RE: the unofficial home of the dumas dauntless
[quote]ORIGINAL: kokaneezer Friend Rich- It appears you did not notch out your rear deck to recieve tabs for aft side walls, (page 123 foto 7) I like the look of that, did you alter aft cabin tab depth and leave side to rest flat on extended chine? Neatly done -Throgmorton [/quote] Hi Steve, I did not notch the rear deck. I sat the cabin tabs on the deck and then put the chines in place. Note that my chines stop just before the tab. On the full sized Dauntless there used to be trim there (chine) and they were painted grey so it tricked your eye a bit. Also, the hull deck and the cabins didn't align up perfectly so I took thin wood (wooden coffee stirrers) and built the deck inward so that the hull really hugged the superstructure. This also provided a platform for the chines on the cabin side. My chines on the cabin side are smaller than 1/8" so it looks more scale and less intrusive. Today because the superstructure (cabins) settled and moved a bit the tabs have a difficult time resting on the deck the way they used to. So now I have ball fastners that need to be installed under the aft cabin floor, engineroom and forward stateroom so that the superstructure clips into the hull very snug. This will plant the tabs back on the deck and the rest of the structure will look like it's built onto the hull. Eventually i'll get to it and report on it. I hope this answers your question. -Rich.
Posted on: 5/16/2013 3:23 PM by Author "Rich404" in the forum "RC Scale Boating"
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RE: the unofficial home of the dumas dauntless
Hellooooo Bill??? Are you out therrrrreee! -Rich.
Posted on: 5/15/2013 9:20 AM by Author "Rich404" in the forum "RC Scale Boating"
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RE: the unofficial home of the dumas dauntless
[quote]ORIGINAL: guapoman2000 Been following this nice thread and came across the use of a Computer Case Fan to be installed in the Hull for purposes of cooling the motors as I understand. I am a little confused because the Computer Case Fan really does not have the Forced Cooling that is needed to cool those Brushed motors with Internal Fan units. Regards, Carlos[8D] [/quote] Hi Carlos, I am using computer fans in my engineroom. They are not used for directly cooling electronics but will rather be used to regulate  room temperature because it does get really hot in there.. My engineroom is basically a sealed metal box filled with electronics so when the Astroflight motor fans blow through the motors the heat is released into the engineroom. Without the intake and exhaust fans all that heat has nowhere to go and will heat everything in the room.  Using duct work the computer fans will be used to pull outside air in and blow out the engineroom air outside the boat using working intake and exhaust louvers. There are two fans for intake and another two for exhaust louvers which can be seen on the side profile of my boat.  I still need to finish making the ducts and other items in the engineroom. For motor cooling, My Astroflight motors have factory external cooling fans on the shaft that will blow forced air through the motor case for cooling and they are in line with the electronic intake fans so the motors get fresh air. In addition The motors and speed controls are water cooled which is the bread & butter for keeping the electronics cool. Each motor and speed control has their own dedicated watercooling line so nothing is shared . In the next few weeks I am going to complete this system so stay tuned on how it will work. While on the subject, the four fans in the engineroom will have a servo operated on'off switch so the fans are not on at all times. Those fans will drain the battery in a heartbeat so this will allow me to flush the air once every few minutes. It would be nice to find a temperature sensor for this. -Rich.
Posted on: 9/18/2012 2:30 PM by Author "Rich404" in the forum "RC Scale Boating"
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RE: the unofficial home of the dumas dauntless
[quote]ORIGINAL: dauntlessfan Alright folks, trying again with pics of the aft deck's canvas top... [/quote] Hey Dauntlessfan, Mr. Rockefeller looks very cool under there!! Nice work! -Rich.
Posted on: 9/18/2012 1:25 PM by Author "Rich404" in the forum "RC Scale Boating"
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RE: the unofficial home of the dumas dauntless
[quote]ORIGINAL: 12skipper Hi Rich, Did you get my e-mail about the lights. They may be good for your interior lighting for "Dauntless"? Sailing season is coming to a close so I may be able to get back to my "Dauntless" soon. Chuck [/quote] Hi Chuck, The lighting on the Dauntless was already done. All I have to do is finish up the wiring on the hull side and they will work. -Rich.
Posted on: 9/18/2012 12:58 PM by Author "Rich404" in the forum "RC Scale Boating"
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RE: PT-311 (1:12 Scale) 6-Foot RC Electric Boat Model
Wow Carlos, it is looking good man!! I'm impressed by the speed you got out of that motor. I'm also glad that you got the shaft sorted. Keep up the good work.. -Rich.
Posted on: 9/16/2012 11:10 AM by Author "Rich404" in the forum "RC Scale Boating"
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RE: the unofficial home of the dumas dauntless
[quote]ORIGINAL: dauntlessfan Rich - I wouldn't be surprised if Laurence knew the Vom Hofe family personally, right? All - Another important detail of the model I've been putting off is the canvas shade for the rear deck. Tonight I finally dug in and got started by shaping the frame, soldering it together, and cutting a canvas piece to attach to the brass frame. I've tried for more than 20 minutes to upload pics. It fails every time. I'm getting messages like below. I'm REALLY ready to take this discussion elsewhere.... [i]500 - Internal server error. File is too large!!! There is a problem with the resource you are looking for, and it cannot be displayed.[/i] [/quote] I can't wait to see the added rear canvas... I think we will expand this forum elsewhere soon enough. I just need to get through this tax deadline & we'll get the ball rolling on that. -Rich.
Posted on: 9/15/2012 11:41 PM by Author "Rich404" in the forum "RC Scale Boating"
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RE: the unofficial home of the dumas dauntless
[quote]ORIGINAL: deep sky well i got the red on looks good so far have to redo the blue i think the molding on the shaft tubes came out good [/quote] Deja vu... good luck with the repaint. -Rich.
Posted on: 9/15/2012 11:37 PM by Author "Rich404" in the forum "RC Scale Boating"
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RE: the unofficial home of the dumas dauntless
Hi Dauntlessfan, I think along with that chair he likely had rods, reels and other accessories from Vom Hofe.. And to boot along with my other known facts I think I know where he bought it all... In the 1940's those items would have been purchased at the worlds greatest sporting goods store..Abercrombie & Fitch in New York City. Dauntless's china was also ordered through Abercrombie. It's amazing how today that company has nothing to do with it's roots. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Abercrombie_%26_Fitch -Rich.
Posted on: 9/15/2012 9:41 AM by Author "Rich404" in the forum "RC Scale Boating"
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RE: the unofficial home of the dumas dauntless
wow Dauntlessfan...that's the chair!! Dude I never would have thought to research it...you nailed it dude!! It looks like we need to start makin' up Vom Hofe chairs for our cockpits. The sport fishin' guys won't have anything on us!! That's a great historical tidbit Dauntlessfan!! Thanks for sharing that!! Now I think it's worth going the extra mile on the chair now knowing what it is...and with the measurements we can convert it to 1/16" scale and be consistant. Shweeeet! -Rich.
Posted on: 9/14/2012 9:17 PM by Author "Rich404" in the forum "RC Scale Boating"
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RE: the unofficial home of the dumas dauntless
The lights look great Dauntlessfan!!! I got word back on my motor. The contact on the comutator had a weak spot and the technician welded on a new piece and fixed the issue. The motor is being sent to me today. So far I like their service, they received and fixed the motor in a timely manner. I will let you all know when it is installed. Yay!! Now i'm going to get metal tubes to coil around the motors for cooling. -Rich.
Posted on: 9/13/2012 10:22 AM by Author "Rich404" in the forum "RC Scale Boating"
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RE: the unofficial home of the dumas dauntless
[quote]ORIGINAL: dauntlessfan You guys are so lucky to live near the ocean. Here in North Texas, low tide is called a drought [:D][:D][:D] [/quote] I am really looking forward to more Long Island Sound runs. Hopefully there will be no... -Rich.
Posted on: 9/12/2012 8:13 PM by Author "Rich404" in the forum "RC Scale Boating"
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RE: the unofficial home of the dumas dauntless
Hey Bill, Labor day is over so we have the Stamford beach back for running boats. I went during my lunch break and it was low tide. A girl walked out about 150' and it was only up to her knees. How bad I wished I had the Dauntless with me. Soon enough I want to do a photo shoot there and want to time it according to the tide. -Rich.
Posted on: 9/12/2012 7:34 PM by Author "Rich404" in the forum "RC Scale Boating"
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RE: the unofficial home of the dumas dauntless
[quote]ORIGINAL: dauntlessfan I'm using Blue Locktite as well for the prop nuts in my current setup and no problemos. [/quote] ditto...blue locktite and all is good... -Rich.
Posted on: 9/11/2012 8:20 PM by Author "Rich404" in the forum "RC Scale Boating"
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RE: the unofficial home of the dumas dauntless
[quote]ORIGINAL: guapoman2000 If you can, I would love to see what you do for a stuffing tube, etc... as I am trying to learn, if you can of course. Keep up the drive! Carlos[8D] [/quote] Hi Deepsky....This is a good question for you being that you just did the stuffing tubes. Please explain this process to Carlos so that he has a better understainding on what to do. Thanks. -Rich.
Posted on: 9/10/2012 4:14 PM by Author "Rich404" in the forum "RC Scale Boating"
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RE: the unofficial home of the dumas dauntless
Very cool Dauntlessfan!! Hi Bill, I know it takes some work climbing aboard to get that shot, thanks! This is inspiring me to finish up that detail. -R.
Posted on: 9/10/2012 11:33 AM by Author "Rich404" in the forum "RC Scale Boating"
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RE: the unofficial home of the dumas dauntless
[quote]ORIGINAL: rblubaugh BTW, do you think the long delays in posting might have anything to do with the fact that this forum is so large? [/quote] According to a moderator a long time ago the answer to that question would be 'NO". It doesn't matter if the forum is big or small. A good way to test this is to try to post replies in smaller or newer forums on RCU and compare notes. If the newer forum allows you to post significantly faster then you have some info for the mods. -Rich.
Posted on: 9/10/2012 7:18 AM by Author "Rich404" in the forum "RC Scale Boating"
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RE: 2012 Christmas Gifting
Hi Lee, Refresh us of the rules. -Rich.
Posted on: 9/10/2012 6:52 AM by Author "Rich404" in the forum "RC Boats General Discussion"
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RE: Sterling 48
[quote]ORIGINAL: All Day Dan Unfortunately both of the plastic screws that hold in the brushes were stripped in one of the motors. . Dan. [/quote] It's also a shame that they don't sell parts for their older motors. There are still so many Astro Super Ferrite 25-40's in working order and they should accomodate simple things like those plastic screws especially because they do strip so easily. On another note to bobs point, this forum is so much faster than the Dauntless one. -Rich.
Posted on: 9/10/2012 6:47 AM by Author "Rich404" in the forum "RC Scale Boating"
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RE: Sterling 48
[quote]ORIGINAL: All Day Dan I got the two motors back from Astro Flight on Tuesday. Unfortunately both of the plastic screws that hold in the brushes were stripped in one of the motors. [/quote] Hi Dan, that's horrible to hear about your motors...I think that with the prices they charge they should be ashamed..I am in the same boat as you so hopefully the results are better. A few years ago before they discontinued the Astroflight Super Ferrite 25 I bought a pair brand new for the Dauntless. I just took them out of their original boxes first time a week ago and put them in my boat. It was then that I found that one of the motors were defective. When I put power to it nothing happens but when I turn the shaft by hand it suddenly comes to life.. So I sent it to Astroflight on Friday for servicing. I hope these guys put care into the motor because the results will be posted online. In my book it is already a strike that they weren't careful when servicing your motor. -Rich.
Posted on: 9/10/2012 6:40 AM by Author "Rich404" in the forum "RC Scale Boating"
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RE: the unofficial home of the dumas dauntless
Hi Dauntlessfan, Man I love the way your boat is looking. By seeing how all the details are coming together in the bridge definitely makes it play the part. The boat is am amazing piece of art. I also like the blue light that shines behind the seat. What is that? It looks cool wherever it is coming from. I have an extra block that I will send you. I have not been home in a few days because of work obligations but when I do get home I will drop it in the mail for you. I should be home hopefully by the end of the week. It is brass and will give your davit nice detail. It is small & light so shipping is nothing.. Hopefully Bill will show you his so you have a better idea on how it looks. -Rich.
Posted on: 9/10/2012 6:24 AM by Author "Rich404" in the forum "RC Scale Boating"
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RE: the unofficial home of the dumas dauntless
[quote]ORIGINAL: Sound Sailor I might have to sea trial Red Baron with an esc that I have with lower power. Bill [/quote] If that's the case make sure you have Folly on standby in case the magic smoke gets released from the ESC. I don't mind if they take a little while rebuilding the motor as long as they do it right. If this year is anything like last we may end up running boats all winter long..Wouldn't that be a hoot... Once the motor comes back I am going to wrap water cooling coils around both motors and hook up the water lines. Between that and the fans I think she will run cool. Remember that air chamber thingy I built a while back...I decided to use it in the engineroom after all. It will be set up near the ceiling to pull out the hot air and air lines will be set up at the exhaust vents to exhaust the air outside the boat. I thought of this after running the Astro 25's and noted how warm it was in the engineroom. So after busy season at work ends, the rebuilt motor and all the motor cooling devices goes in. Then another round of sea trials. -Rich.
Posted on: 9/9/2012 2:08 PM by Author "Rich404" in the forum "RC Scale Boating"
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RE: the unofficial home of the dumas dauntless
[quote]ORIGINAL: dauntlessfan Houston... we have a davit...[:)] [/quote] Hi Dauntlessfan & Deep...lookin' good guys!!! My starboard motor is crossing the U.S. and is on it's way to California to be serviced. I will let you all know when I hear more. I think it's going to be rebuilt. -Rich.
Posted on: 9/8/2012 6:56 PM by Author "Rich404" in the forum "RC Scale Boating"
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RE: the unofficial home of the dumas dauntless
Great information Bill!! -Rich.
Posted on: 9/7/2012 7:05 AM by Author "Rich404" in the forum "RC Scale Boating"
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RE: the unofficial home of the dumas dauntless
[quote]ORIGINAL: rblubaugh DF, It looks good but I have a question, maybe more. Bob [/quote] Okay Bob...when are you going to stop being an arm-chair quarter-back & get into the game? I want to see some action coming out of Bob's shipbuilding corp. -Rich.
Posted on: 9/6/2012 2:39 PM by Author "Rich404" in the forum "RC Scale Boating"
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RE: the unofficial home of the dumas dauntless
Very nice job!! I remember when my boat looked like that! Good stuff!! -Rich.
Posted on: 9/5/2012 11:13 AM by Author "Rich404" in the forum "RC Scale Boating"
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RE: the unofficial home of the dumas dauntless
hmmm the side wake is close... ;) -Rich.
Posted on: 9/4/2012 9:37 AM by Author "Rich404" in the forum "RC Scale Boating"
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RE: the unofficial home of the dumas dauntless
Hi Dauntlessfan, I also cannot wait to do the bow too. I'm going to do the bow, the toe rails and the cleats all in one segment... When you are inspired to do the cockpit seating & venturi give me a call & I will gladly help you with a gameplan. The Venturi is pretty easy once you got the concept down. Hi capn's... I spoke to Astro & they will gladly fix the motor for me. By the time I am done with busy season I should have the motor ready to be dropped back into the boat. I plan on running the boat until just before the ponds freeze over...She should hopefully be tuned lovely by then...Then i/mgoing to get the lights to work & finally off to my favorite place.. to the world of detailing... :) -Rich.
Posted on: 9/4/2012 9:30 AM by Author "Rich404" in the forum "RC Scale Boating"
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RE: the unofficial home of the dumas dauntless
These scenarios are good to give me an idea what i'm looking at... Tomorrow I will call Astroflight and see how well they back up their products... I did the break in on Sunday & had to hand turn the motor to get it to go. I was hoping that after the break in it would be fine... -Rich.
Posted on: 9/3/2012 2:36 PM by Author "Rich404" in the forum "RC Scale Boating"
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RE: the unofficial home of the dumas dauntless
Hi Deepsky,I am not a wiz on the inner working of electric motors but can an armature be replaced?-Rich.
Posted on: 9/3/2012 2:24 PM by Author "Rich404" in the forum "RC Scale Boating"
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