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Well, it certainly looks the part but if you get much more firepower onboard you wont be able to get off the ground.
Today I got back to the 10R, the deck putty coat has been sanded back & I just finished the final coat of primer. A quick sand all over in the morning & she is ready for the top coat.
The plan is to spray the deck first, then when finished & dry, up-end it and spray the hull & keel. Hopefully it all comes out OK.
Should be ready to cut & polish then reassemble by Sunday.
Below is a mock-up of the signage ready for my new Vinyl Cutter!!
In the RC world I think this will become my new favourite tool, well maybe after the Tevo Tornado 3D printer.
Whilst having a bit of a chat with Col @ Lauderdale yesterday he mentioned that he had recently purchased a Vinyl cutter for doing his sail numbers & logo’s etc and that the said machine was currently on special at one of the local haberdashery shops for $299.00.
Given the amount of money I spend in a year having my favourite signage shop produce boat names/ plane names, logo’s etc I quickly figured this was a pretty good deal.
After doing copious amounts of research on line overnight I headed off to Spotlight this morning & laid my money down.
The instructions left a bit to be desired (as they often do) but the Brother DC200 Design N Cut performs well and is actually quite easy to use after you throw away the instructions and watch a couple of the after-market videos on YouTube.
A couple of the features I really like is that although there are only 20 built in fonts in the editing software Brother have developed (and posted on line for free) a font converter that will convert virtually any font installed on your PC for use with the DC200. Over the years I have installed numerous custom fonts on the PC and all that I have tested so far have converted fine. Another nice feature is that the converted fonts are still fully scalable.
The other nice feature is that the design screen is calibrated so you only need to cut your vinyl slightly larger that your design and then position it on the cutting sheet in the same position as you see on the screen which equals very little waste. I am only using craft vinyl (same as used to cover school books) and the machine cuts it perfectly and much faster than me with a pair of scissors.
Only early days yet but I’m suitably impressed.
The machine
The Design Software
My first attempt
Illusion is an imported font @90pt & LRYC is a built in font @ 20pt (its very small & fiddly but came out perfect).
Nice one Kermit.
Next time you are going up let me know & I will loan you a couple of GoPro cameras, then with multiple cameras you can get real creative.
Certainly is a very scenic place for flying. I reckon FPV would be great down there as well.
Just a quick note to say there have been several updates to my 10R build but because I have been updating the original post they do not show up in the indexing of New Posts.
This should rectify that issue.
Mike.
Thanks Colin for another fine report and big thanks to everyone who regularly turns up and races @ Puddleduck with their 65’s or 95’s.
If next year I can get 95 “Abigail” performing anywhere near as well as 65 “Illusion” I will be very happy. If not, well Ill just continue to be an also ran in the 95 stakes and still thoroughly enjoy the days & the company.
All the best to everyone for the soon to be upon us Christmas & New Year.
PS. The website should be reverting back to RCToysTasmania.com in the next 24 hours so if you can’t find dftasmania.com in the morning you now know where to look.
Good stuff Pete, I have always found Plaig Bearings staff to be most helpful & a pleasure to deal with. Every time I have ordered their delivery service has been second to none but to still get that prompt delivery this close to Christmas is excellent.
Looking good.
As long as he flies as good as he looks.
What are you going to do to house the battery, receiver & ballast weight and how will you attach the motor?
Yes, motivation is what we need, especially at this time of the year.
With a bit of luck, when the 10R is completed I will still be motivated enough to finish my A Class as well.
Got the stand made & the keel epoxied in and then it came to a grinding halt.
All the internal woodwork is complete, just need to install the closed loop Sail-winch set up & relocate the Rudder Servo then the deck can go on.
Pete, I generally fill the void in the boom vang (between the bearings) with marine grease to keep the water out as once it gets inside there it tends to stay and corrode the bearings from the inside. As for the outside, a good rinse in fresh water after EVERY sail in salt water and a drop of very light (sewing machine) oil to top and bottom bearing should keep the corrosion away.
Ah yes imperfections, can’t complain though given the price!! Still a bargain.
I will need to do some timber work around the hatch cut outs to reduce their size slightly and strengthen the joins as it was only the many layers of paint holding the unbraced butt joints between the sheets. Nothing a bit of marine ply & epoxy won’t fix though.
