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SimpleSailor Bronze

Lieutenant · 1,832 pts Stamford, United Kingdom Member since Mar 2014 Last online 3 hours ago Age 74

370 Posts 5 Followers 4 Boats in harbour 3 Build blogs

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SimpleSailor’s harbour

4 boats

Clyde harbour tug "ARRAN"

I decided to renovate a very old model tug which belonged to my Dad. This has been in the family for over 8…

13 5 3 years ago

Fairey "Maybe"

I have just been fixing this boat up. It was built in about 1962 by my dad from his own plans. Made from Ba…

18 6 3 years ago

3 D Printed boat "Out-Spam"

This is my first attempt at a fully 3D printed boat. Made from PLA+. Finished in Acrylic paint with hand cu…

16 8 3 years ago

(Naval Ship) KD Perkasa MTB

Plywood 1:24 scale MODAV kit from 1976. (Motor: Turnigy AquaStar 4084 620Kv) (ESC: Turnigy AquaStar 160 Amp…

1 0 5 years ago

SimpleSailor’s build blogs

3 blogs

Powered Hopper Barge

Hi. After my exploits with the Hybrid Barge hull design I have now started work on a powered barge. This will be using a Kort nozzle. Pic…

7 1 2

10 months ago

Hopper Barge

A friend of mine has asked me to make him a Hopper type barge to tow behind his tug. He already has a scratch built shoe box, but it does…

12 7 6

11 months ago

Update on Hybrid Hull

I have decided to go with the Fig 1 Hull. This is a L58 x W15 x H12 cm section, four required. For anyone interested the cost per section…

9 8 11

11 months ago

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Plivez Leading Seaman AlessandroSPQR Fleet Admiral Ronald Fleet Admiral SouthportPat Commodore Mike Stoney Rear Admiral

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Forum reply Re: Question of the Day? @TonyAsh Hi Tony. You can access past questions in the new system. It is not obvious. There is a previous button at the top. I have done it and did work. 21 6 days ago Forum reply Re: SHIP MODELING: WHICH MODEL COMPANIES ARE STILL ACTIVE? WORLD OVERVIEW, CHARACTERISTICS AND PECUL Hi all. I couldn't see Deans Marine UK on the list so just in case here it is. https://www.deansmarine.co.uk/ 11 15 days ago Forum reply Re: Question of the Day? @SouthportPat: I agree with you Pat. However it could be the Ai lulling us into a false sense of security before increasing the complexity of the questions. Wa… 21 29 days ago Forum reply Re: Question of the Day? The only thing I can say about todays question is, I got it right. However I did have help. Stephen might have missed it in his update of the site. Prior to th… 21 1 month ago Forum reply Re: Question of the Day? Please keep the QOD going. But what a change to the web site. It will take some getting used to. The only thing missing is the answers bar which gave an indica… 21 1 month ago Forum reply ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS SWITCHING FROM A MAIN BATTERY TO A SPARE BATTERY, FOR SAFER NAVIGA Nice one Mirangi. That should work, I like the latching idea and the use of a LM393 comparator. It should cut out any chance of relay chatter.As suggested I wo… 8 169 1 month ago Forum reply ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS SWITCHING FROM A MAIN BATTERY TO A SPARE BATTERY, FOR SAFER NAVIGA Hi Alessandro Just noticed on your schematic. You need to remove the positive feed from the BEC on the ESC which goes to the RX. Only have the power coming fro… 8 225 1 month ago Forum reply ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS SWITCHING FROM A MAIN BATTERY TO A SPARE BATTERY, FOR SAFER NAVIGA Good spot Mirangi. The RX needs a separate battery. 8 218 1 month ago Forum reply ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS SWITCHING FROM A MAIN BATTERY TO A SPARE BATTERY, FOR SAFER NAVIGA Hi Alessandro. If you try the system shown in both diagrams you might get some relay chatter. When the first battery gets too low in voltage to remain energise… 8 197 1 month ago Forum reply Question of the Day? Well, once again we have a load of bol..cks being asked. It asks about a line that holds the sail up. The tack holds the sail down and is not a line. I quote f… 21 448 1 month ago

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