fid2b
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Norfolk, Norfolk, United Kingdom
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A real one!I wouldn't say this is the inspiration but it is a missile boat of approximate specs! It's an Iranian design so maybe most of them on the seabed by now.
♥ 4 likes193 viewsLittle more...And it is a little, changing jobs and families keep us all busier... Anyway, I have done a bit to the superstructure. What I amusingly refer to as the weapons deck, IE where the missile launchers and torpedo t…
♥ 4 likes220 viewsRe-start.Ooh look, 9 years later I'm doing a bit more, it's sat on the top of various wardrobes over the years but now it's back. There's a 2mm deck and some superstructure and even some possible Sterodent torpedo tube…
♥ 4 likes409 viewsSlowly does it.That's interesting, didn't know that! Always thought it only became a cardan when a short shaft had a UJ at each end to to change the drive plane. Live and learn!😁♥ 1 like779 viewsSlowly does it.All getting involved now! I suspect it looks worse in the pictures because the prop thrust will definitely pass over the rudder although perhaps not ideally. And I don't have a cardan shaft, just a uj because …♥ 1 like779 viewsSlowly does it.Ah well, thanks for that! I think you and Sonar are quite right, and no doubt better qualified to comment. Certainly the motor could be lower but I hesitated about moving it forward because of the weight distr…♥ 1 like778 viewsSlowly does it.Mines a bit more than that! in all truth I am no a boat designer so I just look at things in a practical way and while I absolutely agree with what you are saying I also know the old fireboat works ok for me. …♥ 1 like776 viewsSlowly does it.I would tend to agree! The more it pushes forward the better of course. But I largely copied my 36" fireboat and to get the prop dia options up to about 50mm it needs quite a angle. I didn't want to complicate…♥ 1 like775 viewsMTGMBEasier to form lower skins than I thought, laminating from the 32thou helped a lot.
+1♥ 4 likes9 comments3,376 viewsSlowly does it.After a long pause I am as far as propshaft, motor and rudder installation. I need a servo next but spent all my pocket money climbing a mountain in Wales this month. it was good but wet. The motor lives on th…♥ 4 likes776 views
♥ 4 likes193 viewsLittle more...And it is a little, changing jobs and families keep us all busier... Anyway, I have done a bit to the superstructure. What I amusingly refer to as the weapons deck, IE where the missile launchers and torpedo t…♥ 4 likes220 viewsRe-start.Ooh look, 9 years later I'm doing a bit more, it's sat on the top of various wardrobes over the years but now it's back. There's a 2mm deck and some superstructure and even some possible Sterodent torpedo tube…♥ 4 likes409 viewsSlowly does it.That's interesting, didn't know that! Always thought it only became a cardan when a short shaft had a UJ at each end to to change the drive plane. Live and learn!😁♥ 1 like779 viewsSlowly does it.All getting involved now! I suspect it looks worse in the pictures because the prop thrust will definitely pass over the rudder although perhaps not ideally. And I don't have a cardan shaft, just a uj because …♥ 1 like779 viewsSlowly does it.Ah well, thanks for that! I think you and Sonar are quite right, and no doubt better qualified to comment. Certainly the motor could be lower but I hesitated about moving it forward because of the weight distr…♥ 1 like778 viewsSlowly does it.Mines a bit more than that! in all truth I am no a boat designer so I just look at things in a practical way and while I absolutely agree with what you are saying I also know the old fireboat works ok for me. …♥ 1 like776 viewsSlowly does it.I would tend to agree! The more it pushes forward the better of course. But I largely copied my 36" fireboat and to get the prop dia options up to about 50mm it needs quite a angle. I didn't want to complicate…♥ 1 like775 viewsMTGMBEasier to form lower skins than I thought, laminating from the 32thou helped a lot.+1♥ 4 likes9 comments3,376 viewsSlowly does it.After a long pause I am as far as propshaft, motor and rudder installation. I need a servo next but spent all my pocket money climbing a mountain in Wales this month. it was good but wet. The motor lives on th…♥ 4 likes776 views