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First Assembly

A project log for Airscrew Driven RC Boat

A modern rebuild of a vintage boat design

ossumOssum 08/03/2015 at 08:390 Comments

Finally we have some real physical progress!

Cutting out such fiddly pieces on a machine designed for cutting big furtniture panels requires an alternative method, so the 3mm ply was screwed down (in many many places) to the wasteboard, which could be held down with the suction cups.

Here you can see the four billion screws and the first cuts (for the 3mm slots)

An action photo without any visible action!

The parts need a bit of cleanup, which is mostly since the plywood is horrible and splintery, nothing that a few minutes with some sandpaper couldn't solve.

First glue-less assembly looks good, this design goes together very easily.

However, once I assembled with glue I discovered a problem, which is probably pretty evident in the next photo. Despite my best efforts, the whole thing kinda "paralleogrammed" and I ended up with a boat which would be suitable for NASCAR and not much else. This is my own stupid fault, I should have designed a piece which slotted in the third axis, to prevent this kind of skewing.

Some force and a craft knife got me back to square one.

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