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Slec Fairey Huntress
… teries, then personally, I'd be seriously tempted to go the brushless route, but not running lipos. As I said before, you would still have to buy an ESC, but if you got them both from eBay or Banggood, they'd probably cost you £50 or less f …
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Slec Fairey Huntress
… a lighter, more powerful(size for size) and more efficient brushless set up. You could run a brushless motor on a different battery to a Lipo. The cost of a brushless motor and suitable speed controller wouldn't be particularly great, espe …
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Slec Fairey Huntress
I suspect Dave Milbourne the designer chose the brushless motor to give the model the scale performance he desired. I searched our Boat Harbour section and there is at least one Huntress shown but no details of the motors used. I suggest yo …
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Slec Fairey Huntress
… re any particular reason that you don't want to go down the brushless/Lipo route? Will
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Simulated Cooling Water discharge
… that the brushes would have a really long lifespan. Would a brushless motor survive this treatment any better? Don't get me wrong, NONE of my boats are ANYWHERE near this stage of build/repair, it's just something that I have wondered for q …
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Simulated Cooling Water discharge
… p for the smoker and a water pump which cools the in-runner brushless motors and also provides water for the exhausts. The front 'exhaust' is the constant cooling water and the rear is for water, smoke and air together to break up the water …
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Simulated Cooling Water discharge
Hi Will, As you know, all of my power boats have brushless motors mounted on water-cooled alloy motor mounts. The water enters the boat via a water scoop (just like when we were allowed to run our two strokes and glow engines on the UK club …
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Simulated Cooling Water discharge
Maverick, yes, I will be running a water cooled mount (brushless outrunner), but that connected to the outlet will give a constant discharge of water and will probably be what I will actually end up doing. It was nothing more than simply wo …
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Re: H.Sw.H.S. Visby
… h rust. I haven't even started this model but have attached brushless motors to each unit and have Esc's and many of the bits including the hull. I think yours will be finished before I start. Dave
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Re: Fairey Faun
… I'll see how the motor performs but it would be good to go brushless. I don't have a clue how to approach that though especially as the motors are completely glued together. Bob - I did see a KK motor on EBay but silly money was being aske …
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Re: Fairey Faun
Chris, would converting the Gakken to a small brushless be an option? Not so much for gaining speed, but for reduced weight and also, because you could find a small, slim ESC that may be easier to fit/hide away? I definitely agree that's th …
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Power and Control
… ze electric motor do I need for a 48" Huntsman, what's best Brushless make ( without breaking the bank), also what size ESC ( 100amp maybe) please
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Power and Control
… urn of speed. So I'd use at least a 50mm diameter outrunner brushless motor for the torque. As diameter increases the available kv (to determine the battery voltage required) tends to decrease and unlike say 28 and 35 diameter motors where …
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Graupner SAR Hertha Jeep
… t one a few years ago, and after a few runs converted it to brushless. She was my “go-to” boat for almost 2 years until an altercation between her and JPs Kitty II caused the loss of her superstructure. Well, JP had a brand new SAR kit in t …
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building Katie
… speed control to it? I sure hope it is a brushed and not a brushless motor. There are several views of the finished model on this website. Something I had not mentioned in my earlier post, is that I add fiberglass to my models’ deck to sea …
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Re: LesRo Rapier.
A suitable brushless motor was fitted on a water-cooled alloy mount with a 120A water cooled ESC that was carefully aligned with the original 2BA prop shaft (fitted with new M5 phosphor bronze bearings and a 5mm stainless inner shaft) and j …
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SILICONE TUBE COUPLING
… with success, but would not personally use silicon with any brushless motor as they produce a great deal of power and need good a good solid mounting and drive train. Any problem with either and you are likely to see magic smoke or worse an …
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SILICONE TUBE COUPLING
… shafts. My Hartley jet boat can pull 30A with a 3000kv 45D brushless inrunner on 3s, and it seems to handle it ok. On brushed motors or brushless inrunners, you will need to make a 'stopper' at the motor end to stop the tube migrating up t …
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President Huntsman kit
… s an old 500 series electric motor, will be replaced with a brushless one. I also have just the fibre glass hull with the deck on it but no superstructure on it. I hope to build a top for it, but it will probably be totally different to the …
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RUNABOUT SLIPPING SILICONE COUPLING SOLUTION ?
… der, (sometimes 'vertical lathe' for light stuff) press for brushless motor shafts etc. One of the handiest tools is an Austrian EMCOSTAR multi machine, (bench saw, band saw, disc sander, belt sander, jigsaw etc) which I was given,- a perfe …
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Jet PT Boat. looking for best model as base.
… purchased another Turnigy AquaStar 4084-1050KV Water Cooled Brushless Motor. They no longer seem to have thier UK warehouse running. So it now come from thier GLOBAL one. The motor has gone up about 30% since I last bought one and the posta …
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Jet PT Boat. looking for best model as base.
… ve. Even food prices are rising every few weeks. I bought a Brushless motor and ESC from Hobby King back before the Pandemic and the same parts they have gone up by about 75%. I wanted to buy a second set the same, but I am now I think just …
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Jet PT Boat. looking for best model as base.
… nd has a 26cc 2stroke petrol engine. I plan to convert to a brushless motor.This picture was taken about 11 years ago I think. There a few more pictures on my harbour listing.
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Re: Sea Queen
… boat and modern motor. I bet she runs really good with the brushless motor. Well done. Please look at the orientation of your flag. Martin555.
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Re: VINTAGE RUNABOUT
… 4s as well, so a reasonable reserve before having to go to brushless. Not too worried about performance, as I just wanted a bit of a cruiser really, with extra 'bits'. The Hartley is about the same weight, but only has a single brushless j …
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Re: Achieving 16 channels using S-Bus.
… ow hook release. They will be used. On another note, does a brushless motor need suppression?
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Re: Lesro Arrow
… i Terry, I note from the SLEC website that they recommend a Brushless Motor : 3536/8 1000Kv. "Parts Needed to Complete the Model 10in x 4mm Prop Shaft PR830B 4mm to 5mm Coupling PR840C Small Rudder PR833A 2 Bladed Prop 40 with 4mm thread PR …
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Re: Lesro Arrow
If this is going to be a speed boat, perhaps a brushless is the way to go. Much faster, smaller and lighter. There are members who would be able to advise as to the size but at the same time, consideration with regards to the battery would …