Today at the lake there were the usual Tuesday yacht sailors on the landing stage.
They do get some exercise these guys, moving up and down the landing stage!.
They had a handicap today though getting round this beautiful Swan!.
Had a word with Gordon Longworth the builder of this fine model.
Anyone who knows Gordon well, will know that he's built some very nice models in the past and won one of the annual trophies a few times in past years.
This model is no exception, and the cutouts and workings are very well done!.
Gordon was very adamant this is a work in progress and there was a lot more to be done, today was only the buoyancy and ballasting tests.
The basic parts, with the platform fitted.
The bottom of the bird was cut off and this Aluminium bottom fitted!.
The internal workings.
On his stand!.
A few adjustments needed.
A fine bird and more to be added!.
Gordon must be a dab hand at Christmas carving the turkey, you can hardly see the cut out section on its back to get to the works.
There are LED lights in the eyes and a water pistol in its nose, that will be a surprise for the public wanting to feed it!
I did warn Gordon that the real young swan on our lake without a mate the other day was trying to mount the large yellow buoy on the right of the landing stage and might take a fancy to his bird!.
A note from Gordon.
Attached are a couple of pictures for the swan. Today was the maiden voyage to test the stability and ballast. At the moment I simply wired up all the terminals loosely to see how everything worked. Next job is to tidy all the internals up and add the ESC to control the water pump when it arrives. With it being so ‘beamy’ the speed is fine but the rudder could do with a bigger area I think to make it a bit more responsive.
Cheers for now.
Gordon
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Bob the Abell sent me this, knowing where I live!.
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