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jelley_baby

Chief Petty Officer 1st Class 14 years ago

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Aerokits Fast Patrol Boat

HI Two Pictures Before and After, As Purchased on Ebay and Now ready to sail.
First sail 16-12-2012 Cwmbran. First fitted a too powerful Outrunner with a small rudder no good would not steer or go straight. so changed outrunner to a lower rated one about 1200 kVA and fitted a larger rudder (medium size as opposed to a small one). The result was very good and she ran all morning on a 2 x 4.8 Volt 3800 MAh Nimh in series 9.6V total, for about 2 hours.

#aerokit #nimh #patrol boat #ebay #sail #outrunner #fast patrol boat #e bay #rudder

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jonbliss152Master Seaman10 years ago
Hi, I'm currently in the process of building my first model. it's one of my fathers that has been sat in the loft, kit form for 30 odd years. I have the decals to turn it into a fire boat but I'm struggling to find a suitable monitor to place on the coach house roof. Can you remember where yours came from?
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jelley_babyChief Petty Officer 1st Class10 years ago
Hi, it's not a proper monitor on the cabin roof, but the spray nozzle from an air freshener the type that are battery powered and spray one burst every 15 minutes. I suppose that you could attach a small pipe to it and make it into a working monitor if you wanted too. Hope that this helps Graham.👍
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Michael R

Petty Officer 2nd Class 14 years ago

miamI class asrl

another photo of my asrl figures are modifyed american 1/32 multI pose airfix a 400 motor a 20amp esc and a 7.2 buggy pack it planes just great took it out today ran for over 3/4 of a hour and the motor never got hot it work a dream now to get my whaleback on the water same scale same firm but with mods on southport model boat lake today sunday

#figures #lake #model #motor #esc #port #scale model #air boat

Michael R

Petty Officer 2nd Class 14 years ago

miamI class a s r l

it was an abs hull and top from sarik mouldings the rest was scratch built from photos

#hull #scratch #scratch built #built

grahams

Leading Seaman 14 years ago

Whaleback 1/16 Scale.

Hi,
A photo of my Whaleback hull from Model Booat Shack remainder will be scratch built.

#hull #model #scratch #scratch built #built

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grahamsLeading Seaman14 years ago
Thats good frank glad everything has worked out okay.
Duration of battery is very good.My boat runs on 29mz.
This is the first time I have used a brushless motor.

Regards,
Graham
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circle43nauticalChief Petty Officer 2nd Class9 years ago
BRAVO ZULU! NICE WHALEBACK!
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Dave M

Vice Admiral 14 years ago

Crewe MBC sunday sail 11th Nov 2012

Quite a blustery but rather cold day so not that many sailors. The Three Brothers of Rye was put through its paces and coped well with the blustery conditions.

#crew #sail #sailor

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seafarerPetty Officer 1st Class14 years ago
Love the sound track! pity about the bluring but I guess that the wind had a part to play.....nice video
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johnw

Recruit 14 years ago

Kevella

Scratch built plank on frame.Built from plan by Jim Pottinger.

#scratch #scratch built #built

johnw

Recruit 14 years ago

Faithfull

Plank on frame built many years ago. Not of a specific vessel but a representative of the classic Scottish boat of the 70's. based on a stretched "Launch Out" plan.

#vessel #built

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vaderswar

Leading Seaman 14 years ago

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flowerdown corvette

Got this one off ebay, had to use a little artistic licence with the paint scheme as club has several members with same scheme, so didnt want to look the same. The one thing I could not get over was how many parts were left over from the revell kit. Have a 380 motor in it with a msoniks 15 amp esc, could not get over how much ballast was needed to get her to sit in water true, but got there in the end. Now working on making homemade smoke generator to go in funnel, first tests great using nichrome wire and 6v battery, just have to make housing to go in funnel. Have tested parker black ink mixed in smoker fluid and effect looks fantastic.

#ballast #club #kit #licence #members #motor #paint #parts #esc #ebay #corvette #e bay #smoke #revell #battery

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grandaddave11Recruit14 years ago
doe s it matter on prop handing? or is it a case of wiring motor other way.
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vaderswarLeading Seaman14 years ago
hI grandadave, if you are talking about the prop going forwards and backwards, then it is the speed controller that handles that. I just put a mtroniks 15amp esc in it and that handles the forwards and backwards no problem. After that it is sorting out the transmitter or just get a cheapy car one off ebay as they have forwards and backwards on them. regards steve
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Dave M

Vice Admiral 14 years ago

The Three Brothers of Rye - fishing smack

Brian Clewes has now taken his new scratch built boat on its maiden voyage. The day was fine, if cold, but the wind was just right for the event. The auxiliary motor was used to keep the vessel moving when the wind dropped but she did sail with the little wind present and responded well to the helm. This is Brian's third large scratch built yacht, he is really becoming quite an expert. Also makes his own sails and fittings.

#fittings #motor #scratch #vessel #yacht #wind #sail #scratch built #auxiliary #sails #built

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seafarerPetty Officer 1st Class14 years ago
Great video, well done.
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johnw

Recruit 14 years ago

MFV Ardent

Scratch built, modelled on real vessel,plank on frame construction, a few years old now.

#model #scratch #vessel #scratch built #built

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ianed57

Sub-Lieutenant 14 years ago

Lesro Rapier- with Lipos

I finally got round to trying the Rapier with the lipos I bought recently. My good friend 'Kalamunda' was on hand to drive whilst I took the video. We noticed a marked Improvement in performance- a much greater 'urgency' with the lipos delivering what the motors asked. Short of going up a prop size I think this will be about it with this boat. Thanks to the chaps on here who have encouraged me into Lipos and given help with various matters- not sure what all the worry was now- famous last words!
This will be one of our last days at Crealy in Exeter as the management have decided to terminate our use of the water- so we will be looking for alternatives from January.

#lipo #motor #prop #video #lesro #crealy #matt

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GreggSub-Lieutenant14 years ago
I use a little "plug in" voltage alarm on my lipo's. it simply plugs in to the balance charge plug connector. so give you an initial volt test,usually with a few bleeps and a set of green lights, then as the batteries drain, the led's turn red and an alert buzzer goes of as they approach low volt limit, which is set on these alarms at 3.2v, so no damage done to the batteries.

Its a quick search on ebay, loads of sellers, cost around £2.50 each.
very useful bit of kit poolside as you can check all your lipo batteries, even after being used and left to stand, the batteries do recover a bit and possibly ready again for a further shortened run time too.

Happy sailing with your boat, the setup's brill !
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ianed57Sub-Lieutenant14 years ago
Those are the alarms I intend to use but they seem to be taking a while to come. They are so cheap I intend to install them in the boat with velcro and extension leads on the balance connectors. The lipos certainly give a weight saving too.
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bangzoomer

Leading Seaman 14 years ago

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STERLING CORVETTE

The 48 inch Sterling Corvette. The company went under long ago. Finding the kit complete in the box is so very difficult. One of the most gorgeous private boat kits ever. I attempted to build it twice in my life. The first time Vietnam got in the way. Later a move from New York to Los Angeles got in the way. I found this completed boat and bought it from the owner. I hope to find the kit some day and build my own FINALLY and do as good a job as this builder.

#build #kit #pt boat #corvette

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Dave MVice Admiral14 years ago
Quality always shows, and this is truly a classic kit. Real quality build as well, good luck in your search for a kit to build your own 😀
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