liteflight

Fascinating build log, Steven, and the direct cause of me learning a New Thing ( despite being careful). I found more about the barracouta, and found it’s the same fish as Snoek, which anyone with a UK or South African background will have heard of.
It’s Sunday name is Thyrsites Atun, which suggests a relationship to the Tuna/ Tunny/ Atun family, but anyone who has seen one would conclude it’s a distant relationship, as it’s common name of Snake Mackerel suggests
 
My hat is well and truly off to the fishermen who ventured out through the Narrows each day to fish in the Bass Strait.  

Fascinating build log, Steven, and the direct cause of me learning a New Thing ( despite being careful). I found more about the barracouta, and found it’s the same fish as Snoek, which anyone with a UK or South African background will have heard of.
It’s Sunday name is Thyrsites Atun, which suggests a relationship to the Tuna/ Tunny/ Atun family, but anyone who has seen one would conclude it’s a distant relationship, as it’s common name of Snake Mackerel suggests
 
My hat is well and truly off to the fishermen who ventured out through the Narrows each day to fish in the Bass Strait.  

Well understood!  I was not suggesting the the paddles were motorised ( but great idea!)
I just mount the solar pump beneath so that the jet points backwardish and the craft imitates the actions of a squid in jet mode

Late, but pursuing!
In UK English the very top end of the chuffed scale is “Chuffed to little Naafi breaks”
Dont ask, as I don’t know.
For non-UK citizens:  NAAFI is the organisation who dispense “tea and wads” to the armed forces
Presumably in time of war a rest in the vicinity of a NAAFI van was a relatively wonderful time
 
great models, Steven.  Good plan and well executed
 
Note:  the wee models would run on a flat floor on their paddles; could be motorised, and if ballasted could perform in the bath.
BFO:  solar fountain ( as used in all my birdbaths to prevent mosquito larvae) reassembled to put solar cell on roof and pump attached beneath boat gives steady silent solar propulsion
Might be eye catching as a sales aid in a small round basin near the point of sale 

Late, but pursuing!
In UK English the very top end of the chuffed scale is “Chuffed to little Naafi breaks”
Dont ask, as I don’t know.
For non-UK citizens:  NAAFI is the organisation who dispense “tea and wads” to the armed forces
Presumably in time of war a rest in the vicinity of a NAAFI van was a relatively wonderful time
 
great models, Steven.  Good plan and well executed
 
Note:  the wee models would run on a flat floor on their paddles; could be motorised, and if ballasted could perform in the bath.
BFO:  solar fountain ( as used in all my birdbaths to prevent mosquito larvae) reassembled to put solar cell on roof and pump attached beneath boat gives steady silent solar propulsion
Might be eye catching as a sales aid in a small round basin near the point of sale 

Well understood!  I was not suggesting the the paddles were motorised ( but great idea!)
I just mount the solar pump beneath so that the jet points backwardish and the craft imitates the actions of a squid in jet mode

Late, but pursuing!
In UK English the very top end of the chuffed scale is “Chuffed to little Naafi breaks”
Dont ask, as I don’t know.
For non-UK citizens:  NAAFI is the organisation who dispense “tea and wads” to the armed forces
Presumably in time of war a rest in the vicinity of a NAAFI van was a relatively wonderful time
 
great models, Steven.  Good plan and well executed
 
Note:  the wee models would run on a flat floor on their paddles; could be motorised, and if ballasted could perform in the bath.
BFO:  solar fountain ( as used in all my birdbaths to prevent mosquito larvae) reassembled to put solar cell on roof and pump attached beneath boat gives steady silent solar propulsion
Might be eye catching as a sales aid in a small round basin near the point of sale 

Well understood!  I was not suggesting the the paddles were motorised ( but great idea!)
I just mount the solar pump beneath so that the jet points backwardish and the craft imitates the actions of a squid in jet mode

Late, but pursuing!
In UK English the very top end of the chuffed scale is “Chuffed to little Naafi breaks”
Dont ask, as I don’t know.
For non-UK citizens:  NAAFI is the organisation who dispense “tea and wads” to the armed forces
Presumably in time of war a rest in the vicinity of a NAAFI van was a relatively wonderful time
 
great models, Steven.  Good plan and well executed
 
Note:  the wee models would run on a flat floor on their paddles; could be motorised, and if ballasted could perform in the bath.
BFO:  solar fountain ( as used in all my birdbaths to prevent mosquito larvae) reassembled to put solar cell on roof and pump attached beneath boat gives steady silent solar propulsion
Might be eye catching as a sales aid in a small round basin near the point of sale 

Wire will make the strongest, especially if you use steel wire.  I’m not sure of the diameter of the stanchions and rails but at the scale I would guess they would be in the 1 to 1,5 mm region,
You could consider different materials like plastruct extruded sections ( ABS material ) which can be joined by solvent welding, but they might not be strong enough take even light handling.
Brass is easy to cut, solder and finish.
If you use steel wire - do not use the wire available in model shops, as this is Piano wire ( music wire to our US cousins) which is high-carbon, very hard and stiff and therefore quite difficult to cut to identical lengths, bend to repeatable curvatures, etc.  Engineers would say it is almost glass-hard.
Soft iron wire is probably too soft, but is easy to work, bend and solder*.  Samples are florists wire and some fence wire.  Bunnings do big hanks of garden wire - might be worth a look.
 
Piano wire can easily be tempered back to a useful hardness - same as your Uhfbert sword, but much faster ‘cos of its thinness.  Heat to dull red and allow to cool in air will produce very soft temper
 
*With the correct flux!
 
Sorry, I have rabbitted on too much.  
soldering easily learned - especially when shown the method.
Probably Pat’s resistance soldering setup is readily controllable and he might share his wisdom about it

4 secrets** of good soldering:
Cleanliness
Cleanliness
Right Flux
Cleanliness 
Enough Heat!
 
**. Like the Garden of Five Surprises

Wire will make the strongest, especially if you use steel wire.  I’m not sure of the diameter of the stanchions and rails but at the scale I would guess they would be in the 1 to 1,5 mm region,
You could consider different materials like plastruct extruded sections ( ABS material ) which can be joined by solvent welding, but they might not be strong enough take even light handling.
Brass is easy to cut, solder and finish.
If you use steel wire - do not use the wire available in model shops, as this is Piano wire ( music wire to our US cousins) which is high-carbon, very hard and stiff and therefore quite difficult to cut to identical lengths, bend to repeatable curvatures, etc.  Engineers would say it is almost glass-hard.
Soft iron wire is probably too soft, but is easy to work, bend and solder*.  Samples are florists wire and some fence wire.  Bunnings do big hanks of garden wire - might be worth a look.
 
Piano wire can easily be tempered back to a useful hardness - same as your Uhfbert sword, but much faster ‘cos of its thinness.  Heat to dull red and allow to cool in air will produce very soft temper
 
*With the correct flux!
 
Sorry, I have rabbitted on too much.  
soldering easily learned - especially when shown the method.
Probably Pat’s resistance soldering setup is readily controllable and he might share his wisdom about it

4 secrets** of good soldering:
Cleanliness
Cleanliness
Right Flux
Cleanliness 
Enough Heat!
 
**. Like the Garden of Five Surprises

Amusing; close, but no cigar!
Named after lord Melbourne (?) Brit foreign Secretary, who took his title from the village of Melbourne in Derbyshire.  
Melbourne means the place of Melde
Melde is Chenopodium Album, commonly known in UK as  Fat Hen, and was cultivated in the Middle Ages as a vegetable and eaten a bit like spinach.  Note:  there are dozens of Melbournes in Britain, as the stuff grows everywhere
 
It could have been worse.  He might have taken the title of Lord Fat Hen!
 
sorry to have hijacked your thread, Steven.  I’ll climb back under my flat stone
andrew
 

Steven
 
If your travel plans included Melbourne* in  the foreseeable future, I have about a pint (imperial) of Matt Acrylic Medium, and you are welcome to a dollop ( as well as a box of box)

I believe that the pouring medium is relatively very runny, and so contains a lot of acrylic solvent.  The Matt medium is more pasty than liquid, and for the application of seams to sails would have to be diluted a bit ( acrylic thinners) or applied with a weeny roller
 
Fwiw, I use a satin acrylic varnish as an adhesive for tissue/cloth, etc, .  Most probably it comes as a matt version as well
 
* As far as I am aware the only State Capital named after a vegetable.  I exclude Brussels as that was t’other way about
 
andrew
Pumped from looping a Concord model today, indoors and by accident!

Amusing; close, but no cigar!
Named after lord Melbourne (?) Brit foreign Secretary, who took his title from the village of Melbourne in Derbyshire.  
Melbourne means the place of Melde
Melde is Chenopodium Album, commonly known in UK as  Fat Hen, and was cultivated in the Middle Ages as a vegetable and eaten a bit like spinach.  Note:  there are dozens of Melbournes in Britain, as the stuff grows everywhere
 
It could have been worse.  He might have taken the title of Lord Fat Hen!
 
sorry to have hijacked your thread, Steven.  I’ll climb back under my flat stone
andrew
 

Steven
 
If your travel plans included Melbourne* in  the foreseeable future, I have about a pint (imperial) of Matt Acrylic Medium, and you are welcome to a dollop ( as well as a box of box)

I believe that the pouring medium is relatively very runny, and so contains a lot of acrylic solvent.  The Matt medium is more pasty than liquid, and for the application of seams to sails would have to be diluted a bit ( acrylic thinners) or applied with a weeny roller
 
Fwiw, I use a satin acrylic varnish as an adhesive for tissue/cloth, etc, .  Most probably it comes as a matt version as well
 
* As far as I am aware the only State Capital named after a vegetable.  I exclude Brussels as that was t’other way about
 
andrew
Pumped from looping a Concord model today, indoors and by accident!

I'm a nice guy . . . 
 
Steven

Amusing; close, but no cigar!
Named after lord Melbourne (?) Brit foreign Secretary, who took his title from the village of Melbourne in Derbyshire.  
Melbourne means the place of Melde
Melde is Chenopodium Album, commonly known in UK as  Fat Hen, and was cultivated in the Middle Ages as a vegetable and eaten a bit like spinach.  Note:  there are dozens of Melbournes in Britain, as the stuff grows everywhere
 
It could have been worse.  He might have taken the title of Lord Fat Hen!
 
sorry to have hijacked your thread, Steven.  I’ll climb back under my flat stone
andrew
 

Steven
 
If your travel plans included Melbourne* in  the foreseeable future, I have about a pint (imperial) of Matt Acrylic Medium, and you are welcome to a dollop ( as well as a box of box)

I believe that the pouring medium is relatively very runny, and so contains a lot of acrylic solvent.  The Matt medium is more pasty than liquid, and for the application of seams to sails would have to be diluted a bit ( acrylic thinners) or applied with a weeny roller
 
Fwiw, I use a satin acrylic varnish as an adhesive for tissue/cloth, etc, .  Most probably it comes as a matt version as well
 
* As far as I am aware the only State Capital named after a vegetable.  I exclude Brussels as that was t’other way about
 
andrew
Pumped from looping a Concord model today, indoors and by accident!

Mmmmm.  Scrappee requires very light radio gear and servos and flies on a single lithium polymer battery ( 1S, or a nominal 3.7volts).  Your Heli gear may well be “standard” radio, where the servo plugs alone weigh more than a micro-servo ( about 1.5 gms)
Unless you are seeking the ultimate in lightness, the equipment does all plug together, and probably requires no soldering at all.
For anyone interested, all the equipment to fit out Scrappee is available on the Microaces website as well as the rest of their model range
 
I’m an indoor flyer, but have no relationship with Microaces, other than as a future customer ( I fancy their DH Dragon Rapide)
andrew

Mmmmm.  Scrappee requires very light radio gear and servos and flies on a single lithium polymer battery ( 1S, or a nominal 3.7volts).  Your Heli gear may well be “standard” radio, where the servo plugs alone weigh more than a micro-servo ( about 1.5 gms)
Unless you are seeking the ultimate in lightness, the equipment does all plug together, and probably requires no soldering at all.
For anyone interested, all the equipment to fit out Scrappee is available on the Microaces website as well as the rest of their model range
 
I’m an indoor flyer, but have no relationship with Microaces, other than as a future customer ( I fancy their DH Dragon Rapide)
andrew

Mmmmm.  Scrappee requires very light radio gear and servos and flies on a single lithium polymer battery ( 1S, or a nominal 3.7volts).  Your Heli gear may well be “standard” radio, where the servo plugs alone weigh more than a micro-servo ( about 1.5 gms)
Unless you are seeking the ultimate in lightness, the equipment does all plug together, and probably requires no soldering at all.
For anyone interested, all the equipment to fit out Scrappee is available on the Microaces website as well as the rest of their model range
 
I’m an indoor flyer, but have no relationship with Microaces, other than as a future customer ( I fancy their DH Dragon Rapide)
andrew

Mmmmm.  Scrappee requires very light radio gear and servos and flies on a single lithium polymer battery ( 1S, or a nominal 3.7volts).  Your Heli gear may well be “standard” radio, where the servo plugs alone weigh more than a micro-servo ( about 1.5 gms)
Unless you are seeking the ultimate in lightness, the equipment does all plug together, and probably requires no soldering at all.
For anyone interested, all the equipment to fit out Scrappee is available on the Microaces website as well as the rest of their model range
 
I’m an indoor flyer, but have no relationship with Microaces, other than as a future customer ( I fancy their DH Dragon Rapide)
andrew

Mmmmm.  Scrappee requires very light radio gear and servos and flies on a single lithium polymer battery ( 1S, or a nominal 3.7volts).  Your Heli gear may well be “standard” radio, where the servo plugs alone weigh more than a micro-servo ( about 1.5 gms)
Unless you are seeking the ultimate in lightness, the equipment does all plug together, and probably requires no soldering at all.
For anyone interested, all the equipment to fit out Scrappee is available on the Microaces website as well as the rest of their model range
 
I’m an indoor flyer, but have no relationship with Microaces, other than as a future customer ( I fancy their DH Dragon Rapide)
andrew

Steven
 
If your travel plans included Melbourne* in  the foreseeable future, I have about a pint (imperial) of Matt Acrylic Medium, and you are welcome to a dollop ( as well as a box of box)

I believe that the pouring medium is relatively very runny, and so contains a lot of acrylic solvent.  The Matt medium is more pasty than liquid, and for the application of seams to sails would have to be diluted a bit ( acrylic thinners) or applied with a weeny roller
 
Fwiw, I use a satin acrylic varnish as an adhesive for tissue/cloth, etc, .  Most probably it comes as a matt version as well
 
* As far as I am aware the only State Capital named after a vegetable.  I exclude Brussels as that was t’other way about
 
andrew
Pumped from looping a Concord model today, indoors and by accident!

Steven
 
If your travel plans included Melbourne* in  the foreseeable future, I have about a pint (imperial) of Matt Acrylic Medium, and you are welcome to a dollop ( as well as a box of box)

I believe that the pouring medium is relatively very runny, and so contains a lot of acrylic solvent.  The Matt medium is more pasty than liquid, and for the application of seams to sails would have to be diluted a bit ( acrylic thinners) or applied with a weeny roller
 
Fwiw, I use a satin acrylic varnish as an adhesive for tissue/cloth, etc, .  Most probably it comes as a matt version as well
 
* As far as I am aware the only State Capital named after a vegetable.  I exclude Brussels as that was t’other way about
 
andrew
Pumped from looping a Concord model today, indoors and by accident!