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Santos Dumont No. 18 Hydroplane 1907 by Greg Davis - Scale 1:16
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Santos Dumont No. 18 Hydroplane 1907 by Greg Davis - Scale 1:16
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That's a very good question, somewhere in the 20's. -
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Santos Dumont No. 18 Hydroplane 1907 by Greg Davis - Scale 1:16
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Santos Dumont No. 18 Hydroplane 1907 by Greg Davis - Scale 1:16
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This was the first version of the '20' with the V8 between his legs (well almost) I think I'm doing the last version of the '20' with the water cooled twin (which I'm just starting drawing, luckily there's a patent with drawings). He re-used everything. It makes it really hard to work out if a photo is earlier or later.
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Greg, I hadn't noticed this before: Anything look familiar?
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Maybe. I have to move in the next few months so I'm not starting anything non digital. If/when I do it would probably be in 1:8 to match Camel and SE5a kits I have.
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Santos Dumont No. 18 Hydroplane 1907 by Greg Davis - Scale 1:16
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That's never a problem, sometimes the venting helps the thought processes. Doing anything Santos-Dumont can be painful. With the Demoiselle there are so many variations and copies with their own variations it's really hard to tell what's going on. (there, my own little vent )
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Santos Dumont No. 18 Hydroplane 1907 by Greg Davis - Scale 1:16
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I would probably try the brass as both the fins and spacers. Building in a jig is probably easiest, clean all the brass first, tack the first piece in place with tiny spots of glue, glue the spacers to the next piece then glue that to the previous piece, rinse and repeat. Slide a knife blade between the first piece and the jig to release. Blacken the whole thing then fit end caps. Yes, I drew it with the spacers glued to the previous piece, I think the other would be easier. EDIT, I really need to post faster.
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Possibly, but realistically a bit early. I suspect it was to cut the spark to the engine, a kill switch, or probably a dead man switch, if he lets go (or falls off) the engine stops.
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As I see it at the moment: The rear bracing convinces me that the foil does not rotate, therefore the 'rudder' is just a fin. The wheel is, in this version, non functional. Perhaps steering was done by leaning, that could work. I still think the lever is massive for a throttle but at this stage I can conceive no other plausible function. The video shows that the front foil is inadequate, probably the rear foil is too big and pops up first changing the angle on the front foil and preventing it from lifting leading to the changes aft.
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Greg, do you have any evidence of a rudder? I can see what may be a rudder in the middle of the rear foil in the early version and perhaps aft of the hull in the later. If I'm right about the early version the entire foil must rotate to turn. I don't think the wheel was used for steering at least in the early version, I think the lever on the right was. It's too big for a throttle lever and a lever was how he steered his aircraft. I think the speed was controlled by 'blipping' the engine with a kill switch on top of the lever, this would be consistent with aircraft through WW1.
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Santos-Dumont 14 BIS build by FokkerD7 - Model Airways
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Santos-Dumont 14 BIS build by FokkerD7 - Model Airways
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Tally Ho by AntonyUK
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Norwegian sailing pram by Kenchington – Model Shipways – 1:12
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The main problem is that you're trying to put a square plank in a curved hole. On the plank, the top edge (X) is the same length as the lower edge (Y). On the hull, the path taken by the top edge (X) is longer that that taken by the lower edge (D). Something has to give so the lower edge of the plank bulges out from the hull trying to make a new path that is the length of the plank lower edge. If you force the plank flat against the frames the plank will bulge out between frames so as to stay the same length. This can be prevented by either cutting your planks to shape or by edge bending your pre-cut planks.
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Lowell Grand Banks Dory by Phez - Model Shipways - 1:24
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HMS Bounty Jolly Boat by Peter S - Artesania Latina - 1:25 - First Build
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See what you started!
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I found this: And on a replica:
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Been there, done that I see lots of spare wood there. Just cut carefully. Edit: I should expand on that. Get yourself a stainless steel ruler with a straight edge (officeworks has some cheepies, hold two together and check for no gaps, flip one end for end and check again, flip it sideways and repeat until you find a straight one, they're pretty good so the first one will probably work) glue some 400 grit wet and dry sandpaper to one side to prevent slipping. Cut with many very light cuts.
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I and others differentiate between frames, cut timbers forming the shape of the boat, and ribs, bent strips holding the planks together. But not everyone agrees. Me too.
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Quite a lot would go into a kit design: Which vessel? What information is available? What cost? What skill level? How repeatable? (in manufacture) What compromises re cost skill level etc. This Bounty Launch kit is probably based only on this drawing: Which appeared in Bligh's books. The kit hull shape is quite close but the construction (which is not shown) is very different. Also there are errors made by the person who etched the plate for the printers. But the bottom line is that it makes a nice model and is a better representation than some of the other kits.
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