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  • He Who Shall Not Be Named
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    • Aug 2008
    • 13696

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    Who is John Galt?

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    • redboat219
      Admiral

      • Dec 2008
      • 3512

      #3587
      Will that 1.25" SD fit in the X-craft?
      recommended receiver?
      Make it simple, make strong, make it work!

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      • He Who Shall Not Be Named
        Moderator

        • Aug 2008
        • 13696

        #3588
        Originally posted by redboat219
        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.
        Who is John Galt?

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        • Das Boot
          Vice Admiral

          • Dec 2019
          • 1572

          #3589
          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.
          Last edited by Das Boot; 04-03-2026, 07:42 PM.
          Of the approximately 40,000 men who served on U-boats in WWII, it is estimated that around 28,000 to 30,000 lost their lives.

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          • Das Boot
            Vice Admiral

            • Dec 2019
            • 1572

            #3590
            Of the approximately 40,000 men who served on U-boats in WWII, it is estimated that around 28,000 to 30,000 lost their lives.

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            • He Who Shall Not Be Named
              Moderator

              • Aug 2008
              • 13696

              #3591



































              Who is John Galt?

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              • redboat219
                Admiral

                • Dec 2008
                • 3512

                #3592
                Happy Easter.

                CA? Why not a cohesive agent?
                Make it simple, make strong, make it work!

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                • He Who Shall Not Be Named
                  Moderator

                  • Aug 2008
                  • 13696

                  #3593
                  Originally posted by redboat219
                  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.

                  Who is John Galt?

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                  • Subculture
                    Admiral

                    • Feb 2009
                    • 2515

                    #3594
                    I wonder why they put raised detail on the hydroplanes where there are ventilation holes are on the original?

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                    • He Who Shall Not Be Named
                      Moderator

                      • Aug 2008
                      • 13696

                      #3595
                      Originally posted by Subculture
                      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).
                      Who is John Galt?

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                      • redboat219
                        Admiral

                        • Dec 2008
                        • 3512

                        #3596
                        Mold pattern maker must have gotten confused

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                        Make it simple, make strong, make it work!

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                        • He Who Shall Not Be Named
                          Moderator

                          • Aug 2008
                          • 13696

                          #3597
                          Originally posted by redboat219
                          Mold pattern maker must have gotten confused

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                          YOU ****'n RIVET-COUNTING, CRITICAL , ARM-CHAIR SPOUTING SON's OF *****'es!!!!!!

                          An otherwise perfect little X-Craft kit and you poop all over it for some little miss-steps like THAT!

                          I buy you books... I take you to school... and what do you do???... you eat the ****ing Teacher!!!!
                          Last edited by He Who Shall Not Be Named; Today, 10:44 AM.
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