Superstructure well on the way... Used conditioner tissues for the washing machine! my wife used them first of course... I've also done some planking...
(1/32) inch =0.079375 centimeters !!! This is a very big problem here in europe. I'm gonna have to go metric on this one and use 1mm balsa sheeting! would this be cheating?
Not really. Because every other boat you were fighting would (most likely) have to do the same. And if you ever came to the States for a battle, we'd probably waiver you.
done the aeriel... started with a bit of soldering I put a stripped copper wire into a piece of 3mm tubing and run the wire downwards, to eventually go below decks. added the wooden bits just got to do a bit of painting, and as you can see, the aerial wire is installed under the deck.
I got my cannons!!! Thanks to Battlers connection, I've got loads of gear to install at the stern a rotating (80/90 degrees) cannon, and a strait one looking forward.
Capt Doom&Gloom checking in... those wood boxes are known for being hard to seal and developing leaks. The plywood will inevitably flex places, especially around the poppets. I've seen mold and mildew farms result when captains didn't realize it, along with the dead electronics bits. They're hard to service pondside without compromising whatever watertightness they have. Also your ESC cant disperse heat effectively in a sealed box.
it's true for the boxes, I'll just change em every year. However, the esc is just thrown in for the foto and I'm not sure where to put it really. Or indeed how, it's waterproof, but not water tight! does anyone think a coat of epoxy will protect it?
1) great build thread I love the hood. 2) is that one of the esc's sold by strike? if so it should already be water proofed. If not you could coat it. I wouldn't use epoxy due to the overheating issue (at least thats what ive been taught). and as always more pictures please
lol, the ESC is from china; it got HOBBYWING written on it! However it works really well. I put on full power overnight at work, and in the morning it was still working, but a little warm. This is the problem I might face putting the esc under real conditions and therefore putting it under a real charge. I thought maybe epoxy to fill in the cable entries and some other coating on the rest. And of course remove the switch which serves nothing.
Can you get this in France? Electrical supply place might be able to help you out if you can't order it. Scotchkote major has some advantages, one of which is that it was made for sealing flexible wire splices in wet conditions - and it doesn't delaminate like liquid tape, and wont crack like epoxy can.
Yes I can, but I've found something similar which is used for aircraft. I'm very lucky as I work in an aeronautics college, so I can get all sorts of glues, resins and sprays I'm now working on the bilge keel.
