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Yet another boat in need of some TLC that I bought recently.
An Aerokits Sea Commander.
As you can see by the pictures. There are a few bits missing and some of the ply has delaminated (front half of the keel and a couple of bulkheads). My skills aren't such yet that I feel I could strip it down and replace those parts, so for now at least, my intension is to inject adhesive between the laminations, clamp them securely until the adhesive has cured. At least this will get some more strength back into them and help preserve it until I feel brave enough to do the job properly.
Like my other boats, this will also be brushless and lipo powered.
An Aerokits Sea Commander.
As you can see by the pictures. There are a few bits missing and some of the ply has delaminated (front half of the keel and a couple of bulkheads). My skills aren't such yet that I feel I could strip it down and replace those parts, so for now at least, my intension is to inject adhesive between the laminations, clamp them securely until the adhesive has cured. At least this will get some more strength back into them and help preserve it until I feel brave enough to do the job properly.
Like my other boats, this will also be brushless and lipo powered.
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She soaked up water through the keel. Many hours work later she was on the water with a 750 motor and gel battery. Quite a turn of speed.
She now has lith battery and brushless motor. First build and a great boat.
Unfortunately I didn’t complete it and it was put away. Now is a good time to complete it and I am getting all R/C equipment and fittings together to complete it.
Most of the blue paint now removed, just a few more areas that need some more work. As I said previously, the area around the stern tube that was previously thought to be fibreglass, turned out to be body filler, so still chipping away at that to get it all removed.
After I have finished getting all of the paint and filler off, i can resin the keel and around the stern tube to make sure that they are water tight. Then it's sand and seal the hull, ready for primer.
At least, I think that's the plan 🤔
Will
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Will
Hi Will,
Where do you buy your TLC?
I could use summa dat 😁😉
Happy renovating 👍
Cheers, Doug 😎
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Most Aerokit Boats were designed for a Diesel
Sea Commander was 2.5cc Sea Queen 7.5-10cc
The Sea Queen ran well with a Taplin Twin
My current clubs do not allow IC Engines at all
Cheers
Ian
"never let the truth get in the way of a good story" is an adage that is always worth remembering 🤣
Stay safe!
Bob.