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Sprite
… think it just about gets away with. It's fitted with a 3660 brushless so will have good performance!
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Sprite
… tastically well with modern proportional radio and powerful brushless motors! The boat has no vices, it is fast, very stable and “turns on a sixpence”. The Remora will be wider than your Sprite Plus and so from that point of view it is a bi …
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3D Printed Models
… is almost impossible to cut as I have adapted it to house a brushless/lipo Traxxas Spartan prop drive system. I am not sure exactly what type of plastic the gentleman used to print this beast, in addition to being super strong and difficult …
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Big question
… dder placement, not to mention learning the finer points of brushless lipo power. Also, concerned about weight issues and scale speed. And these are currently in the stash. Dumas Coast Guard Utility Boat, unhappy with it's plans and directi …
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Stuffing boxes, shafts, and props (revisited)
… ir marine grease to support the power being produced by the brushless dual lipo setup. Something I am basically learning on the fly as I have never floated anything with this much power. Two of the biggest concerns are, props blowing up and …
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Adding a Reverse to Forwards Only ESC?
Hi Bob. I've already tested this with a brushless ESC, and used the same idea for reversing one of the brushed motors in my MTB about 20yrs ago, (posted in the how to section about a year ago) You can use a 4 way toggle switch with a hole d …
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Adding a Reverse to Forwards Only ESC?
… o allow you to swap/reverse 2 of the 3 supply wires to your Brushless motor.. You might want to try a Watt meter on your setup to see what the actual peak current your motor draws.. A 150amp ESC on full load would blow the brains out of ANY …
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Adding a Reverse to Forwards Only ESC?
… into a Sport Fisherman/Offshore Power Boat, using a 1000kV brushless and 3S Lipo Cheers, Doug https://www.krick-modell.de/shop_fachhandel/Texte/67069_LEDProgrammierBox-EN-kl.pdf
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Adding a Reverse to Forwards Only ESC?
… have bought out an updated version namely the WP 16BL30 G2 Brushless Sensorless Mini 30A ESC which does accept card programming! As you've been using yours for many years doubt that yours are the updated version.
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Adding a Reverse to Forwards Only ESC?
… f the motor current draw. Cheers, Doug PS Precisely how the brushless motor/ESC would react to such treatment I don't know
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Adding a Reverse to Forwards Only ESC?
… he 30amp Quicrun, ...' I must beg to differ The Quicrun 30A brushless ESC, type 16BL30, has been my go to brushless ESc for many years. I have a stock which I bought when Krick here in Germany had a special offer going It is most easily pro …
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Adding a Reverse to Forwards Only ESC?
You can reverse the direction of a brushless motor by swapping two out of the three connections between the ESC and the motor. It should be possible to use a servo to do that, though with the cost of brushless ESCs, I am not sure it would b …
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Adding a Reverse to Forwards Only ESC?
Hello Lazy Ferret, I am using brushless motors and matching brushless Electronic Speed Controllers, so I am not sure that idea would work? Bob.
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Sprite
… of prop that I would probably use on this craft with a good brushless motor would probably be an S40 …or with a really torquey out-runner motor possibly an S45 or an X40 could be tested to see what works best. My guess would be that the S40 …
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Bloody AliExpress
… d Ali Express apologise for an issue with the delivery of a brushless motor - the supplier somehow lost the tracking, so Ali Express fined them and ordered them to give a full refund, which turned up in my bank account a week or so later. I …
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VIC SMEED'S VIVACITY
… d to Vivacity. My continuing analysis of the brushed versus brushless question has, I believe, reached a sensible conclusion; - there is no longer any point pursuing a geared brushed set up with this size of model, when there is a viable (a …
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VIC SMEED'S VIVACITY
… with shallower drive-angle (better thrust/efficiency) as a brushless motor is more compact than an old-school petrol engine! I will also have to decide on whether I use large slower moving prop or smaller fast revving prop for Vivacity - B …
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VIC SMEED'S VIVACITY
… , but my plan has always been to convert all of my boats to brushless, whether ic or brushed to start with. Embarrassingly, I haven't had it on the water yet (just like all my other boats ). Will
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VIC SMEED'S VIVACITY
… any pictures of it running? Sadly, Ali Express cancelled my Brushless motor order for the Sprite and refunded the money (something to do with supplier messing up the tracking) so I've had a set-back and need to order another different motor …
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VIC SMEED'S VIVACITY
… d helpful regarding the drive train in his Beachcomber. The brushless in-runner motor is 4080 1900KV and has a water-cooling jacket fitted. The ESC is a water-cooled Flycolor 150A . The prop shaft is 5mm and the propeller is a plastic X50. …
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VIC SMEED'S VIVACITY
… details that you would like to have to help you choose your brushless motor, ESC, shaft type and rudder size. Hopefully Eddie will message this information to pass on to you, and even more hopefully, he will bring his Beachcomer to the club …
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VIC SMEED'S VIVACITY
… s of performance. I'm already building up a picture of what brushless power system I could use, although I'll wait for your input before any decisions are made (there is also the small matter of having to save up my 'pennies' as I have a ba …
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VIC SMEED'S VIVACITY
… vacity so I have no idea how it could drive with a suitable brushless power train. I doubt that it would give a such a sporty drive as the Beachcomber? It could be that the thickness of the various bulkheads etc could be reduced a little if …
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Vic Smeed Remora
… ed designed a hull that would still work well today using a brushless out-runner motor with water cooled ESC and a LiPo battery. Here is a short video of its first outing at Southport today following some problems with the ESC that had prev …
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Vic Smeed Remora
… ft to perform very well. My point here is that this size of brushless motor and its kv rating matched with your 3-cell lipo gives me a starting point for working out glow engine to brushless power conversions (remember our Vivacity/Beachcom …
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VIC SMEED'S VIVACITY
Nice videos of the VicSmeed Moonglow Nick. Modern brushless motors and LiPo cells have hugely changed the performance available (without any real effort) for these classic model powerboats. Thanks for sharing the videos with us, Bob.
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VIC SMEED'S VIVACITY
… the other I'm not sure but could be similar power setup or brushless. Either way, both videos show performance that makes a total mockery of my efforts with Moonglow ( one of my earliest attempts at a 'proper' RC boat plan) about 34years a …
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River cruiser project
… ere may still be a problem with nearby electric models, but brushless should be OK. Be interested to know. I think it is the Meteor but it is stamped on the brass brackets on the base. One says Made in England and the other is the model typ …