You can FUZE the ferrel on the end by heating it till it is white hot and pushing the parts together. If cleaned well before this process the end product is durable. Map gas will get it hot enough.
This is my attempt at keeping the ship stable. Keeps the majority of the weight below the waterline. I'm going to use AL barrels because I already have the material and it's super light.
I am known to be the guy who does it "just to try it" lol, I'm thinking bow and stern single half unit guns. That way I can play sterns, AND go chase if/when I need to/feel like it.
And I was exceedingly tired. Tried to stay up. Failed. Woke up at 3:30am cuz I passed out too early. Lol.
Not much to post for the week as I've been very unproductive (as far as building boats goes). I did manage to mount the pump though. I'll be using a window washer pump with my custom printed lower for this ship. Hopefully it lasts, I think I'll get an esc for it so I don't have to run it full bore all the time. Discharge is through the subdeck with a converging/diverging nozzle to increase flow. Looks like Kevin is way ahead of me (not surprised, who can build faster than Kevin ) so I need to get moving. I have quite a few parts on order that are needed to finish this ship. Hopefully I'll have more progress to show next week.
Tromp had her seatrials today! Wait, what? The last photo I posted showed her not even close to being ready for the water. What happened? Well, I glued in the shafts, soldered the wiring, wired up spare components, finalized the co2 layout, sheeted the boat, built the SS, and now tried her out on the pond. So yeah, I've been getting stuff done. I just haven't been telling you guys. (except Kevin, who's probably getting tired of me sending him low resolution pics of my build ) But anyway, here are two photos from the trials today. She's underweight and too slow. I think 25 seconds was about tops. I'm going to try 1inch props to see if that speeds her up enough. She was VERY maneuverable though. She'd give my Suffren a run for her money I think.
I had a hard time getting my Mogador up to speed. Had to keep adding voltage. I think that's an issue with these smaller boats. They need a small energy dense propulsion plant. That's why I went with the 24v RS555's in the Atlanta. Always easier to dial it down than to dial it up.
I was using some 7/8" 3-blade props of unknown pitch. I ordered some 1" 4-blade high pitch props from BC in hopes that makes a difference.
Tried out the Tromp with 1in props today and the speed is much better. Also weighed her down to 5.25lbs with some lead and miscellaneous brass fittings. Even with some of the weight being positioned high in the hull, stability was barely an issue. Also have a little more SS glued on today.
Nearly there. I don't know how, but the motor gear on the BC dual output gearbox managed to chew all its teeth off today during a pond run. Disappointing, but I have more on order.
