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RE: the unofficial home of the dumas dauntless - 2/24/2013 6:02 AM   
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Status: offline 		My daughter found a male figure that fits this model, wearing a nice suit. I think it may be a wedding cake topper?

I remember as a kid in the '70s, we would dress in our Sunday best to fly American Airlines and see my grandparents. I miss the days when travel was so formal and respectful. Anyway, my daughter also picked out a puppy for the boat so I took a pic of that as well.

Rich - I still have a semi-scale outboard motor for my tender but removed it a while back, thinking it wasn't accurate. Knowing what you've learned on your St. Croix trip, do you think I should reinstall it?

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RE: the unofficial home of the dumas dauntless - 2/24/2013 1:12 PM   
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Status: offline 		Hi Dauntlessfan,

The figure you have for your boat is PERFECT!!! He doesn't get much better than that!!

I agree, lost are the days when people are required to dress formal to do such things as flying or riding on an Ocean Liner...Oh I mean cruise ship...I've been working for the same company for 21 years and I remember when I started if someone came to work without a tie you could expect to get sent home..and that wasn't good... Today if I wear a tie, which I sometimes call 'going retro' people laugh and say:" Are you going on an interview?" Woman on the otherhand suffered the same consequences when they wore opened toe shoes but today no one really cares. So the attitude of America went from very formal to much more relaxed. I think this trend will only continue on in the future.

As for the motor, I know that Rockefeller and Marshall had it stowed away for sure. I will ask the former owner what their approach was. I think it would have been stowed away not only because it looked neater but those outboard motors were fairly light and could easily be stolen if left out in the open. Here i'm talking about experience with my father being a boat owner. Valuables that can easily be stolen are generally locked away. 

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RE: the unofficial home of the dumas dauntless - 2/24/2013 1:50 PM   
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Status: offline 		Then there's the etiquette thing. For example sailing with your fenders on this side of your boat is called "hanging your laundry" and is frowned upon in the boating community so having the motor on a stowed tender could fall in the same catagory..I'm sure Bill will have some good insight on this one...

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RE: the unofficial home of the dumas dauntless - 2/24/2013 5:50 PM   
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Status: offline 		It's funny how boats play a part in our car choices. It was time to trade in my little Toyota for a larger car and this time around I made sure to buy a car big enough to fit the family and my boats with ease. Needless to say the car I bought is huge. I can pack up the Dauntless, Brooklyn, the carrying cart and my whole family. Do you guys consider the boats when determining what kind of car to buy?

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RE: the unofficial home of the dumas dauntless - 2/24/2013 9:28 PM   
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RE: the unofficial home of the dumas dauntless - 2/24/2013 11:20 PM   
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BTW you would not believe the scratch built Thunderbird that was at the show!!!!



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edited to add: Paul posted some photos of the Tbird on the club thread

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RE: the unofficial home of the dumas dauntless - 2/25/2013 3:18 PM   
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Status: offline 		 Hi captains,

I bought the Buick Enclave. I love the fact that we don't need to take 2 cars to the pond anymore. Before this car I would fill up one car with the boats and another car with my wife and and kids to follow me to the pond.  

I know the Thunderbird, I used to follow her build log. She is a beautiful boat. I'm not surprised at all that she took first place for scale boats because she's a very photogenic subject. I had no idea that they were holding beauty contests at the show. 

So what goodies did you pick up over there? Did you get to take any pictures?

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RE: the unofficial home of the dumas dauntless - 2/25/2013 6:20 PM   
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Status: offline 		I'm looking for pics of clamp setup to form the forward bottom planking. I have skimmed through 1st 90 pages of this forum and haven't seen any. I did find post #2208 dated 2/12/2012 where Rich posted " Forget Dumas and go MACK for hardware. MACK is so much better for the money." This is where I got the idea to search elsewhere for hdwe.
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RE: the unofficial home of the dumas dauntless - 2/25/2013 6:42 PM   
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RE: the unofficial home of the dumas dauntless - 2/25/2013 7:32 PM   
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I'm looking for pics of clamp setup to form the forward bottom planking. I have skimmed through 1st 90 pages of this forum and haven't seen any. I did find post #2208 dated 2/12/2012 where Rich posted " Forget Dumas and go MACK for hardware. MACK is so much better for the money." This is where I got the idea to search elsewhere for hdwe.
Steve


Yes, It's true!!  I like MACK so much better than Dumas...BUT....Under the circumstances I'll give Dumas a pass for now..When MACK's operation is in full swing again...ALL bets are off!!  I will go back to pushing MACK when the running hardware question comes up..  

BUT you don't have to listen to me if you don't want to.. 

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RE: the unofficial home of the dumas dauntless - 2/25/2013 7:37 PM   
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Ahhhhhhhh you listened to Rich! We never listen to Rich.    

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RE: the unofficial home of the dumas dauntless - 2/25/2013 8:16 PM   
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RE: the unofficial home of the dumas dauntless - 2/25/2013 11:34 PM   
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Status: offline 		Bill:
     I have been searching for Graupner 700bb turbos 9.6v and all that is readily available are the 12v. What do you think of those for the Dauntless? Are you using the astro 208 esc's?
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RE: the unofficial home of the dumas dauntless - 2/26/2013 12:56 AM   
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Status: offline 		Speed 700 turbos can be found here: http://www.v-eastonline.com/categories/Electric-Motors/Brushed-Speed-Class-Motors/?sort=featured&page=2 

Some extroadinarily fine fittings can be found here: http://wetgoose.com/




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RE: the unofficial home of the dumas dauntless - 2/26/2013 3:13 AM   
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Status: offline 		Well my boat's new electronics have shipped and should be here any day. She'll have dual 40 amp ESCs to replace the single 30 amp ESC that went all Chernobyl on me. Also a 6-ch 2.4 ghz radio to replace the 2-ch AM system.

Rich that's a nice ride, congrats! I've got a 4-dr truck and right now my boat rides in the bed, but I don't like it being back there at all. Even if I tie down the wooden stand, it still slides around, especially when I have to brake hard for a clueless wonder pulling out in front of me. last time I literally surrounded the boat with old pillows for protection . I slow to a crawl when going over railroad crossings. I'd rather put the boat across the back seats but with two kids car seats it ain't happinin for a while.

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RE: the unofficial home of the dumas dauntless - 2/26/2013 3:32 AM   
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RE: the unofficial home of the dumas dauntless - 2/26/2013 3:33 AM   
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RE: the unofficial home of the dumas dauntless - 2/26/2013 5:10 AM   
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Could somebody please post pictures of the model Thunderbird or p.m them to me?

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RE: the unofficial home of the dumas dauntless - 2/26/2013 12:10 PM   
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RE: the unofficial home of the dumas dauntless - 2/26/2013 1:58 PM   
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Ahem..the running gear in the Thunderbird is by MACK...I'm just sayin!' 

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RE: the unofficial home of the dumas dauntless - 2/26/2013 2:07 PM   
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Status: offline 		Hey Dauntlessfan,

The Chernobyl comment was hilarious!  Congrats on getting new ESC's and TX for D, i'm sure you'll be pleased with her range and reliability. For ESC protection Bill and I have fuses protecting the ESC's so there is one coming in from the battery and another going to the motor on each ESC. This way if the prop catches something and stops the fuse will blow rather than the ESC. It's an inexpensive but effective insurance policy for your ESC's. 


I picked up waterproof fuseholders at Autozone for cheap.

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RE: the unofficial home of the dumas dauntless - 2/26/2013 4:08 PM   
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Status: offline 		Thanks Rich for the fuse tips, I'll definately add those.

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RE: the unofficial home of the dumas dauntless - 2/26/2013 4:25 PM   
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Status: offline 		An interesting find at the WRAM show. Ships and Things was offering a 2.4 Spektrum 6 channel Xmtr modified to dual throttle for $300. The nice thing about this one as opposed to my Harbor Models Tactic is that it has memory for 10 models!

Rich, that may be true about the TBird but the Pawling Dauntless has Dumas.  

just sayin'

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RE: the unofficial home of the dumas dauntless - 2/26/2013 4:32 PM   
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Status: offline 		Hey Bill do you know if there is a kit out there to convert an existing 6-ch Tactic to dual throttle sticks?

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RE: the unofficial home of the dumas dauntless - 2/26/2013 5:00 PM   
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