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Old electric motors
… but being new to the hobby about 6 years ago I came in when brushless motors had become to be an acceptable and viable alternative and as such embraced them. In fact I struggle with brushed motors, well selecting the right one for the job! …
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Old electric motors
… boats I build. Because many modellers have changed over to brushless motors the prices have fallen for the brushed ones. Of course you come across motors you have never heard of before which is nice. If you read Model Boats magazine the cu …
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Old electric motors
… can use the brushed esc's . May be one day i will shift to brushless if there no more brushed available
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Re: Thames Richmond boat Co. boat
… o I have replaced it with a 600 motor and 12v, not a fan of brushless motors
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Re: 1/12th Scale Arun 52-24 RNLB Mabel Alice
… also sweep the windows. It’s 52 inches long powered by two brushless motors from two four cell 5000mah lipo batteries.
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Modified Stiletto project, (another new ESC)
… ore changes than a womans' mind, Now have the Hobbywing 60A brushless ESC installed and tuned in. Works very well, - much better than the previous 45A Surpass rubbish, -should be at twice the price (but only 3/4 the size). Runs smoothly and …
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Modified Stiletto project, ESC experiment
Thought I'd have a go at converting a brushless aircraft ESC to having forward and reverse. I've found that the aircraft ESCs perform better than the car ones, and usually have more tuning options, including timing and PWM changes. managed …
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Re: Modified Stiletto project, RE another motor change,- No4.
… number of poles, inrunner, outrunner etc. Re without ESC, - Brushless motors won't run without an ESC Brushless motors don't all run best on the auto settings of certain ESCs, and some need to be adjusted for best performance. On the whole …
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Re: Modified Stiletto project, another motor change.
… ith this though as a water-jet package was available with a brushless inrunner with cooling jacket. I shall be using a HobbyWing ESC though, in this case a Seaking. I don't think slow running will be an issue! Chris
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Re: Modified Stiletto project, first sea trials.
… you hold it in your hand (out of the boat). I have 2 x28mm brushless outrunners in my amphibious truck, for the swim motors, with 2 TrackStar 25A ESCs, and you can barely hear them run. I think inrunners are better in certain boats, as the …
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Re: Modified Stiletto project, first sea trials.
Yes, brushless can be problematic at low revs but I've been lucky with my Fairey River Cruiser. With an Overlander brushless motor and HobbyWing Quicrun ESC it pulls away very slowly and smoothly and on the runs I have done of around 30 min …
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Aeronaut kits Classic and Jenny
… s a first or second build in my opinion. With a 3s lipo and brushless motor it goes like stink too!
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Re: Modified Stiletto project, first sea trials.
… ut yeah, she’s loud. I get a little light “ringing” from my brushless outrunner boats, usually at low speed. I wonder if you’ve got something else going on. Maybe that hull just amplifies the noise? Only brushed models I have are geared mod …
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Re: Modified Stiletto project, first sea trials.
Hi Lew, I think most outrunner brushless motors are more suited to planes, as they start 'cogging' at low revs, especially if they have few poles and are better running flat out. Many brushless motors will get really hot running slowly for …
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Re: Modified Stiletto project, first sea trials.
… watch YouTube model boat videos that someone posted. He had brushless motors which was so annoying I had to mute the video. After a few times, I unsubscribed. Lew Florida ️, USA
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Re: Fairey Marine Builds
… I used the available Huntress drawings as a starting point. Brushless might sound a bit OTT but it performs very nicely at slow speeds and they are my go to motors - did think about brushed but couldn't find anything I fancied - I like the …
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Re: Fairey Marine Builds
… awings were produced from the brochure. I've already bought brushless motors for these models. Some might call them overkill for such slow models but my experience with the River Cruiser is that it runs very smoothly at slow speeds and I li …
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Perkasa
Are yours brushed motors though? Some folks have got 2 brushless motors to work from one ESC but usually there are problems and consensus is that you need an ESC for each motor.
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Perkasa
… k weight is much of an issue, especially if you go down the brushless route with their power output. With three motors and three ESCs it will start to get expensive though! Chris Edit: overlapped with Ed so I see weight isn't an issue anywa …
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Perkasa
… der. This has been replaced with a 35Mhz setup with BEC and brushless speed controll and LiPos. This boat has GRP hull and superstructure, it is a bit light so more batteries or ballast.
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Modified Stiletto project tank test
… reverse, but the collets to suit the smaller shafts on the brushless motors to go with the cable, aren't available, so may have to try bushing down the 5mm collet at some stage. One thing which is amusing is that the boat sits with the chi …
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Re: A Fan for the Motor
… lso vents to adjoining compartments. You can't water cool a brushless motor, but you can use a water cooled mounting but that's even more weight, plumbing pipes etc. The speed controller is already water cooled anyway so nothing more can be …
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Re: A Fan for the Motor
… i Doug. "BTW: I guess you can wrap a coil round an Inrunner brushless." You know what, I'd forgotten all about the In-Runner variety of brushless motor. They often have a water cooling jacket built in but I've seldom seen them used. Rob.
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Re: A Fan for the Motor
… fan Rob BTW: I guess you can wrap a coil round an Inrunner brushless. If you tried it with an Outrunner life would get kinda interesting for a few seconds
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Re: Graupner B28
… electric gliders. Other motor that is more powerful is the brushless motors. Most esc available up to higher amps ( make sure they can go in both directions, airplanes only fly one direction no revers, look at ones fir Rc cars. You can equ …
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Motor burn out?
… I have learned in the latest topics on the use of fuses in brushless motors) the ESC should be able to intervene promptly and save the motor. Maybe there are some settings you don't know (but neither do I unfortunately). But let's go back …
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Fairey huntsman steering
… a few quids worth in a model if you add up the cost of the brushless motor, ESC and LiPo battery. Chris
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Re: Motors mounted, some filling done, rudder linkage installed
… move the shaft towards the bearing side of the motor. Most brushless outrunners are set up so the end user can do that. There’s a set screw that one can loosen to facilitate that. I’ve posted a pic off the net of a similar motor with the s …