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You should have been there at 7.00am, high tide no weed, beautiful sunrise – best part of the day!
But really, a couple of our lot had other things on and had to leave early and everyone else sort of followed.
A bit more done.
The rubber strip installed around the gunwales.
Again using another 3D printed jig to cut the 90 deg. corners.
In the old boat I used to have radio issues if I went down to restaurant past the jetty, so I have fitted one of the new ExpressLRS radio systems to try out.
The receivers are tiny, use the same protocol as TBS Crossfire but the software is opensource, as in Open TX, there are a few different manufactures making the hardware.
They say up to 40Km is possible in ideal conditions. (in the air)
The Tx and Rx’s have Wi-Fi on them so you can flash / update them without removing them from the model.
I won so many last year, I thought I would give you a chance, even down to lending you my battery so I couldn’t take any video.
Some tips for next time, charge up the camera batteries and don’t film to much sky and be nice to the judge.
From the words of another polly, PLEASE EXPLAIN”
When you did your walk of shame to the other side of the canal, in your video, you showed poor Dave’s boat on the shore and laughed at his misfortunes after he had tried to rescue you. but you didn’t show your boat in the same position that was there for most of the morning. – FALSE NEWS
P.S. But there was a lot of laughter down our end when someone yelled out – the green boat ashore again! (not me)
The replacement flight controller turned up yesterday,
So after a lot of soldering and programming, it was installed in the boat and tested.
Hand rails and temporary windows were then installed.
Here she is sitting on her PVC pipe stand.
Next jobs are to fit the rubber strip around the gunwales and work out how to hold down the roof.
A special thanks to Kermit today!
Not only did he predict the great weather, he filled in for the President, was official gate opener, greenkeeper, safety officer, cook, and chief photographer, and still found time to fly his planes and give us some lessons on how to fly.
My video from today,
What do you mean “US” There is only “ONE” skipper with green yachts.
Oh, That’s right, it doesn’t matter anyway because you can’t get out of bed so you will be safe.
