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The spray booth.
… an exhaust vent mounted through the door. The fan unit is a brushless bathroom ventilator wired to a simple switch on the side of the frame, it can move more than sufficient air volume quite safely in the presence of propellants and solvent …
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Propshaft
… hreaded end of the propshaft and the 5mm plain shaft of the brushless motor. The recommended prop is a nylon two blade X50, again from Modelboatbits. The keel needs to be bored out to receive the propshaft and fortunately I have a 8mm wood …
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Perkasa update
… ve applied the 2nd coat of primer to the hull installed two brushless motors /rudders & servo
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Perkasa
… e glassed the inside and installed the two 5mm shafts & two brushless motors ( more info on the running gear as it happens) there is still a lot to do it will keep me busy over the winter
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Sea Queen
… nt I cut my own Ash & Mahogany planking powered by a 1400kv brushless motor 90a esc 3 cell lipo 5000mah
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Sea Queen
… more pictures as i progress i intend running it on a 1400kv brushless motor with a 3 cell lipo 5000mh & 100amp watercooled esc
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Speedline 1/48th scale Huntsman
… ck but never really got it going, this was before Lipos and brushless motors. it was more like a barge than a power boat. When I first saw this one I was amazed that it looked so good despite its diminutive stature. After a few mails with A …
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Vosper 1/16th scale crash tender
… fits the bill. I am using their recommended hardware with a brushless motor driving a single 40mm screw. However, I also plan to install working fire monitors mounted on servos so they can rotate. The servos are from Aquacraft in the US whi …
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1:24 scale KD Perkasa from an older Precedent kit
… where now so the glow plug engine was removed and a Turnigy brushless motor and LiPo batteries successfully installed recently to make a fast, quiet and reliable boat. I bought the Perkasa kit recently on eBay to make a change from many lon …
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AEROKITS 46" FIREBOAT....A TROUBLED PROJECT
Next came the power train, this is 2 800watt brushless motors, mounted on watercooled motormounts, 2 x 60amp Seaking ESC's. it was decided that fitting the prop shafts, motors, rudders would be easier before the side skins were fitted...thi …
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Type23 frigate H.M.S.Iron Duke
… ing gear also from fleetscale and will be fitting a pair of brushless motors. These will run off of a 12 volt system, which will also run all the lights on the vessel.
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Victory Industries Vosper Fire Boat RC conversion part 2
… taken, put me off. Has anyone experience of or ideas about brushless motors and lipo batteries? I was put off lipo when I saw a fire proof bag to put the batteries in when charging them and then the problems Boeing had. They sound like the …
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46 Inch Crash Tender - 10 days on
… der and the speed controller to go with it, Seaking 120 amp brushless courtesy of GiantShark Also started to do a bit of work on the cabin roofs while the glue sets - very pleased with the progress of the aft cabin roof.
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46 Inch Crash Tender - 6 days on
… ntrollers, the recommendations that came with the kit for a brushless motor and corresponding speed controller are a bit out of my league and with my limited knowledge of electric power would be expensive if I did something wrong. I would l …
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Detailing continues on RMS Olympic - Windows and Rigging
… ng is fixed to each mast and I have used small berylium (ex brushless motors) magnets superglued to the bulwarks. A small metal tab attached to each line can then be place over the appropriate magnet and adjusted to tension. The aerials run …
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Sea Trials
… ew weeks back. it goes like stink with the Hobbyking 1000kv Brushless Motor and 7.2v NiMh battery pack and shows very long run times. two (minor) problems - it was very twitchy on the rudder set-up I first installed - I have reduced the rud …
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Dabchick rudder, running gear and top moulding
… build continued. if I was doing it again I'd probably use a brushless motor and LiPo batteries.. rather than the make do units I had to hand. The windows have been cut out for appearance an given acetate 'glass'.
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Old Aerokits Rebuild
… the nearly completed boat, ready for its first sail. Small brushless fitted.
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rivarama
… ord the AmatI kit, this is also larger. I'm putting in twin brushless motors 28/20-7 919Kv approx 500w each. I decide to take some photos of the build but whether I carry on is another question! Anyway here's what I've done so far, a week's …
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Billings US Coast Guard Cutter refit
… lly got round to upgrading my US Coast Guard cutter to twin brushless motors. This is the Billings kit I built some six years ago. Originally I had powered with twin 385 type motors controlled by an Electronize ESC from a 12v 1.2Ahr SLA. Wo …
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BARC Barge amphibious resupply cargo
… nge getting some of the detail from the photos. I have twin brushless 3200kv with twin 45mm screws 7.2v direct drive and still a work In progress I am now thinking I may of over done the power I guess I will have to see how It works out, th …
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Wattmeter update
… ged to get up to 0.8A and 6 watts when I hooked it up to my brushless esc. and motor (0.8A x 7.74v = 6.192 watts ) Richard
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door pt2
… the water without then having to go to the extremes of twin brushless motors and 24volts !
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Build Progress to date, with Pictures
… er the deck to help when I come to glue the transom on. The brushless motor is a HobbyKing No-Name special - 1000Kv 222watt outrunner with a 30amp HobbyKing Car ESC - this is the ESC . . . http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewIte …
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Another Double Size Eezebilt Mermaid
… ted a fairly simple boat so that I could install and test a brushless motor. It is a long time since I have made anything in balsa, and the the design of the mermaid appealed and once scaled up to 28" seemed to be about the right size for t …
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Keil Kraft Eezebilt Mermaid (x2 Scale)
… or and 30mm 3 blade prop seem a popular choice. What Is the Brushless equivalent to a Graupner 600?
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Installation of Motor and ESC
The motor (XYH42-50 700kv 41A Brushless outrunner) bought from, Giant Cod has been installed as well as the prop shaft and aligned. I have also loosely mounted the ESC (Hobbywing Seaking 60A) and connected the water cooling tubes to and fro …
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Mini Fire Boat
… s after some slow speed control that I did not get with the brushless It was stop or go and as Its a small boat you need to sale In sheltered pools and It was just uncontrollable I have moved the batteries forward as well. I could not get t …