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Re: A Krick Alexandra, but.... different...
« Reply #50 on: February 23, 2024, 04:01:53 pm »
Thanks!

It seems that I am one of those "hit&run" builders that builds a boat (the functional part) then waits forever before finishing it, and WHEN finishing, it is short bursts of single details at a time...
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Re: A Krick Alexandra, but.... different...
« Reply #51 on: February 24, 2024, 11:20:30 am »
As a fighter for the interests of seafaring people, I am a staunch opponent of unmanned vessels... So...





and in my 32 years at sea, I have learned the hard way, that sailing without coffee, is a resolute impossibility... (Heck, LIFE without coffee cannot be sustained IMHO)

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Re: A Krick Alexandra, but.... different...
« Reply #52 on: February 25, 2024, 03:56:11 pm »
And single-handed sailing is utterly boring, so:






The coffee mugs were made from loose items (caps of plastic vials, the handle a piece of black insulated 0,75mm2 electric wire).


Now I'm looking for something that can mimic a thermos... Because a coffeemaker is too hard to do (and not very realistic... :D)
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Re: A Krick Alexandra, but.... different...
« Reply #53 on: February 25, 2024, 04:00:19 pm »

Looking Good!

(  You just need to put    [img ] [ /img]    around your photo Links - No Spaces  )   :-))
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Re: A Krick Alexandra, but.... different...
« Reply #54 on: February 25, 2024, 05:06:40 pm »
Quote from: Martin [Admin] on February 25, 2024, 04:00:19 pm

Looking Good!

(  You just need to put    [img ]http://[ /img][/img][/color]    around your photo Links - No Spaces  )   :-))





Thanks! I continuously amaze myself because I am totally not a "details" freak normally... A sudden outburst of coffee mugs and crew... Thinking about how to simulate a thermos... Heck, it's like I'm not myself today.Thanks for the tip on the pics, I'll keep that in mind! (and thanks for inserting a few for me  :-)) )
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Re: A Krick Alexandra, but.... different...
« Reply #55 on: February 25, 2024, 06:13:55 pm »
Just as an experiment with martins's tip for the pics:

Glueing in the windows, I smudged a bit of glue on them as can be seen here:




cleaning them with car wax improved the front windows considerably:



Whaddayaknow... it WORKS...

Thanks Martin!
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Re: A Krick Alexandra, but.... different...
« Reply #56 on: February 26, 2024, 06:12:28 pm »
OK... now I am officially overdoing it...

As I said, I am normally NOT a guy that loses himself in tiny details...

So I guess I can officially say I got a bit carried away:



You can't sail without coffee, but engineers need tabacco as well... Hand-rolled... :p
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« Reply #57 on: February 27, 2024, 03:16:38 pm »
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Re: A Krick Alexandra, but.... different...
« Reply #58 on: March 08, 2024, 11:57:36 am »
:D last week I showed the video above to one of my colleague engineers at work, and his first and immediate remark was "that sound is fake, you edited a recording of a real engine over it"...

I had to show him a more close-up vid of the engine to convince him... :D :D :D
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Re: A Krick Alexandra, but.... different...
« Reply #59 on: March 08, 2024, 12:39:36 pm »
That's because so many are used to hearing the electrical buzz saws fitted to many of our toy boats and not 'Propper' engines. Wonder if a Mastiff would blow his auditory receptacles?


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« Reply #60 on: March 08, 2024, 02:25:43 pm »
The guy was, like me, a marine engineer. Don't know if he had any affinity to modelling though...
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Re: A Krick Alexandra, but.... different...
« Reply #61 on: April 13, 2024, 09:01:29 pm »
Just because it was a nice and relaxing hour at the waterfront...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NSF377WN7Q
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Re: A Krick Alexandra, but.... different...
« Reply #62 on: May 02, 2024, 08:29:32 am »
The little engine that could, racked up 22 hours since this project was maidened, bringing total waterborne runhours to 30...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wy_8oFOjbGU

Additional to that it spent some (not exactly accounted for) 45 hours of testing, about 7 years ago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW8TD3qvjws

Amazing resilience against the abuse I subjected it to over the years :D


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Re: A Krick Alexandra, but.... different...
« Reply #63 on: September 12, 2024, 10:57:50 pm »
In the months since last post, another 8 runhours have ben gathered, this evenings session consisted of 1,5 hours non-stop with two refuellings (running engine), for a whopping fuel consumption of 19 ml in total.

This thing does not cease to amaze me.
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Re: A Krick Alexandra, but.... different...
« Reply #64 on: May 17, 2025, 02:15:07 pm »
Quote from: 1967Brutus on October 31, 2023, 10:18:31 am
But with a little it luck it will be barely visible once the salon is done:





This servo (Hitec HS81, approx 1 kg/cm) apparently was not strong enough, it caved in a few weeks ago. Dead as a doornail.
Replaced it for a slightly larger, but 3 times stronger servo, Robbe RovoR FS 0270 MG BB, that is claimed to pull 3 kg, ballraced and metal gears...



That should do it...

EDIT: apparently, that old Hitec allready spent quite a while dying... A short test in the bathtub showed a HUGE improvement in precision and fine-control.
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Re: A Krick Alexandra, but.... different...
« Reply #65 on: May 19, 2025, 07:02:18 am »
Quote from: 1967Brutus on May 17, 2025, 02:15:07 pm

This servo (Hitec HS81, approx 1 kg/cm) apparently was not strong enough, it caved in a few weeks ago. Dead as a doornail.
Replaced it for a slightly larger, but 3 times stronger servo, Robbe RovoR FS 0270 MG BB, that is claimed to pull 3 kg, ballraced and metal gears...



That should do it...

EDIT: apparently, that old Hitec allready spent quite a while dying... A short test in the bathtub showed a HUGE improvement in precision and fine-control.

Working out nice: https://www.facebook.com/100003496789015/videos/pcb.9539298439529954/9942206222538288
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