Skipjack 1/72

[trout]

John, Glad you are back!

[Slats]

Had an enforced break from the hobby - I come back in and I find this....David I still hate you lol! The bird diarrhoea is perfect.

[HardRock]

Outstanding work, as usual. That oil canning on the sail is exceptionaly good - its pushing me to break out the old test tub and have another go at weathering practice.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

David

[trout]

2.4 GHz needs coaxial cable, MHz frequencies do not.

[Bubblehead]

Thanks, what I was confused about is that the the instructions called for the use of a co-axial cable while providing one less complicated and what I'm hearing is that the co-ax is not needed for the application I plan to put it through, if I'm wrong please correct me.

[trout]

Bubble head,
I do not think Andy was saying you did do it on purpose. He was making a friendly suggestion. It looks like you took his advice and all is forgotten.

[Bubblehead]

Sorry, I'm new to forums and didn't know I was doing something wrong, I'll try and do better in the future. It was not right of you to assume that I did this on purpose. I'll try again in the appropriate place.

[Subculture]

These questions should really be on a new thread rather than hijacking Mark's. However , running in brackish water will require the receiver aerial to be above the surface at all times, else you will lose the signal. Also worth pointing out that salt water really attacks any metal parts in you boat, so I would consider running sacrificial anodes, and also giving the boat a good rinse after sailing with fresh water.

[Bubblehead]

May be in my last post I asked the wrong question. I'm going to run the boat in brackish water, no ballast tanks or torpedoes, just basic operation, can I get by using the 24-75mHz system antenna or do I have to use the 2.4gHz antenna sub system which for me is too complicated to make?

[Bubblehead]

That was not the answer I was hoping to get, not sure what to do now. I guess I should have researched this all out before I took this on, but it sounded like this would be an easy build, easy for some not so easy for others like me. Any one have any suggestions, ideas, any way to get around this problem so that I can go ahead with the build?

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

I'm getting all the parts I need to build the Moebuis Skipjack. So far I have the model and the 3.5" easy sub-driver. Again professing my ignorance in building an operating sub, I've come to the part in the instructions where I have to do some soldering and other complicated stuff to install the receiver antenna atop the sail. I don't plan to completely submerge the boat, so is all this really necessary? Help!

YES!!!!!!!!

M

[Bubblehead]

I'm getting all the parts I need to build the Moebuis Skipjack. So far I have the model and the 3.5" easy sub-driver. Again professing my ignorance in building an operating sub, I've come to the part in the instructions where I have to do some soldering and other complicated stuff to install the receiver antenna atop the sail. I don't plan to completely submerge the boat, so is all this really necessary? Help!

[greenman407]

Nah, just nothing worth taking a picture of. More in the future

[HardRock]

Is your camera busted, Mark?