I'm gonna need a bigger boat,ORCA
- Thread starter flimzy
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I was always told I was fast at work. But even I shudder at Geeks achievements, he works alone and builds things so big he has to get a boat to get the out of his workshop.I wish I could work out your speed. You posted this in parts on April 24th. In just over three weeks you have gotten this far.
Even if I was ever able to convince you to offer a kit it would take me at least six months to get this far, and it would likely not come out nearly as good.
He lies. Word has leaked about the poor Oompa-Loompas he has as "workers".
Plans are in progress to free,...I mean help them.
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Because thats how boats are constructed.
DCN
Sr Member
Sounds like wood. I've never seen canvas on the real thing. Maybe as a liner to keep water out. Sitting back in my corner.
We’re close friends.
Guys guys, looked at the evidence, yes the boat has a curved roof made up from what looks like 10 inch plans ( you can see them on the inside of the cabin, but if you look there’s black painted strips of timber all the way around the cabin roof, these are where the canvas is stretched screwed and cut off making a water tight seal. Remember the timers on the roof are subject to a massive verity of temperatures and moisture levels, unlike the hull which sits in water. So a quick and cheep way is to stretch canvas over the construction and paint it.
If you look at hooper playing cards you can see a white line where a sewn seam has warn back from being walked on.
If you look at hooper playing cards you can see a white line where a sewn seam has warn back from being walked on.
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Speaking of tariffs does anyone else think it's a good idea if we all get together and go over to Flimsy's house and form a "Tariff boundary" around her home, thus keeping her from trading with her employers work for pay until she agrees to make us a kit?
I feel it's a very good idea and could yield positive results for our community!
RPF First!
Seriously though, Flimsy can I ask if you ever take all these amazing creations to any shows to display?
I feel it's a very good idea and could yield positive results for our community!
RPF First!
Seriously though, Flimsy can I ask if you ever take all these amazing creations to any shows to display?
joberg
Legendary Member
Yes, that's why it's easy to see if it's real or not: that video (with sound and slo-mo) is terrific!
There's a guy, on YouTube, who devised a special kind of suspension for his RC cars(1:6th scale I believe) and the way the car breaks, turn, etc...is extremely life-like and he doesn't shoot it in slo-mo either I don't know what his secret is, but it's mind boggling!!
joberg
Legendary Member
I wouldn't go for wood, especially for the hull: fiberglass first...and then the rest with protective varnish/paint/resin
I wouldn't go for wood, especially for the hull: fiberglass first...and then the rest with protective varnish/paint/resin
Does it even need a hull? It could just have a steel tube frame sitting on the bottom of the pond on legs. Extend the wooden hull sides down far enough to get a few inches below the water line and call it good. That would take care of the problems that killed the original Orca. Now the exterior wood is just a cosmetic layer that's easily replaced.
The inner framework could also be made so it unbolts into several big chunks, so it's easier to disassemble it and move it.
If I was in charge, I would tell the builders - "It doesn't need to be a real boat or stay afloat or anything. But you need to spend your time making it look accurate from a few yards away. Standards are much higher in this century. People can Google up pictures from the movie on their phones as the tram is rolling by."
Yes, that's why it's easy to see if it's real or not: that video (with sound and slo-mo) is terrific!
You don't have a link for that, do you? I would be curious to see it.
I have a hard time believing anybody could get an RC car's movement looking too accurate without using slow-mo footage. The speed of gravity is fixed.
The suspension work can be done if you make the car heavy and have the shocks tuned accurately and stuff. But most RC builders don't want to do anything like this because it kills the performance. If you build it to move like a real car, then it's going to be slow and fragile like a real car.
High-performing RC cars basically have cartoon physics. The light weight (for their size) makes them extremely durable & fast.
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