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I want my workshop back!
… I can find a buyer for any of them. 1) Caldercraft "Joffre" Tug, already built but in grave need of TLC with the propshaft tight and the rudder shaft too tight to move. The vessel is filthy dirty. 2) Billings "Le Pourquoi-pas", hull assembl …
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Burpy Hapday! ;-)
… t her place Also started modding the mast of my Southampton tug for fitting LED lights. After working out how to do it for Pittsfieldpete I thought Why not!? Cheers, Doug
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Exciters/transducers
… rs. I did not cover the backs of the ones in the Richardson Tug, but will do with these. Do the covers sit on the transducer ring or pass over the lot and stick to the hull? NPJ
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Twin screw
… they look the same as mine then they are geared! Good for a tug. The gear box is the bulge at the business end Might pay to apply a little Teflon grease to the gears!? BTW: The P94 has a rudder mixer built in to assist with turning! It migh …
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Twin screw
… e geared or not but they look exactly the same as yours. My tug is 1/24th scale I think lol Cheers George
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Twin screw
Hi George, Good setup for a tug, mighty meaty With or without gearing? I had one in my Sea Scout but the performance was 'sedate' Pic shows the old and the new ! For a tug they should be ideal though, lots of pull How big / heavy is your tu …
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So, why not woodies?...
… fling round a pond than some old tanker/coaster. I realise tugs can be made to erm...tug, if the rest of the equipment is available, but it rarely seems to be. Does the glamour of a highly varnished wooden or painted finish with chrome fit …
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Exciters/transducers
… on the largest open area available as we discussed for the tug. Cheaper anyway 2) Speaker impedance and the minimum that the amplifier can handle. Check the Digisound specs Output Impedance to see if the amp can handle 4 Ohms or only 8 Ohm …
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Aerokits MTB, what is it?...
… 1s will have to go in and the lad can use the Taycol in his tug model. On our local river we can middle finger the "Saynos". The fat rheostat is in one of the pictures of mouldbuilder's boat. Black and in very nice condition, IN the boat. C …
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Aerokits MTB, what is it?...
… 7 and who can blame them for not coming to Britain, land of tugs and tankers! Can we get at those pdfs? Martin
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RS 545 Motors
… oat as direct drive. I also have a new in the box Amsterdam tug that I probably should build first as it only has the one main motor and is a ready to build kit, but I spent four years working my way up the ladder on oil supply vessels and …
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RE ads90's Vosper Firefloat
… n Electronics mixer board (as discussed during your aborted tug conversion). You'll probably need the 20A version with those motors. Cheers, Doug
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Stuck in the middle.
You could always build a get-out-of-trouble springer tug model. So, when you get into trouble, you could send in the cavalry.
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Which motor
… ld someone advise on which motor to use in a smit amsterdam tug of approx 40 ins long with a 4 blade 3 ins dia. Prop and 4 mm. shaft, I want to run on 12v sealed lead acid battery. I am not going to tow anything but would still like a bit o …
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Which motor
Hi Neil I have a 49inch tug which uses a 540 motor with 2.5 to 1 reduction box. 3inch 4 blade prop, On 12 volts pushes along nicely and with a 7amp hour battery gives about 2 hours sailing, total sailing weight is 21 kilos. Cheers Colin.
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Which motor
Hi Neil, I use MFA/ComoDrill Torpedo 500. On my Tugs and they have enough power! I use the 2.5:1 g/box at 12 volts. It gives about 13350 rpm's http://www.mfacomodrills.com/gearboxes/918d_series.html Cheers, Ed
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What do you do when...
… can also disguise your "rescue boat" to look like a pusher tug etc.
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What do you do when...
… a 385 motor I think. Ran on 6V. Now I have the Southampton tug I was thinking of a much higher derrick, or A frame, on the stern!? Have some 0.5mm nylon line for the tow line, what do you think? As an electronic engineer I sometimes need h …
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What do you do when...
… ound what I think is what I am looking for, a Springer push tug...
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What do you do when...
I built a tug just for the purpose of rescuing, powered vessels are no problem at all, but I rescue more yachts than anything else. Have rescued everything from a Micro Magic to a Marblehead. Here's a pic of my tug bringing home an RG65, st …
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What do you do when...
… eodymium magnet on a derrick on the stern of my Southampton tug and steel plates set into the foredecks of my boat and ships! Still pondering, reeling in with a winch is easy, running out the cable to drop the magnet down onto the boat is c …
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What do you do when...
… ng suitable when it's only him on the water. Fair enough. A tug is a nice idea IF you can get a tow line aboard the stricken vessel, so I suppose the all embracing lobster claw style has potential. A floating Brabham BT 34 comes to mind. Ch …
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What do you do when...
… se for our meetings but generally we use one of the members tug boats to do the rescue. Ron
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Fittings & Detail Parts
… s that offer fittings & detail parts, especially for modern tugboats. I have Hobby Engine’s 1:36 scale Richardson tugboat which is already pretty well detailed, but I’d like to replace its two deckhouse life rings with better looking ones & …
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Fittings & Detail Parts
… ps? I guess plastic / PTFE is OK, after all as you say, the Tugs are not exactly Sea Greyhounds so they ain't under much stress I never guessed either Re humble pie! Ask the Missus to top it with Lemon meringue, delicious Crow with Sage & O …
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Fittings & Detail Parts
… n. I never would have guessed that the prop tubes in our HE tugs are plastic. At first it struck me as a poor material for the job, but from another perspective I guess it’s not so bad. At least the shafts themselves are metal & there’s a n …
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Fittings & Detail Parts
… ressed as a fraction) multiplied by the real speed. For our tugs this is thus √(1/36) x 11= 1/6 x 11 = 1.83kn or 2mph. Giving a scale speed of around 176 fpm. BTW: you made me curious about the prop tubes in my Southampton! Thanks for the p …
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Fittings & Detail Parts
… ike to run at scale speeds. Anyone who has ever seen a real tug moving along knows that they can’t exactly reach planing speeds & they’re not likely to be seen towing water skiers. All things being equal, the WYEFORCE tug, which definitely …