Fogwall
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Eastbourne, United Kingdom
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Re: More Ducks Than Boats at Southport MBC Today.@zooma Not Ducks, and I may be making a load of assumptions here, but I wonder if anyone else has noticed this: many years ago I used to sail a a small electric powered tug at the long demolished lake at The P…♥ 6 likesRe: British Toy Boats.@DodgyGeezer That site is a mine of information and useful tips. Some years back I utilised the dacron fishing line idea from there in order to provide rudder control to my ‘remastered’ Veron Titan tug as its …♥ 10 likesRe: British Toy Boats.@zooma You make an interesting point and remind me of a discussion I had with an aero-modelling friend some years back (he used to fly at Aughton, Halsall and Woodvale, places you may be familiar with). We agr…♥ 10 likesRe: Question ' How important is scale in today model boat world?'@ColRay I have a tendency to OCD which I think affects many model makers but can be channelled to good use. However for working models which are often seen at a distance out on a lake, I’d go with Chris’s answ…♥ 4 likesRe: Futaba FP-T6nLK transmitter and FP- R105M receiver help@roycv Good to hear some others out there are still using old school gear in its original form. I was beginning to think, probably correctly, I was being a bit eccentric. I sail Fleet 90s era 40Mhz sets and Ma…♥ 1 likeRe: Futaba FP-T6nLK transmitter and FP- R105M receiver help@Karoq Hi, As far as I'm aware that's correct.♥ 1 likeRe: Futaba FP-T6nLK transmitter and FP- R105M receiver help@Karoq I hate to be a downer on this: I’m sure others can help on the electronic issues involved, but I think using a 35Mhz set in an R/C boat is illegal. That frequency is for aircraft only. I you’re using ‘o…♥ 1 likeRe: Speed Control@Rookysailor Hi. They're shown on the website but most of them have been out of stock for well over a year. I enquired a a while ago if they'd be making more. I think the intention was to do so but suspect it …♥ 2 likesRe: Speed ControlI’m no expert on this but it’s also one of my bugbears. My understanding is that it’s caused by the relatively high operating frequency of modern PWM controllers which make the motor coils act like loudspeaker…♥ 2 likesEarly Radio Control ExperiencesHi Bob. I think this is what you're after. I remember them well. It was considered a bit of a weird arrangement by my aeromodelling mate as he seemed to think it implied a pilot with 3 hands 🤔. The later ones …
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