Making a scratch-built Radio Controlled Great Lakes freighter How to swing the rudder

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W. Wes Oleszewski

Күн бұрын

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@bestgaming-uo1yw Ай бұрын

Hi love you videos and your books keep it up man 🎉

@authorwes Ай бұрын

That's great to hear. I get so busy in the research and writing that I sometimes forget that people actually read my work. Don't have the same direct input as I do with the videos. Thanks!

@johnkelley9877 Ай бұрын

That was great! I always enjoy watching your modeling tutorials. Thanks for sharing this.

@authorwes Ай бұрын

Glad you like them!

@roderickcampbell2105 Ай бұрын

'79? I didn't even have an undergraduate degree then. But not far later after that. Great tutorial. I like term "servo".

@authorwes Ай бұрын

I was home from my junior year at ERAU.

@mellissadalby1402 Ай бұрын

There's a fair amount of slop in the rudder servo mount, I guess you will shim that to get it nice and tight?

@authorwes 28 күн бұрын

It's not an aircraft- it'll never show. I am, however, gonna sand that rudder down a good deal and make it it bit less fat.

@skycvg Ай бұрын

Very interesting vid, but do you think that dab of glue on the rudder post would have helped the Robert S Pierson this year?

@authorwes Ай бұрын

Couldn't hurt. Of course dropping a rudder is not as uncommon as one may think. As you go through the histories you'll see that it has happened quite a few times on both steel and wooden boats.

@mellissadalby1402 Ай бұрын

How do you keep the rudder shaft from leaking? Or the Propellor shaft for that matter? Do you have some kind of seal or O-ring?

@authorwes 28 күн бұрын

See the following videos... kzbin.info/www/bejne/eaaqh2yejq2AoLc and kzbin.info/www/bejne/aX_PhGB7fs2Vbdk Never has water come in through the rudder. Only once did I get some in the engine compartment and that was caused by a poorly sealed aft bulkhead (my own fault). When we'd play the "boatgame" we'd run my boats until the battery for the motor went dead (several hours) and never had any issues in those two areas. In one game we almost lost the V.W. SCULLY and the EDMUND FITZGERALD in the same game. We were running in some pretty choppy waves and both boats took water on deck. The flooding came when the sun's heat caused the removable spar decks to warp slightly. Again- my fault. I had secured the SCULLY's deck with a single screw at midship and the FITZ only had 2 screws, one forward and one midship. I noticed the FITZ listing and brought her in. At the same time by boat buddy pulled the SCULLY ashore- and literally dumped the water out! Her warped deck was very easy to see- the FITZ needed a closer look. Both boats were modified. I'd paired down the screws because they are a pain to work with when preparing the boats. Lesson: never cut corners. Now, I use high power mini magnets to hold the spar decks down, but my "storm boats" are all still using screws and are equipped with scuppers.