As this post was about pond weed and weeding etc

Many thanks,

Tall Paul ... needing solutions to tons of pond weed.

Thanks for the contributions.

I have since found

one company that has the equipment to cut and remove the weed,

another company has weed cutters maximum depth of 4.4 ft, even though our pond is deeper we don’t have any scale boats that need more than that depth, the larger sail use a larger lake.

https://doroteamekaniska.se/en/doro-cutters

Going to find out if we can hire or have to buy.

Regards,

Tall Paul.

https://doroteamekaniska.se/en/doro-cutters

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Thanks Scout13,

The dye is a good idea.

At Guildford the council used barley straw bales, these seemed to work on just surface type weed not the ones we are having trouble with that grow from the bottom.

Regards, Tall Paul. 👍

NOT from me (RNinMunich)! I just edited it to delete a previous comment of mine!
Lead acid batteries should not be discharged and kept charged up as much as possible. Discharging these batteries will reduce their capacity. if they are kept for any length of time without a charge, they will not charge up again.

To charge up these batteries use the same formula.

However lead acid batteries can cope with heavy currents and it is sometimes a good idea to charge them up with a higher current. Now and then charge them up with double the current as usual and for half the time.

So for example, a 5000mA/h battery, should be charged on 1 Amp for 5 hours.

Winter Storage
To ensure they will be fine when next used make sure they have a top-up charge every couple of weeks. Half the length of time of a normal charge.

DO NOT HAVE THE BATTERY ON A CONSTANT TRICKLE CHARGE!

Large 12 v lead acid batteries (e.g. old home security batteries) have a time constant of approx 4 hrs so need to be charged 5 x 4 hrs = 20 hrs. I leave mine on overnight which usually does the job, offload charged battery volts are approx 13.8 v.

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DRAFT: TO BE REVISED AND UPDATED SHORTLY!! (RN)

Lead acid batteries should not be discharged and kept charged up as much as possible. Discharging these batteries will reduce their capacity. if they are kept for any length of time without a charge, they will not charge up again.

To charge up these batteries use the same formula.

However lead acid batteries can cope with heavy currents and it is sometimes a good idea to charge them up with a higher current. Now and then charge them up with double the current as usual and for half the time.

So for example, a 5000mA/h battery, should be charged on 1 Amp for 5 hours.

Winter Storage
To ensure they will be fine when next used make sure they have a top-up charge every couple of weeks. Half the length of time of a normal charge.

DO NOT HAVE THE BATTERY ON A CONSTANT TRICKLE CHARGE!

Large 12 v lead acid batteries (e.g. old home security batteries) have a time constant of approx 4 hrs so need to be charged 5 x 4 hrs = 20 hrs. I leave mine on overnight which usually does the job, offload battery volts are approx 13.8 v.

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2019-06-19 Wednesday
Us scale members are visiting SAIL members this Wednesday.

2019-06-23 Sunday
Us scale members back visiting scale pond at Highbridge Farm.
Usually 10 am to 12 am +

Regards, Tall Paul.

Hi Folks,

Anyone had experience of hiring pond weed clearance company here in the south ?

Our pond is a mess today weed around props of our scale models.

Please post experiences Regards, Tall Paul.

Hi folks,

Any one had experience of using glue guns ...

Are they OK for glueing wood, plastic and metal to same and to each different material ... Are joints water proof ?

Thanks.

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Hi Ed,

You mentioned water ingress, I carry to boating pond a number of bits and tools, one of which is a > 100 ml Syringe ... There is one on Amazon with a tube to reach into difficult to access areas.

The advice about glue for plastic to pastic seems helpful, I had similar problem of trying to obtain water proof join of plastic and wood.

Best of luck, Paul.

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Dreadful rain Sat morning but the 2 hr journey was worth it.
Some fantastic models on show, way above my skill level. Found planet Rx which was lucky as they may not be making anymore ! Product for someone else to manufacture on licence ?

What we need is an exhibition like this on the south Coast say Southampton ...
Would be in reach for Cornwall and Kent

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Hi Mike,
You mention that you gave a 900 what voltage and type of prop do you have as I have 900 also running with 12 v and two blade prop but do not get the speed ...

Hope you can help.

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Hi, I have 46" fire boat also and sail not far away at Highbridge Farm. Perhaps we'll meet up next year ...

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I'm going Sat.
Have been before.
Good number of clubs and members for a chat.
Good number of suppliers displaying parts etc.

Eastleigh and District Model Boat Club will be exhibiting all three days.

see http://www.edmbc.net/

http://www.edmbc.net/

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Many thanks for your help folks,

Chicks, cletes, Clovis, cotter pins, sewage studs, turnbuckle, bottle screws etc who'd have thought that there were so many parts to rigging .... I've still to identify the part that fixes the boom to the main mast .... someone suggested to just use two eyepins .... Need to work out sizes next before purchase ...

Thanks again folks ... Shows the value of this forum

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Hope someone can help me source some rigging bits for my Clyde Puffer.
I need at least two rig to mast, maybe 5 tightening adjusts, mast and boom swivel connector ...Going to use some kind of elasticated cord ... Shirring elastic ...

Need nautical names for these parts to help searches ... Link to Picture with part names would help

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Hi,
I searched for info about rudder throttle mixer and found some useful info, many thanks for that advice.

Many thanks also for taking the time to attach the picture.
I can see that a sub frame is needed to accomodate two motors, two esc, mixer, Rx, battery and on/off switch

It looks like i will need some special glue to glue wood to plastic, any advice ?

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Thanks figTree7nts,

The link took me to a circuit diagram which shows what connections I need to make.

Instead of connecting esc to Rx each motor connects to its own esc and each esc connects to the mixer which then connects to two channels of Rx.
Not sure yet how Rx picks up its own power supply which it normally does from the esc .... Will be finding out Wednesday so could report back then.

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Anyone have a layout drawing for the two motors, two esc, battery and mixer please ?
Also any link to build instructions would be a great help as I do not know how to build the internals nor how to arrange for top to come off hull for access and then back on for boating.

Grateful for any help.

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Great looking model.
Any chance please of a photo of internal layout of motors etc. ?

Many thanks.

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The web address

http://www.nmrn-portsmouth.org.uk/restoration

http://www.nmrn-portsmouth.org.uk/restoration

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It looks a fine quality model.
Did you know that a full size one has been built local to our model boat club, in fact a member's model was so well researched they used it for details on the real one it may be seen in Portsmouth.

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If these stories are true then I think a complaint should be registered with trading standards, perhaps with list of complainants.

Unless someone lodges an official complaint nothing will change.

I use Cromwell Model boat ... Excellent customer service.

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Many thanks for the car parking advice.
Plan to go.

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