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Re: Engel Gato SS212
« Reply #100 on: June 29, 2016, 09:36:38 pm »

HI Alan
sent you a PM with address
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Re: Engel Gato SS212
« Reply #101 on: July 01, 2016, 11:47:20 am »

if this cant be fixed John I have a couple of them here spare


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Re: Engel Gato SS212
« Reply #102 on: July 01, 2016, 08:23:32 pm »

HI Mark
       Thanks for the offer if i can not fix it i will send you a PM but hopefully if it has not ripted the tracks  off the board should be able to fix it
    All the best John
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Re: Engel Gato SS212
« Reply #103 on: July 02, 2016, 10:13:07 pm »

HI Alan
      I have fixed your board it had ripted some of the tracks off the PCB board, repaired the tracks and fitted bits back on will post it back to you on Monday
               All the best John
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Re: Engel Gato SS212
« Reply #104 on: July 03, 2016, 07:56:11 am »

 :-))many thanks.
will try to be more careful next time,next job juggle new batts and extra ballast.
cheers john.
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Re: Engel Gato SS212
« Reply #105 on: July 03, 2016, 09:58:05 am »

He's a clever old boy, is our JR...
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Re: Engel Gato SS212
« Reply #106 on: July 03, 2016, 04:50:20 pm »

 :D people like john are all what the hobby is about.
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Re: Engel Gato SS212
« Reply #107 on: July 03, 2016, 05:47:01 pm »

He's not a bad lad, bless his little cotton undies...
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Re: Engel Gato SS212
« Reply #108 on: July 03, 2016, 10:51:29 pm »

HI Alan and Richard
       Thanks for the comments i do like to try and help people if i can, any way Pauline is going to post it back tomorrow when she is out at work. I have just brought myself a new spectrum analyzer and a new 4 channel scope so that should keep me out of trouble for a while
               All the best John
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Re: Engel Gato SS212
« Reply #109 on: July 04, 2016, 08:53:01 am »

 :-X will the analyser work out where all my money goes ?
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Re: Engel Gato SS212
« Reply #110 on: July 04, 2016, 09:05:44 pm »

HI Alan
    Sorry to say it won't tell you where all your money is going, but it will tell you lots of other things but we won't go to far in to that. Pauline sent your board back today should get it by 1PM tomorrow
    All the best John
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Re: Engel Gato SS212
« Reply #111 on: July 05, 2016, 07:15:50 am »

hi john.
maybe its the 14 model boats,3 submarines and a few other toys ,that lot cost well over a tenner.
thanks again john.
alan the skint
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Re: Engel Gato SS212
« Reply #112 on: July 06, 2016, 03:45:02 pm »

 :-))s d u arrived ok.
again thanks a lot john
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Re: Engel Gato SS212
« Reply #113 on: July 06, 2016, 05:57:28 pm »

Yea John a electronic genius and help me out loads. forever greatfull for all the bits i blown and he got working again.
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Re: Engel Gato SS212
« Reply #114 on: July 06, 2016, 08:38:27 pm »

HI Alan
    Glad you got the board OK hope it works OK for you
   All the best John
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Re: Engel Gato SS212
« Reply #115 on: July 06, 2016, 08:47:13 pm »

HI TIM
      You know i don't mind helping you have helped me with bits that's what it's all about, didn't see you on Sunday as i went flying.


      Bo our Bosc Monitor has gone in the mirror web page Maplins in Loughborough has got a poster in the window Reptiles welcome, and they won't to come out and do pictures and a story it has started to go a bit mad he is a celebrity will have to charge for pictures soon
      All the best John
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Re: Engel Gato SS212
« Reply #116 on: July 30, 2016, 04:35:14 pm »

hi john,
what material are you using for gasket,i am using silicone gel sheet 2mm thick. I have had to remove top a couple of times and the gel sheet seems to stretch. this has resulted in a leak or two.
cheers alan b
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Re: Engel Gato SS212
« Reply #117 on: July 30, 2016, 09:58:57 pm »

HI Alan
     I use silicone bath sealent to make the gaskets, what i do first is the poly carb sheet has had all the holes drilled to match the holes on the pressure plate top so they all line up with the bolts that are bonded in from underneath once i know all this is lined up then i spray PVA mould release agent on the under side of the poly carb sheet i then apply about 1/2 inch thick silicone bath sealent around the screws on the top of the pressure plate forming like a cone shape all the way down the center line of the screws i now place the poly card sheet down on to it and to make it so that the poly card sheet can not compress to much of the silicone out i place on the edge of the poly card sheet about every 5 inches apart M4 nuts to use them as spacers and then i put some M4 nuts on the bolts to keep the poly carb sheet down to stop the gasket miss shaping leave it for about 4-5 days while the silicone is going off the beauty about using the PVA is when you won't to pull the poly carb sheet off the new formed gasket just put it in the bath let it soak in water and the PVA will just dissolve leaving a dead smooth gasket. But what i should have said is you can go around the edges and cut any excess of silicone gasket away before you put it in the bath.
         
     Trouble is if you are trying to put a gel gasket on to the pressure plate top that is 2mm thick you have got to bond it down to stop it from moving  around, what i would do is to put a bead of silicone on to the pressure plate top then put the gel gasket down on to it then put the poly carb  sheet down on to the gel gasket and put some nuts or bolts which ever you are using to squeeze out any excess silicone from under the silicone gel sheet. But to be honest i always make my own then i can make them as thick as i won't them.


     Trouble is with alot of silicone bath sealent the fumes that come off it will attack electronic components until it has gone off so i always try to do this before i put any thing in the sub
     Hope it helps All the best John       
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Re: Engel Gato SS212
« Reply #118 on: July 31, 2016, 04:56:00 pm »

see your point about the gasket on the move.just done the fore and aft covers gasket plus bond with sealer result ok.making a new top for main cover just found a hairline crack from one of the holes uphill aint the word.
many thanks for info.
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Re: Engel Gato SS212
« Reply #119 on: August 01, 2016, 11:38:19 am »

hi john.
going ok now a little more ballast in hull,new top made,due to space left I have 3 7.2v 4600mah packs in the boat,any ideas what kind of charger for these 3 in parallel not to concerned how long the charge takes.
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Re: Engel Gato SS212
« Reply #120 on: August 01, 2016, 10:11:58 pm »

HI Alan
      One of the chargers i use is a few years old now but the charging software is very good plus you can charge your main battries in your sub and charge your transmitter at the same time, it is a graupner ultra duo plus 30  and I'm sure you can still get it. I brought a IMAZ B80 charger/discharger that works quite well but i did a bit of reworking on the balancing for the Lipos trouble is today it is not worth trying to make chargers because there is so many out there which is so cheap, but then again you only get what you pay for.


       Glad to see you are making progress on building your Engel Gato it is alot of work which you are finding out, but i can say i would not like to make mine again the thing that slows me down is having to design the electronics.


                      All the best John
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Re: Engel Gato SS212
« Reply #121 on: August 02, 2016, 04:59:02 pm »

hi john.
am I right to assume you can parallel charge with this type of charger on nimh batts.
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Re: Engel Gato SS212
« Reply #122 on: August 03, 2016, 07:27:33 pm »

HI Alan
     The first thing i would do if you was putting 3 packs together in parallel i would charge each pack on it's own till it is fully charged then put the 3 packs together and leave them connected together that way you can discharge and charge them all together. I have got 4 packs connected in my Engel Gato and it works fine, and with that Graupner charger you can parallel charge them and just alter the time that the charger will stay on for charging and you can alter the charge current
     Hope it helps John
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Re: Engel Gato SS212
« Reply #123 on: August 03, 2016, 10:05:21 pm »

John,
What amp do you charge your NiMh? do you use 1 amp, 0.7 amp, or what?
Peace,
Tom
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Re: Engel Gato SS212
« Reply #124 on: August 04, 2016, 05:03:24 pm »

hi john and all.
a club member has just found me a jamara x-peak 3 plus charger does lipo  nimh the lot should do the trick,in answer to the last post from salmon 14 cells charge @21v 2.3amp. 1.5v per cell
5cell 7.5v @5.00amp
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