Show me your electronics

[TROUBLEMONSTER]

Please show pictures of you electronics. I am not concerned with how to wire it I am interested in some idead for keeping everything nice and neat.

[Kmot]

Sure! :p

[toesup]

Is that project 'X' Kmot?...:eek:

If you really want to see some neat wiring, have a look at Patmat's Dearborn build.. ;)
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=775147

[patmat2350]

Wires? What wires?

[patmat2350]

on a battleship... lower tray has hinged "wings" which allow it to be folded and inserted into the too-small deck opening.
An upper tray provides additional space for more gear. It sits on posts over the lower tray.
Terminal strips make handy bus-bars and help organize the wires.

Use wire ties, clips, and cable wraps (spiral or corrugated) to organize wires into cables... avoid Rats' Nests!

[420TEE]

Kmot-In the second picture you've got the green and blue wires hooked up backwards. :eek:

[woodybob]

Springer install.

Astro Flight Marine 15 Ferrite motor (geared), Vantec ESC, Futaba 6EX radio, 4500 Ni-MH batteries, Sermos connectors, & Futaba 148 rudder servo. ESC & battery switches too.

[nick_75au]

Hey Patmat chekout post 11

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=912663

I dont know the chef in question but sounds a little harsh :confused:

Kmot I bet that boat has an interesting history :p

Regards
Nick

[patmat2350]

Hey Patmat chekout post 11
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=912663
I dont know the chef in question but sounds a little harsh :confused:


No problem, he's just an airplane guy... they don't bother with "pretty" 'cause they're just going to crash anyway! :D

For reference: http://www.goodeatsfanpage.com/Humor/SNL/Anal.htm
But I don't get the joke, that's the way I cook too!

BTW, did I mention that you REALLY need to lacquer and polish all your interior woodwork?

[nick_75au]

LoL :D

[patmat2350]

oh, and it's about time for me to wax and buff the battery again...

[Shaun Hendricks]

Kmot-In the second picture you've got the green and blue wires hooked up backwards. :eek:

That's because he heard a beeping, and someone leaned in and said "Cut the BLUE WIRE, cut the BLUE WIRE!" He did, but it still blew up and you see the results. The green and blue wires accidentally mated... :D

[420TEE]

I've seen that movie. Wasn't it a tug boat that they were in that vaporized?

[charlie eaton]

KMOT,I see from the servo plugs that you've had that wreck for awhile. Futuba hasn't used them for years. You can get adapter cables for them though,in various lengths, and that would add to the esthetics of the whole effect.

[Kmot]

Adapter cables Charlie?? Nah, just cut, twist, and some black tape. :D

[herrmill]

Sure! :p

How long did that tub sit on the bottom before you salvaged it? I wouldn't be surprised to see LIPSETT in tall white lettering on the side of the hulk. :D :D :D

I can better that but it would not be a boat, but one of my other toys that crawl around on land.

Chuck

[Kmot]

It used to be neat and tidy at one time, I was told. But two decades of running, repairing, and modifying sort of turned it into a rats nest. Literally. :p

[charlie eaton]

It used to be neat and tidy at one time, I was told. But two decades of running, repairing, and modifying sort of turned it into a rats nest. Literally. :p

Pray tell kind sir,WHAT DO IT DONE BE??????

[Kmot]

It's a model boat. :p

[charlie eaton]

It's a model boat. :p

Aha! We're geting closer! :D

[Shaun Hendricks]

Well, make up your mind, is it a model boat or a rats nest?

[Kmot]

A rat's model boat? :D

[ScottOram]

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b120/ScottOram/CVRC64/100_0511.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b120/ScottOram/CVRC64/100_0510.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b120/ScottOram/CVRC64/100_0396.jpg

[420TEE]

Aha! The "BEFORE" pictures.

[Kmot]

Yup, what it looked like before! :D

[pops52]

Backed over it with the Dodge? :)

[420TEE]

Scott, By the way, that's very nice work. :)

[Kmot]

Backed over it with the Dodge? :)
Fell into a seed mixer. :p

[feegie park]

Please show pictures of you electronics. I am not concerned with how to wire it I am interested in some idead for keeping everything nice and neat.I thought the downstairs lighting transformers (on the extreme right) were laid out neatly.
No problem, he's just an airplane guy... they don't bother with "pretty" 'cause they're just going to crash anyway! :D
No way!:mad: I do boats too...and can crash them just as good as any plane.
Fred

[TROUBLEMONSTER]

I never crashed one but I did have a race boat that decided it wanted to be a submarine. Thanks for the pictures keep them coming.

[Kmot]

feegie park, that is quite a collection you have!! :D

[feegie park]

feegie park, that is quite a collection you have!! :D
You reckon wrong then! That's all I could fit in the boat.(sort of) .It's about 1/3 of the total.
It reminded me of those "nearest guess....sweety jar" competitions. So I counted and made a note.:)

Fred

p.s. Kmot,I put Fred at the end of posts so people don't call me feegie park!
It's no compliment.

[Kmot]

p.s. Kmot,I put Fred at the end of posts so people don't call me feegie park!
It's no compliment.
Then why did you give yourself the name?

[feegie park]

Then why did you give yourself the name?It's easy urban slang to remember and it gives a heads up to folk near where I lived....I've noticed a few aquaintances in the boat forums.
I "purloined" the name,to be precise. Much like anything in that suburban paradise,not nailed down,ends up. After your post,I was asked to attend an I.D. parade next Thursday!:D
Fred

[feegie park]

I might take a camera and drop in on a weekly boat club meeting to see how my old buddies have faired after a hiatus of 5 years.(quite a few will have passed away) :(

These guys had many boats so big they had to store them permanently in the boathouse.They kindly provided the materials for my picture.
Fred

[charlie eaton]

:D Yo Tom, Throw in a pic. of the complete ''Rat.s Nest boat'' thing or whatever it are. :D Inquiring minds need to know. Yeah,yeah, ok so I know what mind! :D

[steamboatmodel]

You reckon wrong then! That's all I could fit in the boat.(sort of) .It's about 1/3 of the total.
It reminded me of those "nearest guess....sweety jar" competitions. So I counted and made a note.:)

Fred

p.s. Kmot,I put Fred at the end of posts so people don't call me feegie park!
It's no compliment.
Can you explain on a family forum?
Regards,
Gerald.

[graphixman]

The just finished innards of the Stargazer

[Kmot]

Looks pretty normal to me graphixman! :)

[graphixman]

Looks pretty normal to me graphixman! :)

As my friend Charlie might like to say... "It is, but I'm not" hehehe :D

But anyway Tom.. I'm almost anal about trying to keep things neat. Makes it easier to do adjustments or mods later. :cool:

[feegie park]

It reminded me of those "nearest guess....sweety jar" competitions. So I counted and made a note.:)Can you explain on a family forum?
Regards,
Gerald.
:eek::o
"nearest guess to how many sweets in the jar wins the entire contents"

Just before you take me up on that.....those RC parts pictured are complete write offs.
Fred

[steamboatmodel]

Hi Fred,
I meant about the feegie Park moniker.
"p.s. Kmot,I put Fred at the end of posts so people don't call me feegie park!
It's no compliment."
the quote didn't pick it up.
Regards,
Gerald

[feegie park]

Hi Fred,
I meant about the feegie Park moniker.
"p.s. Kmot,I put Fred at the end of posts so people don't call me feegie park!
It's no compliment."
the quote didn't pick it up.
Regards,
Gerald
googled my moniker? Now Gerald,did you understand the local vernacular of that area?.....Probably not.
It's a dialect of English.
Fred

[charlie eaton]

:D Feegie we are American's, we don't speak English so we have no idea of what your talking about :D :D :D :D :D

[Thefarside]

Does a Gas boat count? Radio gear in my 56" Apache.

[woodybob]

This is my Dumas 1930 24' Chris~Craft Runabout. Built in the 90's.

[785boats]

Here's the controls in my Bismarck.
The servo on the left is a 10 position selector switch for the guns (4 mains & 6 secondaries)
The servo on the right is the 'left' 'off' 'right' switch.
The circuit board with the big blue cap is a voltage regulator dropping 6.0v down to 1.2 v for the gun turret motors.
I usually have a lid on that box so it's all hidden. Looks much tidier then.