Search
2,758 posts for “tug” · in Forum
Page 74 of 99
Forum
Weekend Buy
… e is a Billing Boats 1:75 Scale "Smit Rotterdam Ocean Going Tug Boat". I am thinking of calling her "Smit London" will have to do some repaint on her. Fred
Forum
Esc motor pairing.
… h integrated rudder mixer. As I'm doing with my Southampton tug. You can then use just one stick (and one thumb) to control both motors and rudder with motor assisted steering. Pirouette on the spot if you wish ️️ Other hand free to operate …
Forum
Online shop - order / delivery/contact
… g to my archive! The pics sure weren't for me, I've got one tug, she's enough for me (Or one and a half, if you count my titchy 1:108 Revell Harbour Tug, ca 15cm) The site search function can't find your original post though Colin Seem to r …
Forum
Online shop - order / delivery/contact
Hi Colin, The HAZLEGARTH sounds like a lovely tug! And she has some very good lines! I found some pics hope they help! Cheers, Ed PS. Will follow this Blog with interest!
Forum
Online shop - order / delivery/contact
… ody was able to assist me with details or pictures. It is a tug called HAZLEGARTH, so when I saw these motors it gave me the inclination to do something about it. (MOTIVATION) I was looking for a home for my 12v 25ah sla , it sits nicely in …
Forum
Online shop - order / delivery/contact
… om) and 75mil props! Sounds like a recipe for a might meaty tug to me Colin
Forum
Online shop - order / delivery/contact
… t looks like the next project will have to be my HazelGarth tug it's a big beastie so these should be okay. So it looks like my early concerns were not necessary. Cheers Colin. P.S. can't upload pics at the moment???
Forum
Norstar model fireboat.
… want a fairly high revving job rather than high torque like tugs need. Scaling up from my Sea Scout a good brushless might be in the range of a 35xx-40xx 1500-2000kV outrunner. The 35 or 40 is the motor diameter in mm. xx is the length in m …
Forum
Online shop - order / delivery/contact
… hen I have the items, as I have an idea for the motors. Big tug. Just a thought Doug, I didn't get any suggestions about what motor I should fit in my NorStar Crash Tender. Whatever it is it will need to be used on either SLA or night or ni …
Forum
Balsa Shortage
… ill common also) so we'll always have something. My 80s 40" tug was carved from a poly block and completely glassed as an experiment, and came out quite well, was light and unsinkable. JB
Forum
Interlaken Boat Club, Switzerland
… -builder-takes-an-interest-in-the-mv-uchuck-iii/ See the RC Tugboat built by him which is seen at the bottom of this link. http://russelbrothers.com/xrhdaughney.html
Forum
Interlaken Boat Club, Switzerland
… u-schiffe.de/Schiffe/ANDERE_SCHIFFE/VERSORGER/Mituvlo/Micro_Tug.html How'd you come in contact with him? If you need help communicating in German, or reading his club site, please let me know. Lass mich bitte umgehend wissen! Cheers, Doug
Forum
Centurion Model Boat Club
… to get them out . Only have one real sea type boat a large tug part complete somewhere with an old 200 amp Graupner controller, an ex car fan ? motor and a future ? small car battery - the smaller boats tend to take a bad pounding even in …
Forum
SEA COMANDER RE-FURB.
… ts from the water when we set sail - my little 12" Lindberg Tug and friend Neville with his 6 ft Branksome Steam Launch. Amounted to hurricane conditions for my tug - but no problems . Branksome simply continued as normal ............. Not …
Forum
raf crash tender
… ite, you will also notice that there is a sea going wartime tug in the background. I new where the picture was taken because I have been round the fort. These pictures now tell me that the long nozle monitors were a later adition if what yo …
Forum
At the club pond today
… good day of it! Maybe soon I'll be able to take my Brooklyn Tug. For her Maiden Voyage! Cheers, Ed
Forum
Mayflower II Restoration
… er, no not my work. Picked it up in a market in Portimão Portugal JFF And a pic of Mayflower II before her refit. Cheers, Doug
Forum
Dual rudder alignment.
… don't know what to expect with 2 rudders on my Southampton Tug. I can see that they are not parallel. But there is no adjustment for this. The bar that sets both rudder positions is prefabricated to a given length. Now I know that when a c …
Forum
Dual rudder alignment.
… not had any problems. I have just looked at my Southampton Tug and there seems to be a bit of loos play in them, by wiggling them i can get them parallel. So i think the manufactures of these Tugs have just come up with a standard that is …
Forum
Electronize speed controllers
… ew RTR models (such as the HobbyKing Southampton/Richardson tugs) which use a single proprietary combination RX/ESC/rudder control circuit board. (Later models now also include some electronic switches for lights and smoker on the same boar …
Forum
SEA COMANDER RE-FURB.
… urchased products,) and partly why I then continued with my Tug dual ESC blog. Advert over...but in a few blogs time I will be covering H bridges, which are present in every ESC and may, I repeat may, be a real source of some of your proble …
Forum
SEA COMANDER RE-FURB.
… er boats with the 12v 7ah batteries are as follows. 48 inch Tug weight with batteries and ballast 15.6 kgs running a 540 motor with 25 to 1 reduction box and 60mm prop gives 1 hour 15 mins. 60 inch pleasure cruiser with ballast and batterie …
Forum
SEA COMANDER RE-FURB.
… an electrical issue. Luckily one of the guys had his pusher tug and was quick to the rescue. Easy fix and will see how it goes next trip. Getting a lot of attention at the club and all of a sudden more old designs are coming out of the wood …
Forum
Electronize speed controllers
… blogs where I will be recording and sharing the Southampton tug upgrade and maybe extend it to more general electronics on a How it works basis. I want to photograph the install process and maybe some of the test waveforms as well. This is …
Forum
Electronize speed controllers
… do I go to the post you want to open about the Southampton Tug? What doubts do I have !! ... please help me !! Julio
Forum
Electronize speed controllers
I intend to start a build blog for my Southampton Tug ESC upgrade, which is progressing well. So this will be my last entry here regarding this project. I realised that I had not included anything for low battery detect. However, no info wa …
Forum
Electronize speed controllers
… However, the new device I am making now for the Southampton Tug simply cannot be bought. The reason is that the Tug does not make the Servo output for the motors available. It's deeply buried in a bit of plastic called a microprocessor. So …
Forum
Electronize speed controllers
… e interests of realism.....I have found that windage on the Tug has much more effect than the rudder can correct in reverse. That is one reason for doing this mod. Checking my design it works out that to be realistic needs less bits in my d …