today's work

[redboat219]

Mold pattern maker must have gotten confused

dimples or bumps

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

I wonder why they put raised detail on the hydroplanes where there are ventilation holes are on the original?

****!... I don't know; I'm just the idiot model-kit-assembler here. (I'll fix those little problems after all the structural work is done, I have proper drawings of the original and 'improved' X-Craft).

[Subculture]

I wonder why they put raised detail on the hydroplanes where there are ventilation holes are on the original?

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Happy Easter.

CA? Why not a cohesive agent?

Fair question. Though the horizontal stabilizer parts will be subject to most 'collision damage' underway -- and CA adhesive is subject to fracture under shock-loads -- a fusion joint would be the preferred attachment method. However, as there is so much 'footprint' between horizontal stabilizer root and surface of the stern, I figured that a CA bond would be substantial enough to resist breaking as a consequence of being hit by other craft or sides of the pool. And, using CA, eliminated the need on a fusion weld to change state through solvent evaporation... in old age I'm become less tolerant of delay.

[redboat219]

Happy Easter.

CA? Why not a cohesive agent?

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

[Das Boot]

[Das Boot]

I built one of these as an Aurora kit, and I remember the little hatch at the top that showed the atomic reactor. How in the name of God, could you build an RC sub this small? What a glutton for punishment, but what a brilliant design. My hats off to you, David.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Will that 1.25" SD fit in the X-craft?
recommended receiver?

Yup.

Lipton-6 or the small Wfly receiver. Any number of small 75-72mHz receivers out there.

[redboat219]

Will that 1.25" SD fit in the X-craft?
recommended receiver?

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Just watched your latest youtube video about the 1/230 Skipjack.


what's her static trim?
How far up is sail submerged when stopped?

Only a quarter inch of sail projects into the air with proper trim established.

[redboat219]

Just watched your latest youtube video about the 1/230 Skipjack.


what's her static trim?
How far up is sail submerged when stopped?

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]