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Lockdown project
… . I changed the flat bottom hull to a V and put in a 1400kv brushless. The cabin and upper deck was changed to match pictures I had found and a few other changes. I've installed revolving radar, 50cal sound emitter, search light and pursuit …
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little River Tug
… ing around. Just a simple flat bottom design . Found a tiny brushless motor 10g that I had from when I built small balsa planes, a tiny ecs too. It seems to work slow enough to drive a prop so I thought I would give it a try. Mocked up a sh …
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Re: little River Tug superstructure
Doug, Thanks for the comments and your interest. The little brushless outrunners were purchased about 10 years ago from HobbyKing, 18-11 2000. See link, I see that they are out of stock, was about $10 usd. A better option is the e-flite 180 …
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Re: little River Tug superstructure
… model Junkers JU52 (Tante Ju.)? Where did you get that tiny brushless? Never seen one that small and light before. Especially as Outrunner. Thinks! I've dismantled some old CD drives, maybe I could use a motor from one of those!? Your blog …
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Re: Bobby Police Launch
… ries to turn over and is out of control. I currently have a brushless motor in one of them and she planes nicely. I think about 20 watts is about right for power. Telectra is a wee bit longer, and I think Twinkler was also a free plan in RC …
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A few scale boats for sale at present in NZ
… autiful 6'4" custom built Hatteras ? sport fisher (twin 840 brushless, -$2500)very old perkasa,($105), an evinrude electric o/b (1961, - up to $380 so far) and scale 1910 French yacht Louise Heloise (1.8m supposedly?) $300 +
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New member advice required on what to use
… suming that picture is generic, its not your finished boat? Brushless motors are fine for any application, the choice after the spec is outrunner, or inrunner, the former probably the cheaper and more readily available. Just ensure that you …
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Re: Aerokits Sea Queen
Plan is to repair and fit a brushless motor, not sure what size motor to get.
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46"Wooden RAF Crash Tender
… ormative and explained the KV’s , torque and other specs of brushless motors which means for the first time I am starting to understand the properties / performance of a brushless motor . Unfortunately with the exception of our old Chairman …
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Re: Airboat, getting back to it
… f these many years ago. It was before there were high power brushless motors Hi C-H, the full sized boats seem to have a special 'non trip' chine from about 2/3 back (a tapering bevel) and a slight V in the hull, (only a few deg) as most of …
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Re: Airboat, getting back to it
… f these many years ago. It was before there were high power brushless motors so mine was smaller and was powered by a 540 type motor. I also just built it with a plane flat bottom. It had a scale appearance. There were some problems with pe …
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46"Wooden RAF Crash Tender
… ere. In Summary Ray, keep your esc, its fine, but is it for brushless, and does it reverse? how many cells will it take? motor, needs to be in region of 1000kv or a bit less to haul the heavy hull, and consider its only a single screw. size …
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46"Wooden RAF Crash Tender
… . A heavy boat wanting speed has a play off. I then went to brushless in runner. 900kv, running off 6 cell lipo, faster at 22mph, 10 mins runtime, lipos depleted. I then went to a number of outrunners, as they were cheaper. At the time, nea …
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46"Wooden RAF Crash Tender
… ve me advice on which motor I should use ~ all my boats run brushless except the bow thruster in my Tamar Life Boat . Most of my boats are 36” long ~ GRP / Plastic ( I have a fleet of 5 Arriva Boats that are wood )so the RAF Crash Tender be …
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Re: Airboat, getting back to it
… les BTW. Was more important in the old 27/40Meg days before brushless motors etc. Since it works two-way it not only helps absorb internal interference, e.g.sparks from motor commutators but also interference coming from sources outside the …
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46"Wooden RAF Crash Tender
… have. Does it have two wires (i.e. brushed) or three (i.e. brushless)? You mention 'kv' which suggest a brushless motor. Both being water cooled doesn't mean much (except agro with the installation!). What matters is that the voltage and c …
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46"Wooden RAF Crash Tender
… y Brave Borderer (about 36"), which has three screws, outer brushless (30mm dia) motors, and the centre brushed.The max current draw, per brushless motor, is under 30 A. There is a video of it on this site and at max speed it is more that f …
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46"Wooden RAF Crash Tender
… he motor, so don't know if you are talking about brushed or brushless set up. My Fireboat was twin screw, two brushless outrunners capable of 25mph, as I recall amp draw on fresh lipos (4 cells per motor) was approx. 60a and I doubt you wil …
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Nostalgia
More - not much new around other than brushless motors - believe hydrojets date from the 1860's
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Hints & Tips - Covid 19
… lock-down. Was anxious to check the ESC programming of the brushless motors in my RAF RTTL project under water load. Used an idea had once seen tried by another modeller. Have refined the idea into a Hi-Tech version using constant water to …
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Done!! At least the pretty bits
… ave to do a little balance and also play with my power. The brushless inrunner was way too hot, I’m thinking going back to brushed with just a touch more power than I had before the brushless fiasco, or a brushless outrunner, which would ne …
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Re: Airboat, getting back to it
… y the huge amount of thrust produced " Did the same with my brushless upgraded Sea Scout Red using a spring fish scale. Was astounded to read 2kg. Repeated with a digital scale to cross-check, same result give or take a gram or two. Since t …
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Nostalgia
… still going strong. Took it out of my Sea Scout during the brushless upgrade. The 'perm was much too sedate for the Scout. Would be good for tug towing competition though Cheers, Doug Ps Glad to see your pics are behaving themselves now
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ESC Wiring (Turnigy)
… f the issues raised by my wheelbarrow test was that neither brushless motor would run smoothly. Decided to investigate as one ESC wire had also pulled out of the pin. Determined on these ESCs, that all the wires going into the plugs are jus …
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ESC Wiring (Turnigy)
… g me on to the Quicruns three years ago when I was still a 'brushless novice' and asked for advice on upgrading my Sea Scout. It worked a treat and still does
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ESC Wiring (Turnigy)
… 2 x Turnigy 50A Escs we have been talking about. It has HK brushless motors and the limited trials have, so far, always been terminated because of either motor water leaks or the wire problem. Think may have resolved both issues. My future …
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ESC Wiring (Turnigy)
… 0 connectors on the PTB. "Beginning to wonder if some of my brushless reservations could be linked to this issue." I don't think crimped or soldered was / is your issue there. Having looked a the Turnigy specs of the ESCs you appear to have …
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ESC Wiring (Turnigy)
… ctors, had miserable luck with Tamiya. Will try 2 x Quikrun brushless ESCs on my next project; from your experience they sound better than the Turnigys. Must agree the programming steps are coarse and could well be a contributor to my chall …