Skippies and Kiwis

[Flying Scotsman]

Painting is a skill laddie as spoken by one that knows when to throw in the towel but is very skilled in basic black procedures

Douggie

[Xzessperated]

Painting is a skill laddie as spoken by one that knows when to throw in the towel but is very skilled in basic black procedures

Douggie

LOL. I might have to go for never cleaning the boat just to hide the imperfections Douggie.
I could cover it in Packer stickers but the man on the Hill wants me to put paint on it. No paint, no props, were his words.

[andym]

Just to show my good faith young Patrick I have sent you 2 x x642 , 1 x x640 and that 7xl with cooling jacket. Got off my arse and posted today. Now please paint that abortion of a boat

[ozzie-crawl]

bloody hell, i go away for awhile and paddy is so upset he takes a friggen chain saw to a german built boat.
the boats name should be "ente ficker"
yes its a german name

[andym]

Duck more ficker, Ozzie this is the translation, with the words of Australia's greatest politician "Please explain"

[ozzie-crawl]

the duck bit is rite "ente"
ficker is close to what it sounds like, or what scots do to sheep

[ozzie-crawl]

well thought i would show what i have been up to.
we had a great race facility up here on the coast, a onroad race track that could take up to 1/5 scale cars and a offroad 1/8 scale track.
a lot of people and the club put in around $50,00 towards it and the council dropped in around $250,000.
it lasted 12 months and some fat hag complained and it was shut down
that was 3 years ago and why i got back into boats.
about 6 months ago a hobby shop put in a small indoor track,its very tigh and technical but lots of fun,hopfully he will get the place next door soon and thats 4 times the size.
any way here is a video of the crashing oops mean racing

http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=YhNU51SvS80

[andym]

Small is not the right word, I got dizzy after the first 30 seconds !!! Now I am sure I prefer boats, you never know when the next jump ( wave ) will get you

[matto]

paddy
here is the hull i bought off you mate. i copied bits and pieces from yourself and andy and come up with this. ran it yesterday with a m 447 and puffed the lipo (tp 30c 5000 mah) averaging 170 amps, i think cause last couple of runs in my rigger , a bit of moisture got into the batt. but new tp 45c battery on it's way, and away we go. boat ran good and i'm jibberin s#it cause i just got back from the raffels with a skinfull, but just want to say thanks to paddy and andy for your help and i can't wait to race this boat

[andym]

That carbon looks like it did the job, very nice. Is that a 1515 1 Y ? Send me that prop mate.

[matto]

yep 1515 1y, and it's the prop you done for me. i'm having a crack at a few props myself, m545, m645 just sharpening and balancing nuthin flash, but i'm thinking i might go 42mm props to be safe. but i might send you the props i've done so you can give them the evil eye if that's ok

[andym]

Yeah it is bog stock mate, I can send you a trick one and send me that one to replace it.

[matto]

no
you tip cupped this one slightly, and it balances ok, but if you want, you'll have to send me your address again and i'll send it to you no worries


he's a good egg this one

[andym]

Yep stock, have been working on one of these a lot. Made good speed and stability with reduced amps

[matto]

i'll send it monday andy, pm me your address, i might send a couple.
the boat was running a little loose, trim tabs backed right off, cog 30 wheres the percent key, blowing a gale but boat was pretty solid. 170 amps average ? must of been the batt on the way out?