Todays Boating

[Richard BarnettParticipant @richardbarnett67129]

Ahhh the Damper van hydrofoil! Haven’t seen that for a while Trevor. Both are impressive to watch in action, the camper van one gets up on the plane almost instantly but than it weighs the same as a packet of crisps!

Cleaver little sausage is our Trevor😂

Ricky ye pirate 🏴‍☠️

[Trevor HollowayParticipant @trevorholloway99134]

Can not take all the credit as the original plan was for a free flight glow plug engine powered model (altered for radio control and brush less).

The wings do have s sort of foil profile but merely rounded chamfer at the front and taper to the rear, apparently flat will work too however the rounding reduces resistance.

Lift is basically due to the incidence to the water (think of your hand sticking out of the car window as you go along) about 7 degrees I think.

Took a fair bit of head scratching initially but both performed well first go, they will not even fit in the bath for a float test, Richard was on hand with the waders just in case !

[ashley needhamParticipant @ashleyneedham69188]

It’s pleuting at the moment and I am not sure it’s going to stop as it is very grey out (excuse my french).

Still if it does stop anywhere near 0900 at least the crowds will have been kept at bay.

Project coming on. Sides to be glued on later. A few “inconsistencies” sanded to match….. I only hope the drive unit works and it doesn’t leak or I will be v cross and stamp my feet and shout.

Another project being thought about using some wheels, the nice 60mm ones I bought earlier in the year. It needs ideally a jet drive, two really, and I am cogitating upon a split exhaust arrangement due to the size. This would give me two outlets which would be correct and the loss in efficiency is not something to worry about.

hmm..as I type it’s stopped pleuting and it may even be brightening up??? Or is it just that it’s not so early now. I will stuff everything in the car.

Ashley

Edited By ashley needham on 06/12/2020 08:19:45

[Trevor HollowayParticipant @trevorholloway99134]

The sun is actually trying to push through so will go to the pond.

[ashley needhamParticipant @ashleyneedham69188]

Nice and bright at the pond if a bit nippy.

All boats performing as per.

Trevors Tup and my Swordfish drifting more than usual, which could only have been due to the very flat pond surface.

Discussed a group project possibly an issue with driver/passenger figures, ie….an action man would be too small.

However Trevor and I worked out a very easy and cheap propulsion system which when installed at the bow would give the correct style of performance.

Richard showed us his pimped up radial engine and we were very jealous envious dismissive….itt`l never fly we said.

Ashley

[ashley needhamParticipant @ashleyneedham69188]

Have carried out running repairs and pimping-up on Trevor’s radial. Smoothed and polished the ports and added fuel injection.

I am going to have the Zis and Tup as permanent fixtures n the car from now on so as not to miss any ice, snow, or heavy frost.

Tomorrow….Farnham, xmasferry and Zistup.

Ashley

[NoelParticipant @noel26080]

Haven't boated much lately. Weather poor today. Was the trying to start island on Ark but got distracted into preparing Phantoms in the right colour!

 

Hope everyone doing well.

Edited By Noel on 13/12/2020 16:18:28

[ashley needhamParticipant @ashleyneedham69188]

Nice one Noel , impressive !! Are the warning transfers your own work on the front one as well???

No boating today, rain stopped play.

Working on the project. Coming along nicely apart from the cabin which is a right s*d to make.

Ashley

[NoelParticipant @noel26080]

The one in foreground is as made by Dinky Toys so they are not my transfers. In fact that one has now been cleaned up a given a coat of grey primer. The dark grey ones have all been rubbed down and resprayed in the correct shade of grey, 3 of which having wingtips hacksawed off and araldited back in the folded position. That felt a bit odd to do but they look so right I'm glad I did it!

[ashley needhamParticipant @ashleyneedham69188]

I am sure that you can get either replacement Dinky transfers or ones for say 1/72 aircraft that will do. Those little splashes of colour make such a difference on the aircraft. You can certainly get roundels no problem.

Ashley

[ashley needhamParticipant @ashleyneedham69188]

Jet unit on new boat leaks.steady drip from the stubby propshaft. Need waterproof grease and a syringe now. If that doesn’t work I will have to take the unit out and try a greasy felt washer, but would that work??

Damn damn damn.

Ashley

[Ray Wood 3Participant @raywood3]

Hi Ashley,

Let it leak into a reservoir and use the water via a pump as a water feature/cannon ??

Regards Ray

[ashley needhamParticipant @ashleyneedham69188]

The reservoir bit may be an option Ray. If I can’t get it to seal, and/or it is only a few drops, I will resort to water management and coffer the water so it remains in one place.

Thehatch will be secured with a dozen screws, so in extremis I could set a tube into this to use to succk excess water out every now and then. After all, if it needs pumping out after 15 mins, I might only need to do this 3 times or so in a session. The cabin over the hatch will be on magnetic clamps so easy to just lift off, syringe on the tube, suck, back in the water.

Not ideal but without changing the unit or re-engineering the whole thing, perhaps the only option.

Busy applying paint. As the entire paint job consists of long curves, I am doing this freehand by eye. Not as tricky as it seems. There is a yellow centre, light blue outer and then silver. In grey primer I sketched the outlines and have the first coat of blue in place, using acrylic. Not bad, I can see some adjustment is needed…but once done, all I then have to do is fill in using the yellow and silver like colouring by numbers!

after umming and arring over cabin construction, a frame is in place ready for skinning and it was quite easy. When you get the right technique all these things fall into place.

Ashley

[Ray Wood 3Participant @raywood3]

Hi All,

Many moons ago, I discovered a single cylinder Mamod occilating steam engine driven by a small motor makes a great bilge pump

Regards Ray

[Richard BarnettParticipant @richardbarnett67129]

That’s a good idea Ray, I’ve got lot’s of old Mamod bits. Nice to recycle junk you’ve had for years.

Ricky ye pirate 🏴‍☠️

[ashley needhamParticipant @ashleyneedham69188]

Assuming it does not rain tomorrow…..

Xmas ferry and saucer I think. Just the two.

Ashley

[Richard BarnettParticipant @richardbarnett67129]

Assuming the park is open I’ll be there. As the situation is a bit iffy, masks all round would be a good idea?

Ricky ye pirate 🏴‍☠️

[Richard BarnettParticipant @richardbarnett67129]

The Tup is ready for a test flight/float, don’t expect too much as it will be using a 7.2 ni cad until Santa arrives!

Eleanor-Rose and of course Woody.

Ricky ye pirate 🏴‍☠️

[ashley needhamParticipant @ashleyneedham69188]

Mailed everyone re tomorrow.

Ashley.

[ashley needhamParticipant @ashleyneedham69188]

Having now looked at the rules it does not seem that we can use the fishing excuse in T4 lockdown, so boating will have to be cancelled for a few weeks .

Ashley

[ashley needhamParticipant @ashleyneedham69188]

Well. Found some hitherto lost stuff this afternoon in the top tray of my snap-on tools table top drawer unit. Completely forgotten the top lid and tray. Found missing large scale figures, three planet t5 receivers, life rings and all sorts.

Also found a small syringe and filled this with silicone grease, and as suspected, pumped quite a bit in th3 jet unit so that I could see it coming out where the drip was, so, hopefully it will stop or at least slow the dr.ipping down to manageable proportions.

Not long now as the sub is progressing nicely. Just about finished the painting and have painted a test piece to ensure the Halfords Lakers is ok on it as I think I may get water spots otherwise. Ratemaster cylinder looks exactly right, lookout position n cabin done. Windows on cabin next. Tricky….

Ashley

[Colin BishopModerator @colinbishop34627]

Gosh, Ashley, why don't you try looking down the back of th sofa too…

I found a new bottle of odourless cyano lurking under some workshop detritus over the weekend. It had been there so long it had gone solid.

Colin

[ashley needhamParticipant @ashleyneedham69188]

…Halfords clear spray varnish that should have read.

I have put a sticky label on the tool chest detailing the contents of the top compartment now!

Ashley

[NoelParticipant @noel26080]

Not really boating but made planes for my Ark.

Got to sort out some more decals for the phantoms but have to stop fiddling with these and properly start work on getting the island done as I am procrastinating really with all this airfix stuff!

[Richard BarnettParticipant @richardbarnett67129]

Looking good Noel! Always good to divert from the main task just to stop it becoming a chore.

Take a few days off and recharge 🍷🍺 and for the boys 🍼😂

Ricky ye pirate 🏴‍☠️

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