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1. jbkiwi🇳🇿

   Admirał floty·7 lat temu

   Hi Phil, long live the brown box Futaba! I had the FP4FN TX and the FP6FN (which is still working perfectly 40 yrs later!,- all the servos that came with it also working perfectly, and have used them with the Acoms FM radio I bought much later, (servos just don't quite center, but from memory you can adjust the pots in the TX to correct this) They made quality stuff back then.
   JB

   Polubione przez Martin555
2. philcaretaker🇬🇧

   Komandor·7 lat temu

   With childhood memories of my STAR YACHT purchased in Bridlington circa 1958 - the Graupner Optimist was my first RC yacht, purchased second hand (also with Futaba 4ch 27mhz FP4FN TX when livinging in Wellington NZ 1978. Happy Days !
   Phil

   Polubione przez jbkiwi
3. jbkiwi🇳🇿

   Admirał floty·7 lat temu

   Hi Delboy, quite a nice vid of a restored Optimist with an on-board camera

   YouTube
4. jbkiwi🇳🇿

   Admirał floty·7 lat temu

   Hi Garth,You can find sail winches (drum or servo types) on line easily enough. The ones the 1m sailers etc use are some ridiculous price (around $500 ? ) but are very fast. Try looking under class racing clubs, you might find some for sale a bit cheaper. I bought 2 cheap ones from Ali Express but they are crap, don't center properly, just sit at the center and hum (unless there is no load at all on them) I'm going to try them anyhow and if they fry, I'll try something else.
   The Optimist sails quite fast for what it is and is worth getting on the water. I have re- rigged mine with .4 mm stainless solid fishing trace which will never need replacing. The original multi strand cable in the kit kept fraying and breaking. I found the best way of fixing the wire to the turnbuckle is to feed it through a short length of small copper tube, through the turnbuckle, back up through the tube, arrange to the finished length you need (leaving enough adjustment at the turnbuckle both ways), and crimp the tube (fishing trace crimpers are ideal for this) then bend the short end back down over the top of the tube and trim off, leaving about 2mm. Then using your soldering iron, run solder into the tube and you'll have a permanent repair for life.
   John B
5. GARTH🇨🇦

   Komandor·7 lat temu

   I also have a unfinished Optimist in the basement gathering dust .I to had no keel . But in my spare time at Stelco I found a block of steel & did a lot of grinding for the keel . I think back then I couldn't find a sail winch still can't find one .😎

   Polubione przez Mike Stoney and jbkiwi Zobacz wszystko
6. jbkiwi🇳🇿

   Admirał floty·7 lat temu

   Did you get the cast keel with it? I had to make a lead one as the shop I bought it from said the freight was too much from Germany to Norfolk Island (Sth Pac).
7. Delboy🇬🇧

   Starszy marynarz·7 lat temu

   Thanks for the memory jog. I had completely forgotten that I have had an unfinished optimist kit in the loft for 30 years.
   
   Time to have some building fun..

   Polubione przez jbkiwi
8. jbkiwi🇳🇿

   Admirał floty·7 lat temu

   Nah, just went for a thrash, too nice a day to sit still ! You spend money on a motor you might as well use it.

   Polubione przez Commodore-H
9. Commodore-H🇺🇸Gold

   Dowódca·7 lat temu

   nice day.
   
   catch any fish?
10. Martin555🇬🇧

    Admirał floty·7 lat temu

    That was very nice weather in the video.
    Looked look a pleasant day out.
    
    Martin.