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Now owned by Russian interests according to latest reports. Does that mean a new better yacht commissioned or just too expensive to keep on the books.
Great videos Mike and nice flying by Uncle G and Mike.
And now for Kermit
I don’t believe it was that dreaded eagle more like the Gods are finally seeking payback for all the dreadful things that the frog has done over the past year.
When you really think about it why did it happen on the last flight for the year
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Thanks to all who put in the hard work writing up and photo/videoing your races at the duck. Enjoy having a read each week of the days racing. Seasons greetings from WA or should I say the furnace, see the eastern states are now going to get the same. Hope you guys in Tas don’t get too much of it. Not sure but from the results over the last few months I have seen the green machine practicing finishing at the front end, maybe a new years resolution..
There are lots of instances of this, mainly toy RC vehicles being charged by kids and not understanding the dangers. The parents also are amazed that a small model can cause so much damage.
There was an instance over here a few years ago when a very experienced flyer charged his batteries in his expensive plane. Not something he normally does but he was running out of time. He always stayed around while on charge but this time his daughter came out to get some help with a DVD playing. By the time he got back to his garage he could not get in the door. Lost his garage and all his gear, luckily the fire brigade saved the house. Why it happened is unknown but it can.
At the moment I have my LiPo’s in fireproof bags but that takes a bit of room. Thinking of using metal boxes, vented, I think will be more space efficient. Had a look at a number of YT videos and there seems to be two schools of thought. How do you store yours?
As I said not sure if yours came with a Beili radio. If it did make sure you always turn on the Tx first and last on shut down. This yacht comes with a closed loop winch system and has set factory end points in the Tx. If you turn the Rx on first or you use a non standard radio the winch can turn out of its set range and mess up your sheeting. Normally I have looked at modifying the winch system of the yachts I have bought to a closed loop system as it is very positive in control. The Phoenix is the only yacht I have bought that has had this system as standard.
Winch system standard in Phoenix.
But as I cant help myself I could not leave it as standard. Replaced the winch servo with a 7.2v 25kg unit. Increased the diameter of the drum. Added a pulley to double the speed. And used a elastic tension system. All to get maximum sheet speed. Still to be proven but should work. This was all done some time ago and have since purchased a HV radio system so will install that and make the electronics simpler before launch.
New winch system.
Thanks Pred, I assumed it was the photo size. These photos were taken many years ago on a digital camera and were large. I used to convert them when posting on SS. For some time I have been using my phone to take pictures and then emailing them to my PC and downsizing them then. Totally forgot the picture resizing, sorry. Will down size in future. Was just sitting down to resize the photos and try and remember what I said, well it was 12 hrs ago. Glad it did save somewhere.
Hi Men
looks like a great day was had by all
You have no idea how sh…. I am that I can’t be there when the weather is great
I may come next time to annoy you all I may be able to put the Tundra in the sky with a bit of luck
Great pics and videos I look forward to looking at them
Cheers for now
The Gentle man Moose
Sorry for the delay, only just got back online. The Phoenix I have was bought from HK and did not include the radio gear. I don’t have any pictures fully assembled as it has yet to get there, in fact I have no idea where the rig went.
As it came
Bulb weight
Rudder did not fit well to hull
Comparing sails to Monsoon
It never got assembled as standard. This appears to where I got up to. The winch system was upgraded to double the speed. Also used a 7.2V winch servo with larger spool so I had to have dual power supplies ie 6 and 7.2V. Before I had a HV radio system. Looks like I also had a play with the booms and some reinforcing binding.
Also did a lot of under deck reinforcing of chain plates etc.
If you have one that came with a Beili radio be careful if you substitute a another radio. For some reason Beili have hard adjusted the end points of the winch control channel (3) down to about 80%. If you use a standard radio it will over drive the winch servo and create problems. We had a owner on SS1 who tried it and got into trouble. Basically you need to use a radio which has EP adjustment. The Beili Posiedon has the same problem.
If you have any questions I will try and answer them if I can.
Hopefully this is one of the yachts I will get on the water this summer. It is a nice looking yacht. How well it sails for me remains to be seen.
Sorry I tried to post a reply tonight but when I pressed submit it disappeared. I will try again tomorrow when I get some time. There was only 5 photos, maybe there is a size limit. I will resize them and try again.
Ha Kermit, since you guys all seem to have given yourselves cool usernames like Predator and Admiral or even Kermit I thought I’d do the same. But I’ll still answer to Big Bad Ben if you like!
Lots of excitement! Thanks putting up with the wee 65 getting in the way. A couple of times there I felt like a speed hump as the 95’s blasted past downwind. I can see I really need to get the B and C rigs working, though I probably made nearly as much in the lulls with the A rig, as I lost in the puffs.
Those 65’s are amazing boats, as are the 95’s when they accelerate downwind at warp speed.
Looking forward to next week, and I learned a lot today.
