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๐ฌ Re: Lorelei... Detail view of Water Jet install
1 month ago by cjanik001 (
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Thanks all for the likes and comments so far.
JB, I scanned your blog several times to see which motor you ended up with, but maybe I missed it. I think 11K RPM is all this one will be able to handle. The unit has only one brass bearing at the prop end. In fact I had to replace the stock shaft coupler because it was drilled off center and had a bad vibration. Good thing I tried it out before securely mounting the motor, as it would probably have warped the plastic housing. I will be happy if the boat get on a plane with some decent speed, not looking for it to be a racing boat by any means. I will probably write a blog next week, as the hobby room is being transformed to a party room for the U.S. Memorial Holiday. Need to clean up the desk and put away the tools so the grandkids won't get into them๐. ๐ Like
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๐ฌ Re: Lorelei... Detail view of Water Jet install
1 month ago by jbkiwi (
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Looking good CJ, I'll be interested to see how it works out. I ended up with a 3000 kv in-runner on 3s and a different prop, (modified to reduce the clearance, on the 26mm jet), to get a bit more performance, as the boat is quite heavy (about 6lbs) Try and make the intake as smooth a flow as possible also, helps to reduce cavitation. Depends how much speed you want. I was just going for a bit of a scale look.
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๐ฌ Re: Lorelei
1 month ago by cjanik001 (
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Hi HAKits,
Would like to see a video of it on the water, as well as more of the internals. Thanks ๐ Like
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๐ฌ Re: Lorelei
1 month ago by ChrisF (
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Hi - taking a keen interest in your build as have had thoughts recently about building a model with a water jet. Most of my current builds (Faireys) are prop driven and one has a stern-drive so fancy something a bit different. Part of the enjoyment for me is finding out what is available, what will fit and what is involved, so looking forward to that.
I'm going to do my own drawings and will be building around 30/33". Would be nice to use twin water jets to maintain a vee hull but the installation can get a bit tight in a relatively small hull and the control systems more complicated. Also the installation will start to get pretty expensive for what will be a fun boat rather than a scale model. Chris ๐ Like
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๐ฌ Re: Lorelei
1 month ago by HAKits (
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I put 2 jet drives in mine which gave good performance. from a 2s lipo
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๐ฌ Re: Lorelei
1 month ago by Peejay (
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Interesting project. Looking forward to progress reports!
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