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motor for large paddle steamer. Advice required
Wow what a great project. Regarding the motors, I would use standard motors or similar and run through reduction gear boxes. Cheers and look forward to the progress. Ian
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motor for large paddle steamer. Advice required
Thanks Algon! Good shout. I'll have a nosey. Yes she is flat bottomed. We are unclear on where she came from. There was a theory that the hull was a ship builders test piece. I dont have the exact weight yet ... but it is a two man lift. Sa …
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motor for large paddle steamer. Advice required
Maybe the drive system from a larger RC tank? Having independent control of each paddle could help in steering such a large model. It looks like the hull is flat on the bottom. Was it originally a display model? How much does she weigh? Som …
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motor for large paddle steamer. Advice required
Hey Mike, Thanks for your encouragement! (love the photo of your paddler!). You are correct .... the car will end up in the street! We needed to bring the hull here in a van! Maybe get hold of a canoe rack for the top of the Land Rover. Wil …
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motor for large paddle steamer. Advice required
Hi Alessandro. Thanks for your message. Yes - you did understand correctly! My intention was to use electric motors to make RC easier. I have attached photo for you. See what you think.
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2nd voyage on Lake Paterno of the 1:60 scale model of a schooner-armed steam gunboat, assisted by a
Hi Doug, thanks so much for your reply. You're right. Only one relay of this type is enough. The second is useless. I redid the drawing. The question was in message #35. I didn't translate all the parts of your reply correctly, but I get th …
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2nd voyage on Lake Paterno of the 1:60 scale model of a schooner-armed steam gunboat, assisted by a
Sorry Alessandro, Re 'I wanted to return to my question.' But what was your question? Also can you explain what exactly you are trying to do and why you are wasting an unnecessary relay on the right in your wiring diagrams? Also you are was …
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2nd voyage on Lake Paterno of the 1:60 scale model of a schooner-armed steam gunboat, assisted by a
Good evening everyone, after the long discussion about AGM batteries, I wanted to return to my question. If you don't want to read the entire message because it's too long, you can read the questions at the end and, if you'd like, give me y …
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2nd voyage on Lake Paterno of the 1:60 scale model of a schooner-armed steam gunboat, assisted by a
Hi Roy, there are hundreds of models and types of AGM batteries. Furthermore, other non-AGM VRLA types, even more expensive ones, have different and often better characteristics.
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2nd voyage on Lake Paterno of the 1:60 scale model of a schooner-armed steam gunboat, assisted by a
Hello Alessandro, I thought there maybe a new perhaps lighter and better SLA battery around. I have used Cyclon cells, lead acid, but very similar in actual discharge capacity to NiMh cells. They do not seem to be around much any more. Thes …
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2nd voyage on Lake Paterno of the 1:60 scale model of a schooner-armed steam gunboat, assisted by a
Hi Roy, you're right, my answer to your question could be labeled TLDR; however, if you notice, the first part (divided by the series of dashes) is very short and succinct. For the second part, I myself advised that the rest could be skippe …
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2nd voyage on Lake Paterno of the 1:60 scale model of a schooner-armed steam gunboat, assisted by a
There is nothing personal here for you, I was surprised the new technology in batteries had gone into small batteries. I just wondered how many members of this forum were aware of the batteries now in their cars. I mentioned my experience, …
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2nd voyage on Lake Paterno of the 1:60 scale model of a schooner-armed steam gunboat, assisted by a
Hi Roy, I think you're a bit off track. You wrote: "Cars with stop/start function have to use a different battery than the standard type battery and cost twice as much." Well, I never actually said I used batteries for the start/stop functi …
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2nd voyage on Lake Paterno of the 1:60 scale model of a schooner-armed steam gunboat, assisted by a
Thanks for the detail. Cars with stop/start function have to use a different battery to the standard type battery and cost twice as much. Quote:- One technicality though, a normal lead acid battery cannot run this system, so special batteri …
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2nd voyage on Lake Paterno of the 1:60 scale model of a schooner-armed steam gunboat, assisted by a
Hi Roy. The AGM batteries I used are those in the first three photos. There are different voltages (V) and electrical charges (Ah) for this type of lead-acid battery. For simplicity, I'll refer to the FIAMM brand. I currently use three inex …
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2nd voyage on Lake Paterno of the 1:60 scale model of a schooner-armed steam gunboat, assisted by a
Hello Allesandro, I did not know you can buy small Absorbant Glass Matte batteries? I have one in my car as most people will have who have stop start technology fitted. Let us know where to find them please. Roy
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2nd voyage on Lake Paterno of the 1:60 scale model of a schooner-armed steam gunboat, assisted by a
MODIFICATIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS The receiver on the 1:60 RC model has eight channels, so I have a few free channels. Adding LEDs would be very easy, but I wouldn't know how to make them realistic; I should have thought of that during the des …
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2nd voyage on Lake Paterno of the 1:60 scale model of a schooner-armed steam gunboat, assisted by a
Sorry, the initial title is wrong. The lake is Turano, not Paterno. So, as for the plans. Of course, I need to make sure the cameras are working properly the day before the water test, and that's a given. I want to use my smartphone by tryi …
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2nd voyage on Lake Paterno of the 1:60 scale model of a schooner-armed steam gunboat, assisted by a
Good evening everyone. As I mentioned in a previous message, I wanted to share with you some resolutions and improvements I'd planned for the third upcoming water trial. But before this message, a few considerations come to mind. I don't mi …
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2nd voyage on Lake Paterno of the 1:60 scale model of a schooner-armed steam gunboat, assisted by a
A few of you got it right about history, especially on that of the model you have. Plastic kits might have a short paragraph on the history of the kit printed on the side of the box. Perhaps that instilled in me to do the same for those tha …
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2nd voyage on Lake Paterno of the 1:60 scale model of a schooner-armed steam gunboat, assisted by a
Thank you so much Stevedownunder for your kind words, much appreciated. Thanks to everyone who liked the videos, not just likes.
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2nd voyage on Lake Paterno of the 1:60 scale model of a schooner-armed steam gunboat, assisted by a
As I have said before, come for the model boats, stay for the history . . .
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2nd voyage on Lake Paterno of the 1:60 scale model of a schooner-armed steam gunboat, assisted by a
Lew I am done on this subject https://www.puyalluptribe-nsn.gov/news/puyallup-tribal-language-consultant-publishes-first-comprehensive-analysis-of-the-many-native-names-for-mount-rainier-%25CA%2594uhuy%25C9%2599x%CA%B7-ti-d%E1%B6%BBix%CA%B7 …
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2nd voyage on Lake Paterno of the 1:60 scale model of a schooner-armed steam gunboat, assisted by a
And the point... ? Lew
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2nd voyage on Lake Paterno of the 1:60 scale model of a schooner-armed steam gunboat, assisted by a
This evening I was continuing my post storm clean-up (nearing the end) and found an article I had written in 'The Florida Frontier Gazette" (winter 2006). It was about Seahorse Key while in the hands of the Confederacy during the US CW. The …
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2nd voyage on Lake Paterno of the 1:60 scale model of a schooner-armed steam gunboat, assisted by a
Ronald, I see that what you posted was from Wiki. It is listed that the naming convention for the 23 gunboarts was based on Native American Indian tribes. I guess that the US government didn't have Wiki back then to rely on accuracy. Anyway …
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2nd voyage on Lake Paterno of the 1:60 scale model of a schooner-armed steam gunboat, assisted by a
Okay, Ross, I'll try editing with "Morning" in the background. I don't have the audio file available right now. If you have it and want it, you can PM me.
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2nd voyage on Lake Paterno of the 1:60 scale model of a schooner-armed steam gunboat, assisted by a
Thank you Lew I was wondering what the balance was between sail and boiler. So, sails were more for an emergency, used when the boilers couldn't function?