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Couplings
… h Tender. Not sure which though. As I have purchased a nice brushless motor and speed controller to go with it. I am unsure though if it will push the boat fast enough. I have tried the Taycol with a electronic speed controller on the bench …
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3 Footer on a very rare outing
… made it way too heavy and it sits too low in the water. The brushless motor is too big, hence thinking of just swopping it with a smaller motor as it doesn't need to go as fast as I originally wanted a few years ago. its never handled very …
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MFA Torpedo 850 motor
… ght also salvage the Disc drive motors they should be small Brushless ones
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MFA Torpedo 850 motor
… ional Model Boat Show at Warwick last year. I decided to go brushless after that, so, motors and esc's are sat in a box in the garage, so I don't have any practical knowledge, sorry. Just what I was told. Best wishes, Dave W
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Using old motors
… ducks here, just fastish. PLEASE don't suggest I buy modern brushless stuff. I'm just not into all that. BUT, is there any newer thinking about speed control and reversing of the old Taycols, Frogs, Basset-Lowkes and SELs? I do posses one m …
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Speed controls
… d and 'conventional' ESCs I've not noticed it. Not got into brushless yet, but might do soon for Dad's old Sea Scout, which is my only single screw boat. Agree with the same settings philosophy, I do the same. Watch this space!
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Speed controls
… over the ESC to motor leads for a brushed motor. if it's a brushless you need to change over any two of the three leads. If you use the reverse switch on the tx it will make the motor run in the opposite direction but at reduced power if t …
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Speed controls
… ed in reverse, then you need to swop any two wires if its a brushless motor, and then reverse the channel on the transmitter, max speed is always forward, so its a fundamental set up issue here. You also need to ensure the stall or max amp …
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Speed controls
… it to. Throttle not centred on TX; Offset? Trim? Brushed or Brushless? if brushed: brush wear might play a minor role since most wear naturally comes from the forward direction. Lower resistance from prop in reverse? My money is on throttle …
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Battery problems
… perkassa. I have a number of large scale boats with a fast brushless set up, I pull almost 90 amps with one of them, on the initial acceleration, using 6 cells, 120a esc and (here is the difference) a 900kv brushless motor. The racing guys …
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Battery problems
… There are several Perkassa builds on the site and some use brushless with success. if you search you will find details of their power train which may help you choose the best set up. I do hope you will soon have your model speeding round y …
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Battery problems
… ushed motor because it was designed for this type of motor, brushless need much less coarse pitch propellers or very high capacity batteries and ESC's. Hope you can find a suitable set up Dave
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Battery problems
… we knew the size and type of prop you are running with your brushless motor. Fast large racing props do not work well with brushless unless your battery can provide the very heavy sustained current required. As Haverlock suggests a Wattmete …
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Battery problems
… wrong battery, you require a 3S(11.1 volt) Lipo battery for brushless motors. For example a Zippy Compact 5800mah 3S 60C(part No. 90670000666-0).
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Using old motors
… s can be expensive but generally work well. You will need a brushless type and both Electronize and Mtronic should work. I suggest you look them up on the web and either send an e-mail or ring them up to see what they suggest for your motor …
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2 motors 1 esc
If brushless no you can't. If they are brushed motors it's possible but they need to be matched closely otherwise one will run faster than the other. ideally you need to try the motors side by side measuring the current drawn and speed. if …
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MFA Avenger kit
… high standard. Designed around the MFA 12v motor, I think a brushless would be much better or a glow conversion (3.5cc to 8.5cc recommended). Looking for £65 plus post (courier about £9) will sort a photo of box if anyone wants to see it
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from the Philippines
… portant (3-4Km/h) then a brushed motor may be preferable to brushless. Generally the prop should be about the same diameter as the motor case. Larger props will require some form of reduction unit to reduce the load on the motor. Sounds lik …
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Motor upgrade
… nough to test at the lake, and change to suit. Now you have brushless motors, its like using old 4 stroke fuel with a v12 Ferrari, time to go lipo!! yippee!
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Motor upgrade
… from two johnson 555motors (running on 12V nimh) to running brushless. the speed is reasonable at the moment but a bit more would be better. I've been recommended 1000kv turnigy but which one the D3536 series or the D2836 series, anybody go …
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Motor upgrade
… to receipt, very good. Now as this my first dabblings with brushless motors and esc's I have a few problems, which I hope somebody may be able to help me with, I bought a hobbyking esc programming card, there are no instructions with it al …
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Motor upgrade
… 0kv would be also suitable. You will also need two suitable brushless ESCs but they do not need to be more than 30amps each. The props should be the same diameter as the motor case so your existing props may be too big. I use a 35mm 3 blade …
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MISS GEICO POWER BOAT 29"
for sale R C Miss Geico 29" brushless power boat twin hull complete set up with Spektrum DX2 radio control, very fast !! this is all brand new i bought this over a year ago and never used, so in near mint condition, change of circumstances …
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1/12 Trent Life boat Speedline kit
… rged plans, loads of print outs ,there 4 figures inc also 2 brushless out runner motors & esc, viewing is welcome phone 07903765943 cash on collection only ,too big to post*** I have just sold the Trent it has just been picked up ****thank …
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Battery Life
… model then I suspect the prop is perhaps too large for the brushless motor which will be struggling to reach max revs. Net result will be high current and short run times. if you can get or borrow a watt meter this will tell you the curren …
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raf crash tender
… s is my opinion only. Best performance in terms of speed is brushless, and lipo. Forget fear of fire and explosions, this only happens with abuse, and they are the common use with rc planes, helicopters, cars, its only boats that are really …
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Soldering suppressors to motor
Regarding brushless motors, you must not add any capacitors across any of the three connectors. The interference is caused by sparking between the commutator and brushes on a brushed motor, and brushless have neither. I would tend to agree …
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raf crash tender
… or charger and battery i would need to go into the world of brushless