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1. HappyHaggis🇬🇧

   Sub-Lieutenant·4 months ago

   Yes sorry it was a typo and thanks for letting me know 😊. My phone always says a damn "b" to it and as I type at 100mph amd often at 4am I never notice 😂

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2. tomarack🇨🇿

   Sub-Lieutenant·4 months ago

   It is a truly beautiful model, unfortunately with mixed feelings I take the liberty of correcting the name of the model. It is the SMS Emden..
   See > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_Emden_(1916)

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3. IGinBasel🇨🇭Silver

   Petty Officer 1st Class·4 months ago

   . . . what a wonderful combination: a pre-WW1 warship and an Arduino GPS. Looks like you're in for a rather hectic summer!

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4. HappyHaggis🇬🇧

   Sub-Lieutenant·4 months ago

   Yes she didn't look too frightening though the 18 guns along with torpedoes and her speed made her the success she was. I still have several to add though my resin printer is currently sick. It was her masts that took me back as these where broken. I can't get over how tall they where on the real ship. Wouldn't have like to shuffle up them to maintain the top.
   
   My model version is about to get another slight refit with smaller motors and a new rudder to single prop mix.
   
   I have an Arduino gps autopilot to fit for summer which will allow me to set a course and it'll follow that until i flick a switch on my transmitter. Can have the course as a constant slow loop around the pond so i can sail other boats 😀

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5. IGinBasel🇨🇭Silver

   Petty Officer 1st Class·4 months ago

   The video works perfectly well on my laptop; media viewer possibly not installed??? An interesting model, the original being over 100 years old. By the way, is that really the entire armament this cruiser had; does not look very frightening . . . Ian

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6. HappyHaggis🇬🇧

   Sub-Lieutenant·4 months ago

   Thank you. They are fairly tall. This isn't our normal pond so normally its easier to launch without having to lean right down. I don't know how thr wee pond is dropping when its not stopped raining for a month 😂.
   
   I fly rc planes in the rain too. Internals stay dry and if water does manage to get in everything including the receiver is waterproof. I've never had any issues sailing in rain or snow. Transmitter normally goes into a bag over my hands if its torrential rain and I'll stand in the shelter though find it very therapeutic being able to listen to rain hitting the pond whilst sailing at the same time. Rc helicopters are even better since you see the vortex of the rain under the rotors 😊

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7. Ronald🇨🇦

   Fleet Admiral·4 months ago

   Nice video Scott
   
   Those are very tall masts on there. You could use some launch and retrieval slings. Save yourself some back strain and possible model damage.
   
   Always surprised by how you folks are out in the rain. I though our electronics were not to be exposed to rain?

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8. HappyHaggis🇬🇧

   Sub-Lieutenant·4 months ago

   YouTube

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9. HappyHaggis🇬🇧

   Sub-Lieutenant·4 months ago

   Strange i'm adding the video link and its there when i edit but not showing

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10. PhilH🇬🇧

    Lieutenant Commander·4 months ago

    No video that can see
    Philuk👍

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