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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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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.
… 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: Sea Queen 2026 (Aerokits).
… Crash Tender Base on the Aerokits one. Great boat !!! 50mm brushless motor 450kv on 6S Lipo ( two 3S setup in series). 52mm 2 blade cnc prop. I finally ended up placing the batteries, one each side of the rudder. This made the boat handle …
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Re: SHIP MODELING: WHICH MODEL COMPANIES ARE STILL ACTIVE? WORLD OVERVIEW, CHARACTERISTICS AND PECUL
… ion. A Monoperm super is fitted is fitted but I might run a brushless motor, same fittings so can swap, after seeing how she runs. Roy
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Re: Maiden Voyage
+To me that is the down side to brushless, silly revs. Ok in the right boat + Nothing to do with being brushless. Problem would be with having too high a kV motor and battery voltage. I use brushless in all my builds including two very slow …
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Model Slipway Vosper RTTL
… by a 6 volt Speed 400, and one was included, but I’m going brushless with this build. First thing after cutting out the hull, deck and interior liner is to clean up and trim, then you’re supposed to build up the rudder from 2 abs halves an …
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Re: New planing hull design.
… a small fuel tank of fuel to carry in the hull. Our current brushless motors and LiPo battery packs with suitable ESC probably weight quite a lot more and should make quite a dent in the suggested additional ballast weight suggested? Bob
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Re: Malcolm Campbells Bluebird K3
… r-charged Rolls Royce Merlin engine would be nice.....but a brushless out-runner would be a more likely choice, facing forwards and mounted in the rear of the model with a geared drive shaft running underneath it - just like the prototype. …
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A new naval project. What to do now?
… the mechanical and electronic components, particularly the brushless motors. I'll need to find a size and scale that will allow for acceptable space both in the basement and in the car. I could then complete it to make it visually pleasing …
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Little Shelley Foss
Dual counter rotating props driven by independent 1000KV brushless motors. 6V / 3.5Ah Lead Acid Battery 2 16BL30 Quickrun Hobby Wing ESC's 3 ch. 2.4GHz Hobby King receiver Built to replace the Beaver Tug
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Building from plans
… eless designs that really does suit the modern era of small brushless motors and LiPo batteries - possibly even better than the original intended .21 glow engines. My Remora is a few years old now, and although it was designed as a competit …
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Building from plans
… plan and the design still performs really well today with a brushless motor - although the one I built in 1965 had an OS21 Marine engine to power it. LewZ showed us his idea of making a lighting box as a way of copying plans, and this idea …
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Re: Classic Model Power Boats
… s. It performed as I'd hoped pulling away smoothly with its brushless motor and maintaining slow speed when required, very slow speed in fact and no cogging! Only issue, though not that important, is that it could do with a bit more port ru …
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Re: Classic Model Power Boats
… l boat in the future. I am considering using small aircraft brushless motors/ESC/lipos for these as I have a set-up formula designed to give around 100watts which I've used successfully for several small planes and I have plenty of Lipo pac …
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The Motor & Prop shaft.
At this stage I need to do the final alignment of the brushless motor, coupling and prop-shaft. The motor mount is just a regular glass reinforced plastic mount from ModelBoatBits for a M500/600 motor. The motor is an Overlander T3548/05 as …
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Something a little different-Horizon Harbor Tug
… ad to make a mount for my preferred motor, the Zippkits 650 brushless outrunner, that’s coupled to the shaft with a good solid coupler. Esc is a HobbyWing 16BL30 30 amp unit. I had to do some modifications to mount my preferred Amazon sourc …
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Anyone tried Solar Powered RC boat?
… long drive shaft or outboard arrangement, so perhaps a slim brushless motor in each hull would be best.
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Anyone tried Solar Powered RC boat?
… mind - long slim hull for low drag, large propeller, 300 kV brushless motor. There are 15 solar panels on the roof, each rated at 2v 0.25A connected in series-parallel to give 10v at 0.75A (i.e. 7.5W). Scale is 1:25, size about 854 mm x 152 …
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Dole Aztec complete... Well almost!
… 4-5) coats of Krylon Clear. The model is driven by a 1000KV brushless motor connected directly to a 1" five bladed prop. Power source is a 7.4v 1800ma lipo battery, and a Quicrun 16BL30 ESC. I have yet to actually take her out on her maiden …
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A Banana Boat??!
… .5 inches long with a width of about 4.5". I plan to have a brushless motor driving a 1 inch 5 bladed brass prop. Chris
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KD Perkasa Class Drawings.
… on our club lake at Southport, it was powered by a pair of brushless motors and it drove very well. I was impressed enough to start looking for some detailed plans for these impressive craft and found an advert for a set online - but they …
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Re: LesRo Rapier 1 Rebuild.
… o carry an alloy water-cooled engine mount for the intended brushless motor. A platform was made under the wheelhouse to carry a pair of LiPo batteries along with a shelf to hold the ESC. A servo mount was fitted in to the rear cabin and th …