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- Sun Apr 22, 2018 12:00 pm
- Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
- Topic: Pic of the Day
- Replies: 2786
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Re: Pic of the Day
Nice to see Alex in the workshop. Doing what hr does reslly well i might add 

- Sat Apr 14, 2018 11:57 am
- Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
- Topic: Technical Talk
- Replies: 932
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Re: Technical Talk
I love auto correct 

- Fri Mar 30, 2018 3:29 pm
- Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
- Topic: Technical Talk
- Replies: 932
- Views: 162589
Re: Technical Talk
It’s all lies unless we see footage of the ram going up and down Bill 
Well done by the way.

Well done by the way.
- Wed Mar 28, 2018 3:43 pm
- Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
- Topic: Technical Talk
- Replies: 932
- Views: 162589
Re: Technical Talk
What folk don’t see (yet) is just how much kit has been packaged into the boat back in the day, although we jest at times at the “cowboy” nature of some components, in reality the guys did a cracking job making it all fit “after the fact”. I happen to know who ever fitted the Hyd system the first ti...
- Wed Mar 28, 2018 12:35 pm
- Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
- Topic: Technical Talk
- Replies: 932
- Views: 162589
Re: Technical Talk
The Hyd run up was still a success though, I was expecting a LOT more issues than we got in the end (given the sheer complexity of the widgets and various pipes and unions) Mind, given that the hose failure let go at 1600 psi, I was surprised how well contained the mess was... emptying around 5ltrs ...
- Tue Mar 27, 2018 9:07 pm
- Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
- Topic: New Members
- Replies: 432
- Views: 103689
Re: New Members
MLU all the way guys 

- Thu Mar 22, 2018 9:52 pm
- Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
- Topic: Bluebird & Other Scale Models
- Replies: 844
- Views: 152532
Re: Bluebird & Other Scale Models
Cool. Not a fan of the yank kit, cant beat British stuff 
My youngest wants to get / build a 3d printer so I will be looking about shortly for a decent kit !

My youngest wants to get / build a 3d printer so I will be looking about shortly for a decent kit !
- Thu Mar 22, 2018 3:48 pm
- Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
- Topic: Bluebird & Other Scale Models
- Replies: 844
- Views: 152532
Re: Bluebird & Other Scale Models
Wouldn’t put five in, more you add the more weight you add, just needs a high KV motor and correct pitch prop. No good spinning the shaft around d if the pitch is wrong you just cavitate and lose the thrust you want. As for batteries, some nice high discharge saddle packs would be the way to go, tur...
- Thu Mar 22, 2018 1:30 pm
- Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
- Topic: Bluebird & Other Scale Models
- Replies: 844
- Views: 152532
Re: Bluebird & Other Scale Models
Wouldn’t bother with turbine or EDF given its weight... if you go with a high KV brushless motor with a steep pitch prop it should go.
- Thu Mar 22, 2018 9:14 am
- Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
- Topic: 97
- Replies: 9
- Views: 753
Re: 97
Wrong thread...