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Riva Aquarama 1/10th Scale
… along the forward chine to generate more lift forward. Two brushless 3530 1100kv motors using belts to get a low shaft angle driving exposed shafts. Two 3,300mah LiPos give an hours run time.
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Re: Riva Aquarama 1/10th Scale
… h. I also really like the engineering choices with the twin brushless motors and belt drive to achieve those low shaft angles. After a 40-year break from model building, you certainly came back in style! Congratulations on an impressive fir …
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Control and power chassis
… e power electronics and making future access simple. At the brushless‑motor end of the access area, the two ESCs are installed in a fixed position, with clean routing for the motor leads. Power‑in sockets for each LiPo battery have been add …
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Re: Sprite
… ce for the Sprite Plus when paired with a different type of brushless motor. When I worked with large scale r/c racing cars, it was not uncommon to find that some servos just did not seem to “like” working together. This was especially noti …
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Re: Bloated LiPo
… heavier. A newer class of 1/12 Mini racers allow the use of brushless motors and two cell LiPo batteries. Although these have more power, I have found better traction (more weight can help) with my old brushed 540/NiMh combination and don’t …
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Three Sea Commanders !
… ic Model Power Boat that performs really well with a modern brushless motor that can hold its own against any similar sized model power boat. Bob.
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Re: build blog
… the motor and propshaft in place. I will be using a single brushless inrunner driving the prop through a toothed belt drive. I have found universal joints to be noisy, eccentric and unreliable. This will be my 4th Boat with belt drive. The …
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Pursuit
… is still in reasonably good condition. The boat came with a brushless motor factory fitted but needed an ESC and r/c system and a good (powerful and fast metal geared) steering servo to be fitted. I ran this boat quite a lot on 4C LiPo batt …
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ASSEMBLING VIVACITY'S KEEL - Feb - July 2026.
… po. After much deliberation weighing up a brushed set-up vs brushless, then choosing brushless only to find the only way I could get a low enough kv motor for the 3 inch prop speed to be acceptably low was to use an aero motor, I finally se …
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VIC SMEED'S VIVACITY
… rdmeyer who owns SAB Model Boat Fittings - thanks Bill! The brushless motor and speed controller should be arriving in the next week or two. When they do, I intend to set up an engine/propshaft test to see what the performance specs are lik …
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Re: build blog
… ig boat at 49". It's not a heavy boat, so, twin 3542-1450Kv brushless motors on 3S Lipo batteries??? The Dumas Trojan is a keeper, it was design with twin brush motors which would not pull skin off custard !!! So it's having a single brushl …
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3D Printed RAF Crash Tender 35"
… el is approximately 35 inches long and will be powered by a brushless motor on a single shaft. I am currently working through the construction, finishing and painting stages, and will post updates as the build progresses. I am looking forwa …
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Re: 1/8 scale unlimited hydro
… nicwake set-up would work. A water cooled aluminum jacketed Brushless motor, water cooled ESC, a high torque servo, and two 3 cell lipos would push a hydro around quite well. Dual inlet rudder and trim tabs will help as well. And then there …
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Re: 1/8 scale unlimited hydro
… I've been wondering about that for quite some time. Today's brushless motors and LiPo batteries are so powerful that an electric setup seems like a very realistic option. Excellent question, Ed. I'm looking forward to hearing what those wit …
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Re: build blog
… ads. From purely a performance perspective I think a single brushless is sufficient...?
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Re: build blog
… had a 3.5 Fuji glow engine in it but I'm going to fit twin brushless motors but haven't found the prop shaft separation.
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LesRo Rapier.
… s that I may need when I am "pond side" to change a prop or brushless motor are carried on small magnets in the rear compartment to save me forgetting to take them with me and this has proven to be very helpful! Bob.
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Re: Rapier
… r during Covid, based on Cornwalls plan. The large mtronics brushless motor fits low down in the front, although I've had trouble with the speed controller when fitted to a 3cell lipo. Its quit happy on 2cell. To fit everything in, the rear …
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Re: New planing hull design.
… shaft and an extra length of tube which is no problem for a brushless motor!+" This heartens me a lot because, from the tests I have done so far, I have seen that with very long shafts the resistance and Ampere absorption greatly increases. …
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Re: New planing hull design.
… shaft and an extra length of tube which is no problem for a brushless motor! Note that the keel design includes a raised piece for the rudder monting. Have you allowed for the coupling in the prop shaft length you are working with? I can gi …
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Re: New planing hull design.
… eads me to believe it would be difficult to find a suitable brushless motor for a big planing model, say over 50"/1270mm, as motors sold for boats don't have a high enough kV to produce a higher enough rpm unless say a pully system is used. …
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Re: New planing hull design.
… at the end of this text. Let me know what you think. As for brushless motors, however, I only have theoretical knowledge. It's obvious—and this has been reiterated many times—that brushless motors, given the same size and voltage, are much …
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Re: New planing hull design.
… er output for both types and confirms what I said that with brushless, it almost doesn't matter what power output you choose for a given diameter as even the lowest would be more than an equivalent brushed. More power is probably good as he …
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Re: New planing hull design.
… 55 turns 7,700 65 turns 7,000 80 turns 5,500 To convert to brushless motor divide the rpm by the voltage. eg 45 turn brush motor would about a 1250kv brushless motor but the power difference about 90 Watts to 800Watts . The brushless weigh …
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Re: New planing hull design.
… tten some years ago, 2011 in fact (!) but a good article on brushless motors and still relevant in many ways. The power of brushless motors is often given nowadays, certainly as regards those from Overlander Batteries. Not sure how relevant …
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Re: New planing hull design.
… ill be to conduct online market research on the brushed and brushless outrunner motors that emerged from my discussions with you. From this research, I'll obtain dimensions and weights. With the dimensions of the possible motors, I'll desig …
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Re: New planing hull design.
… the exact same ones) or the nylon equivalents. Considering brushless for now, the mounts will take a number of different sized motors as long as the mounting hole centres are the same - if say you went for a smaller motor of say 28mm diame …
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Re: New planing hull design.
… I came late to the hobby, around 9 years ago, by which time brushless had become well established and largely understood so I didn't see any need to consider brushed. I do have brushed in a couple of plastic ready-to-run boats and they perf …