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3D printed tugboat
… ut it runs surprisingly well. Power is from a 3s lipo and a brushless outrunner - pics in a later post. I'm planning to make an autonomous boat this year and this is a potential candidate Printed from ASA and ABS filament on a Bambu X1 Carb …
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Midwest/Model Expo Fireboat
… he build, the side-mounted rudder servo installation, and a brushless tug motor from Zippkits.
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Cruise ship?
… e prop and 90 degree rudder. She's powered by a tiny 1000kv brushless motor and 5amp esc. Runs on a 1s 1000mah lipo. She's now permanently in dry dock and lives as an ornament as she didn't work out as well as I'd have liked. As I type this …
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Difficult Restoration's?
… ved the 540 motor and planed to try putting in a reasonable brushless and put on one of my boats but not sure which one yet. It still has all it's original stickers on it as you can see in the first 2 pictures. Third picture is the Krick Br …
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Palfinger PB-950A (kinda)
… t PBR, I decided to give it a try. It's a decent 1s powered brushless jetboat but it lacks a decent control system and reverse. I gutted the control system and added a small 1s brushless esc/receiver unit for a micro plane. The reverse is c …
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Re: The tub test
… 276mph my only other "affordable" option was a high winding brushless set-up with high powered lipos and cooling. That's what I opted for and was lucky enough to stumble upon a stock Taxxas Spartan drivetrain that might get me close. Down t …
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Sprite
… a decent speed and have a lot of experience with different brushless motors in a variety of model power boats. The water-cooled alloy motor mount will make it easy for me to try different motors, but I think I will start with the least pow …
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VIC SMEED'S VIVACITY
… suing a brushed set up or should I just stick to looking at brushless? I would like the boat to show a reasonable turn of speed, but I am not wanting a 'raceboat' - I have seen footage of a Sea Queen moving at quite 'dangerous' speeds using …
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LESRO SPRITE
Not sure what the run time will be with the new brushless set-up, so I've put 15mins as a start point; I know I can get 10-12+ mins with this size motor and a 3200mAh 4s Lipo in a 63ins span KK Super Sixty trainer plane revving an11x4" prop …
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Sprite
Sprite Plus - fitting the motor mounting baseplate. With a brushless motor fitted onto the alloy water-cooled mount and joined to the 5mm prop shaft with a solid coupling, the angle of the motor mount assembly can be clearly seen. The carbo …
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Sprite
… and fitted. Having fitted the solid 5mm x 5mm coupling to a brushless motor and then screwing this assembly in-between the carbon "side spats" of the motor mount, I had the precise location for the motor to be fitted after it is clamped ont …
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Re: Vosper
I’m glad you are NOT putting in a brushless motor, because when I bring my model along side yours, we can go out on patrol together without me chasing your wake. We will look good providing support the bigger vessels of the fleet!
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Re: Classic Model Power Boats
… s I just bought one 90% finished with 6 channel 2.4G radio, brushless 3542-1450kv. 60 Amp ESC. Only to finish adding the fittings ,interior and maybe the funny wing things on the sides which are missing. Harry
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Re: Fairey Huntresses
… v lead acid battery. Very heavy though. I am going to put a brushless in it at some point and use a LiPo battery. SHould go a lot better, I did run it a mile up the River Thurne in Norfolk a few yewars back and under Potter Heigham Bridge, …
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Re: Classic Model Power Boats
… d that are fuel soaked too. A restoration and conversion to brushless motor power would make this into a very nice Classic Model Power Boat that would be really good to see on the water again. Bob.
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120 years of modelboat history
… has a MFA 800 brushed motor in it. I am about to change to brushless soon. I also have 2 x 3ft Anglia Model Shop Fibre Glass Huntsman hulls that I can still build to how ever I wish to put superstructures on. I do have the parts drawn out …
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Re: Classic Model Power Boats
… ist the 34" F1 tunnel hull with a K&B converted outboard to Brushless. I am thinking of putting that on Ebay as I am thinning out a lot of my boats as I have so many. A couple of those cheapy NQD R/C ready to run boats as well . I had about …
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Re: Classic Model Power Boats
… (was meant to have a Zenoah sold that off) will now have a brushless. 28" R.A.F. CRASH TENDER. Built from Balsa wood from reduced 34" plans. 50" Chineese Fibreglass PT 109. ( removed the 26cc IC engine, going brushless) Proboat Miss Geico …
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Re: Classic Model Power Boats
… ite" !!! I think it's about time to take her for a run. 35m brushless 920KV, 3S lipo Battery, 40mm 2 blade prop. Harry
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Mixer connections
Hi, bought two of these for my RC shark, I need to mix two brushless motors and two servos. They don’t have wiring diagrams any suggestions as to how to wire them up please? I’ll be using a Futaba 6EX-PCM 1024 as it’ll be under water (hopef …
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Surpass ESC Problem?
… n the water. All other ESC that I have used in my boats for brushless motor control cut power at a pre-determined cell voltage to protect the battery. Often, following the power cut the ESC will re-set to allow you to limp back to shore wit …
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No motor coupling
… SC and motor (brushed) or between drive battery and ESC for brushless. 3. Twiddle the motor gently around until you reach the position where the current drawn is at minimum. This is then the position of perfect alignment and maximum power t …
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Re: Classic Model Power Boats
… th respond really nicely to being driven fast with a modern brushless motor ! Bob
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Re: Classic Model Power Boats
… 20 Gentlemans runabout, scratch built to 860mm. 35mm 1100kv brushless, 60Amp ESC (mounted under the dash). 3S Lipo battery and 3 blade 37mm prop. After these pics I add chine rails, just 4 x 4mm. Harry
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How many revs do you need on a brushed motor for a 32" model
… to just lift onto a plane so a bigger motor is required. A brushless motor has been suggested but that would mean also changing the ESC and I want to keep the price to a minimum!! I've looked at the 500 series motors but the have a range o …
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Video of 1st completed sail
… 3 bladed prop. I think we will swap the motor for a 1000kv brushless which will hopefully make the bow rise a bit!We plan to in due course add a searchlight, radar scanner, bow roller and a nurse sitting in the back cockpit. Hope you enjoy …
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prop and motor advice
I mainly use brushless and so can't really advise on the size of a brushed motor which would probably be the best choice. But given the size of the prop a motor with a reduction would be a good idea (pulleys and belt), which as well as taki …
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Re: Aerokits Sea Commander. Strange Handling ?
… spray rail that goes the length of the hull. its powered by brushless, and 6 cells lipo, with gps eagle tree data logging, its 25mph, and is over the speed that the hull feels safe. Look at the turns, left are perfect, right are choppy, the …