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my Dumas Tuna Clipper Build with pic
« on: January 09, 2013, 06:35:14 am »

hi
 i am  attempting to build the DUMAS Tuner Clipper  my progress so far with pic



DUMAS KIT not very fancy







cutting the keel in half to fit the stuffing box














lining up the frames on the board







fitting the deck shelf










fitting the pullpit deck and marking out the pice i decided to remove from the for foot to give the elision of more rake in the stem




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piece removed





shaping and fitting the bow blocks


















more pic later on my glue will be dry now  O0 [/size]
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« Reply #1 on: January 09, 2013, 03:20:02 pm »

This is looking good. Keep up the log , please, must say I want to know more about the ship now. will start looking.
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Re: my Dumas Tuna Clipper Build with pic
« Reply #2 on: January 09, 2013, 03:24:51 pm »


 Yes looking good!

  .... the photos would also pass for some sort of abstract art project!   ok2
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« Reply #3 on: January 09, 2013, 08:02:41 pm »

 
Was there any 'hardware' in the kit or just the 'wood'.
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« Reply #4 on: January 09, 2013, 08:10:17 pm »

Thanks for sharing your build. There's a lot of valuable information there on model boat building techniques.

Thanks again

Jim.
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« Reply #5 on: January 09, 2013, 10:17:39 pm »


Was there any 'hardware' in the kit or just the 'wood'.
hi mate
very basic hardware shaft ,small 2 x BLADE  plastic prop , rudder ,and tube ,tiller arm ,railings ,i will post a pic of the contense of the bag that came with the kit
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« Reply #6 on: January 09, 2013, 11:58:40 pm »

ok her is some more pic


fitting the S2 that it what its called on the plan?



fitting the precut sides






fitting the pre-cut bottom panels


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 planking the rest of the bottom, masking tape was my friend here










this is my home made plank soak er filled with 50/50 water and cloudy ammonia you can tiy the planks in a knot after they have been soaking in there for 1 hour
they dry out back to natural color










last planks going on the stern section

















the hull is all planked now  the brown marks are from my little hot gun to hurry up the slow drying superglue  :}  (i had a couple of planks that dident go round the turn of the bilge to good so i redid them )












now to take it off the board and do the bulwarks and clean it up and sand it and glass it 





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« Reply #7 on: January 10, 2013, 12:29:44 am »

ok more pic


con tense of hardware bag












bulwarks going on





lots of Guerrilla  glue here  :}












lots of cleaning up to do do on the in side damn [size=78%] [/size][size=78%]Guerrilla[/size]






[size=78%]this is what it is supposed to look like when its [/size]finished ????


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« Reply #8 on: January 10, 2013, 12:30:37 am »






not my model


some real pic of tuna clippers





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« Reply #9 on: January 10, 2013, 09:54:19 am »

ok more pic


con tense of hardware bag





Bob,
 
Thank you looks like a large model  :-)) :-))





























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« Reply #10 on: January 12, 2013, 03:20:18 am »

ok some more progress yesterday








starting to shape the flair in to the bow blocks this will take a will to get it wright ,im going to flair the wallworks out from  the deck to
the plan shows just leaving them plumb witch looks stupid on something with so much flair on the out side and it makes a big ugly cap rail round the prow


a tip for anyone  building this one use the bulwark template to double skin the inside of the bulwarks as there's only 2  frames to hold them up one at the for deck and one at the stern ( very weak) it all so gives the look of a capping  rail  ok2









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« Reply #12 on: January 23, 2013, 03:24:15 am »

all my stuff arrived to day from HARBOR MODELS  O0
i need some advice on mounting the SERVO its a lot higher  then i though ?
is center over the keel the best place ?
can i lay it down ?
is there a setting in side [size=78%] to stop the arm going over center ?[/size]

[size=78%]( im haveing trouble posting more then one pic at a time ) [/size]
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« Reply #13 on: January 23, 2013, 03:49:36 am »


new 60mm prop



i need some advise on installing the rudder servo
its taller then i would have liked ,can i lay it down ?
is in the center over the keel the best place to  mount it? look like the best place at this stage ,
is there a setting in side it to limit the swing of the ARM ? it goes about 200 deg at the moment before it hits the internal stop stop









can you tel me what is the  thing im pointing the pencil to on the instruction sheet ? and all so the blue thing to the left i don't have ether of these


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« Reply #14 on: January 23, 2013, 08:50:27 am »

My guess is the Receiver and a switch in that order.


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« Reply #15 on: January 23, 2013, 09:03:20 am »

The thing being pointed at is the RX, the blue thing is a servo.
You can mount a servo anywhere you like, in any attitude.  The servo doesn't care.  On the cenreline is only favoured because there is least weight balance problem, and the steering linkage setup is simplest to figure out.  As a rule, both the tiller arm and servo arm, at rudder centered and TX stick centred, should be at right angles to a line drawn through their respective pivots, and preferably on the same side.  This gives an equal response both sides.
Although the servo can be shoved round through 200+ degrees, when controlled by the radio, you get about 45 deg each side, the mechanical stop inside the servo is to prevent the servo destroying the position sensing pot.
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« Reply #16 on: January 23, 2013, 09:30:53 am »

OK thanks for that info
does the small plug with 3 light wires on  MY servo ( pic above )  plug in to the the RX unit ?



the ESC has the the same size plug on it also do both of them plug in to the RX when i get it thanks




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« Reply #17 on: January 23, 2013, 10:15:12 am »

Bob,
 
Nice prop any idea which 'brand'?
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« Reply #18 on: January 23, 2013, 11:02:19 am »

Bob,
 
Nice prop any idea which 'brand'?


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« Reply #19 on: January 23, 2013, 11:35:45 am »


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the ESC has the the same size plug on it also do both of them plug in to the RX when i get it thanks


Yes they do.  The servo will be the  tiller and the speed control will be the motor speed.

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« Reply #20 on: January 24, 2013, 08:49:17 am »

did a bit more to day i fitted the engine beds and lined up the motor and shaft
bit hard to see with the white glare of the 2 pak resin








the hull shape looks a lot better now i have the water line on ( FIRST COAT OF white 2 pack  polley u 400


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« Reply #21 on: January 24, 2013, 10:42:01 am »

OK thanks for that info
does the small plug with 3 light wires on  MY servo ( pic above )  plug in to the the RX unit ?



the ESC has the the same size plug on it also do both of them plug in to the RX when i get it thanks




ESC

The ESC should have come with instructions - if the RX is part of a set, that should have instructions, too.
A look here -  http://www.modelboatmayhem.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=6169.0  should help.
The TX should have clues near the sticks to indicate which stick belongs to which channel - the receiver probably also has its channels numbered.  The 3-way plug normally plugs in so that the black or brown wire is nearest the edge of the RX board.
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« Reply #22 on: January 25, 2013, 04:31:35 am »

hi guys
i gave the TC a run in the pool to day just the motor connected up to a 12V moped battery just holding on to it   , WOW this thing has some serious bollard pull
wanted to pull the stern under  :-))
im now thinking 6V might be plenty  :o
how do i measure the amperage its drawing under load with a multy meter ? which setting do i put it on /and is it across the Pos / NEG terminals
thanks






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« Reply #23 on: January 25, 2013, 07:41:29 am »

You need a multi-meter with a setting of 10amp. Most of the cheap digital meters have that. Set the meter to the 10amp setting, which usually uses a separate socket for the positive lead.


Connect the positive lead of the meter to the battery positive and the the negative lead to the wire you've taken off the battery. In other words wire the meter in the circuit from battery to motor. It is not advisable to run like this for more than a few seconds if you are drawing more than 1 or 2 amps.


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« Reply #24 on: January 25, 2013, 12:37:31 pm »

thanks ill try it out
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