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Hey gents here is a couple more pics of my progress. the struts for the shaft support is in place. sorry it took so long for more pics, I had some camara issue's and couldent post enjoy Tom
Hi Oliver,Prop shaft A frames position. I can't recall a problem with mine. I have just dug out the kit build instructions and they do refer to "drill out A frame markings in the hull" so presumably yours are omitted?If it helps I have just measured my actual hull - A-frame centres (sorry centers) are 60mm from the extreme end of the stern. My prop shaft ends are 6mm from the A-frame centres. The fixing is important because if you get it wrong the props are in danger of fouling the rudder on helm limits. If you have doubts fit the rudder first and the prop shaft holes in the hull and you should be able to arrive at a satisfactory position for the A-frames before bonding in the shafts. Hope this helps. Remember the small holes for the A-frames can always be filled if wrong - the crucial thing is to be sure of everything before bonding in the prop shafts as that is difficult to undo! By the way I did what DM suggested and replaced the A-frame pins with brass wire for added strength. Another thought - probably posted somewhere before - I more or less doubled the size of the rudder as with the original rudder teh model has a VERY BIG turning circle Robin
sorry Oliver i have been away for a coulpe days. the distance from the prop blade tip to the bottom of the hull i used from the Deans kit drawings ( the stern view looking FWD). then i made my template out of styrene and drew everything onto my template. after i was satisfied with my measurements i traced everything onto my hull. take your time and it will come out right IF you cut into the hull and the cut is in the wrong place DONT PANIC the cut can EASILY be fixed with some polyester resin hope the pic shows a good view of what i did. you can see the index spots for the kit shaft support struts in the photo and how i modified the placement for my own shaft supports struts. i also found a center line on the hull and used that as a "baseline" to measure from. Tom
here is the latest work on the engineering spaces. i built the motor housing out of polycarbonate then measured some stand-off's i bought at an electronics store and samwitched the motors into a kinda of "power unit" i can remove if i have to. i got the idea from looking at modern armored vehicles like the M1 Abrams and the Leopard 2. Tom
Im trying direct drive first with these motors. i am runnin these on 12volt i guess i can lower the voltage if i have to high RPM's though. thanks Dick