Stingray Build

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

MAN! I wish I had a Cave..............with a Lathe.............and a Cat.

Stop whining and get one. The Taig is an excellent unit for our kind of work. Cat, optional!

http://www.taigtools.com/ Tell Daisy I sent you. No... wait ... not a good idea. Strike that.

M

[greenman407]

MAN! I wish I had a Cave..............with a Lathe.............and a Cat.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Mamas: My sincere apology for being out of touch for so long. Things piled up here and I lost what little spare time I had for non-production work. However, there is no good reason for not keeping you and the readers up to speed on why there has been such a delay. It was irresponsible for me to just drop out of sight like that, and I won't let that happen again. My rate of progress may not be high from this point, but it will be consistent.

That said, I re-engage with the project.

Today's work involved producing the watertight seal and associated fittings for the little WTC that housed the motor that will operate the RateMaster:



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[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Mamas: My sincere apology for being out of touch for so long. Things piled up here and I lost what little spare time I had for non-production work. However, there is no good reason for not keeping you and the readers up to speed on why there has been such a delay. It was irresponsible for me to just drop out of sight like that, and I won't let that happen again. My rate of progress may not be high from this point, but it will be consistent.

That said, I re-engage with the project.

Today's work involved producing the watertight seal and associated fittings for the little WTC that housed the motor that will operate the RateMaster:



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[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

I'll consider it all back to normal after I've met my obligations to you and others. Thank you.

David

[RCnut]

Yes, sir. The long, long wait I've put you through is almost over. Very sorry for the delay. Things have been a bit 'interesting' here of late, but now more stable.

David

Glad to hear Its all getting back to normal, :)

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Yes, sir. The long, long wait I've put you through is almost over. Very sorry for the delay. Things have been a bit 'interesting' here of late, but now more stable.

David

[RCnut]

David, any news on the Sub Driver for the Stingray?

[RCnut]

When I posted this vid it was all squashed up but I have now corrected the aspect ratio so here it is again in all its glorious length :wink:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMUbZe2cKnI

[RCnut]

Well heres a vid of the kit built By one of my friends as a surface runner.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtpZwbj0voA

Cant wait to get mine going.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

That's amazing David..!!

It's going to look as good on the inside as the outside eh Mamas. :biggrin:

Thank you sir -- started in on your Sub-driver already, now that Mamas unit has blazed the trail.

David

[Captain Scifi]

That's amazing David..!!

It's going to look as good on the inside as the outside eh Mamas. :biggrin:

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

That Is looking Awesome!!!! Cant wait to get my hands on that! Excellent work as usual David, I would expect nothing less. :)

High praise indeed. If only I was more timely with my commitments. Going to install the ESC, and other devices tonight and fire this sucker up. Time permitting I'll work out the correct ratio for the RateMaster RPM.

David

[RCnut]

That Is looking Awesome!!!! Cant wait to get my hands on that! Excellent work as usual David, I would expect nothing less. :)

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

It's been almost FIVE MONTHS when I posted that I would have the two SD's off to Mamas for his STINGRAY models, by the end of the week. Didn't happen, they're still here! I'm so behind in stuff.

Anyway, feeling very guilty (and Mamas has been a real gentelman about it), I've spent a good portion of the weekend working out the five servo pushrods and getting them all to pass through their respective watertight seals without too much binding. Here are the gorry pictures to prove it:



All that is left is to work out the little SD that houses the RateMaster motor and gear unit, make up the devices to the main SD, get things running, and THEN get this long promised item off to Mamas.

David