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chrislang
Warrant Officer
New motor & battery test at Crealy
34" Fireboat
I tried out my new motor arrangement, ( Graupner speed 600 8.4v motor with a single 9.6v battery pack as recommended by dbninja ) in my Fireboat today. A bit choppy but all went very well at just above half throttle then I began to get braver and added on the power to be met by clouds of smoke and a truly blown ESC. ( See FORUM under Hong Kong ESC ) The new Fire Monitors by Peter HS93 also worked fine using a Vauxhall Astra washer pump, I'd hope to get pics but the sudden halt intervened!

Regards Chris
#battery pack #fire monitors #fireboat #graupner #motor #speed 600 #esc #battery power #smoke #forum #monitors #fire boat #crealy #fire monitor #battery
3 comments
  • chrislangWarrant Officer
    HI Roger
    My monitors were kindly produced some time ago by another member of this site who was unfortunately at the last request unable to make any more. You might like to have a go making suitably scaled down versions in the method shown by Pete Harvey on his 46" Fireboat restoration on his website ( link in the 'Useful Links' part of this site ) my initial effort was to try drilling out some white metal fittings- this only proved the soft cheese is probably a more suitable material!
    Water is pumped to the monitors using an ebay sourced Astra windscreen washer pump which works fine on my 9.6v setup.
    Good luck
    Chris
  • chrislangWarrant Officer
    HI again
    Just to mention that Monitors for the 34" boat are available separately from the 'Online Shop'section of this site. ( Don't think they are working however )
    Chris
chrislang
Warrant Officer
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Test with new Motor at Crealy
I tried out my new motor arrangement, ( Graupner speed 600 8.4v motor with a single 9.6v battery pack as recommended by dbninja ) in my 34" Fireboat today. All went very well at just above half throttle then I began to get braver and added on the power to be met by clouds of smoke and a truly blown ESC.
( See FORUM under Hong Kong ESC )
The Fire Monitors also worked Fine using a Vauxhall Astra washer pump, I'd hope to get pics but the sudden halt intervened!
Regards
Chris
#battery pack #fire monitors #fireboat #graupner #motor #speed 600 #esc #battery power #smoke #forum #monitors #fire boat #crealy #fire monitor #battery
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vaderswar
Leading Seaman
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My Torpedo Boat
Here is my take on a torpedo boat, YES I know why has it got a rocket launcher on rear, well I wanted something that was different from the rest with my own signature on it. it is powered by a .60 size electric motor 120amp esc, two 5000 3 series lipos. Only allowed to have it going on 1/4 power cause of speeed limit on lake. The hull was originally a 48" deep vee hull but added perkasa superstructure to it.
#hull #lake #lipo #motor #superstructure #torpedo boat #esc #torpedo motor #electric #wanted
chrislang
Warrant Officer
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34" Fireboat
A Few Pics of my 1/16th Fireboat now fitted with working Fire Monitors (superbly and very kindly produced by PeterHS93)
Ready for testing ASAP - Now I need some 1/16th Crew!

Chris
#crew #fire monitors #fireboat #monitors #working monitor #fire boat #fire monitor
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  • StonemonkeyMaster Seaman
    HI Colin & Chris,
    There is some great work on here. I have just purchased an old mostly built 46'' Tender and want to bring it back to life. I am new to RC stuff but want to do the best scale job I can. Any drawings would be a great help to me as I don't have any and the boat has no fittings on board at all. Where could I get hold of some air cowls at this scale, pumps, pipes lights etc...
    Any help would be very greatfully received.
    Regards
    Dean
  • tompallisterPetty Officer 1st Class
    HI Stonemonkey. I have a spare set of plans for the 46 inch boat which I can copy and send you. You can also get fittings set for these bigger boats from Lesro models. E mail me on (Email Removed - PM Only) if you want the plans.
loz
Able Seaman
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Sea Queen Refurb
HI fellow model boat people,just a couple of photos showing a rescued aerokits sea queen circa late 50s.
This was in poor condition, work was started mid January to strip down the various parts that required to be remade, deck/superstructure/roof panels/windows etc.
The hull needed stripping back to give a good surface for the finished paint work.
Completion of the basic boat is now getting near, and ready for fitting out with motor radio etc.
Hope to give more details later.
Cheers for now.
#aerokit #boat show #deck #hull #model #model boat show #model show #motor #paint #parts #radio #roof #show #sea star #sea queen #rc boat #windows
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2 comments
  • Peter HS93Warrant Officer
    looks great nice to see another boat brought back from the brink to do do another 40 years

    peter
  • SimonLLeading Seaman
    Hi
    such a pleasure , I wonder how many there are out there now
    that have been restored Simon
chiffs
Petty Officer 2nd Class
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range safety launch
couple of pics of range safety launch Im building scaled down from 36" fire boat modified suserstructure as range safety boat. she now finished and running ,I will add more pics when can get someone to steer boat as I take the photos.
#build #fire boat
4 comments
  • tompallisterPetty Officer 1st Class
    This looks great. Im just about to set off on the adventure of building a Range Safety Launch from scratch using a Vic Smeed plan set I have managed to obtain. The plans are 1/12th but I'm scaling down to 1/16th for practical reasons. Let me know how you get on or if you need copies of plans etc. Well done !
  • Peter HS93Warrant Officer
    looks good, where do you sail

    Peter
chrislang
Warrant Officer
Fireboat @ Creally - Try 2
Happy new year to you all.
The weather having turned a balmy but gusty 9 degrees here in the sunny south. I thought I'd try my 34" boat again today.
Now somewhat lightened and with a new speed 600 motor and 9.6v Ni-Cad battery pack. she ran considerably better but is still somewhat bow heavy. As I have only restored her from an ebay purchase I'm not fully aware what might be causing the weight in the bow area but perhaps will try some weight further aft before attempting frontal surgery. Any ideas welcome.
Best Wishes
Chriis
#battery pack #fireboat #motor #speed 600 #weight #ebay #weather #e bay #bow #fire boat #cad #battery
1 comment
  • aprestneyLeading Seaman
    Hi" there, " You have a very nice boat there "
    I also own one like this. I try to keep the wieght from
    the middle to the back of the boat. My set up is two 7.2 volt @4600mah side by side under the larger compartment lid and switch from one battery to the other. But keep them both in when sailling.! Also running on speed 600 motor. my set up keeps the rear in the water and keep the bow nicely out at speed . But also the boat should sit evenley on the water when it is not running.Try this Before you attempt to butcher your model . Good luck 👍 And a happy new year !

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