Stingray Build

[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]

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

David

[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:



M

[greenman407]

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

[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.

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[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]

You know what? I think I will. Thats a good price. Dont know what Id do with it but..............looks like fun.

[RCnut]

That is indeed good news David, It does look very very good and I'm more than impressed with the units and your work. I look forward to getting it into my Stingray. :)

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

That is indeed good news David, It does look very very good and I'm more than impressed with the units and your work. I look forward to getting it into my Stingray. :)

Very kind of you to say so, Mamas.

Tonight I'll get the closue done and work out getting power from the ESC to the RateMaster motor. I'm thinking of running a Y-lead from the receivers ESC port -- one leg to the ESC that turns the pump-jet, and the other leg to the RateMaster motor. Pictures tonight.

M

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

That is indeed good news David, It does look very very good and I'm more than impressed with the units and your work. I look forward to getting it into my Stingray. :)

Very kind of you to say so, Mamas.

Tonight I'll get the closure done and work out getting power from the ESC to the RateMaster motor. I'm thinking of paralleling the ESC output -- one leg to the main propulsion motor that spins the pump-jet, and the other leg to the RateMaster motor. Pictures tonight.

M

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Tonights work:

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Tonights work:

[RCnut]

It all looks superb, Are you still sending me a blank end part just in case I want to put in a brushless motor? :)

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

It all looks superb, Are you still sending me a blank end part just in case I want to put in a brushless motor? :)

Yes, for the main cylinder -- they (I'm making two systems for you, one for me) will arrive with an installed 555 motor to drive the pump-jet and you'll have two blank motor-bulkheads that will permit installation of your own drive-motor.

What I'm showing in the last two posts are the work on the separate RateMaster WTC. Not to be confused with the main propulsion-control WTC.

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