“Reasonably well!!?!?” Really? That things sweet Bill!! Well done sir! She looks the part, she’s weathered nicely, looks really good. Congrats on a job well done hoss.
Cash

Chum!!! What can I say?! But…

Bill, I’ve become quite enamored of the Zippkits 650 brushless outrunner. Now, I know you like brushed motors, and I do too, but the nice thing about an outrunner is that, except for extreme instances, they run very cool, due to the fact that they don’t have brushes, and the can rotates while under power so that helps too. This motor is wound for Zippkits by TFL for use in their Springer kit. Now, before I go on I try to set all of my working boats to use either a 2 cell lipo or 6 cell nimh. Only time I veer away from that is one or two boats I have that I run a 3 cell lipo, and the motors in those are different winds. So, I have this motor in my 15 pound Taucher Wulf all the way down to my Dumas ST tug and my Whitehall. It’s rated at 650kv, rpm per volt, and I’ve never had one come back hot. I’ve had the one in the Taucher come back pretty warm on a hot Texas summer day, but never burning hot. I use 18-30 amp speed controls that are generally used in 1/18th scale cars, and have never needed cooling of the esc or motor. And they sip juice. Only thing I’ve seen better as far as amp draw was the 385 5 pole motor with a 2.5 to 1 gearbox in my little Mystery tug.
Anyway, it’s a darn good motor. If I’m going to run a brushed motor in a working boat that’s direct drive, I try to use a “crawler” 550 motor of at least 35 turns or greater.
Anyway, that’s my take on it. I like to build, don’t mind doing maintenance, but I loathe having to replace a motor, hence my obsession with the Zippkits unit.
Cash

Chum! Thanks so much for the offer, but will hold off for now. I have five boats in the shop in various states of assembly with two waiting for their keels to be laid down. My shocking lack of discipline is so much fun !!!
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Thank you RN.

Nice one Chum👍

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Nice Office. I hope your Skipper gets there soon to check it out.🥸

Love it! Cheers Chum!!!

She’s getting there Bill! What motor are you running, or have you decided on that yet? I have a suggestion for you if you’re interested. Anyway, another neat subject that you’re doing a fine job on, keep at it!
Cash

Thank you RN.

What shall we do with the drunken sailor ... 😁
Well done Chum👍

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And steady as she goes!
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Thank you Mike & Ronald. As a substitute for deep breathing I just put it on the shelf for an extended pause while pondering if I wanted to continue. Spoiler alert; I did complete it.😋

Tre’bien
Marvellous
Success
Happiness
Cheers Mate

Always nice to get a motorized test done with no leaks!

Hei Chum!!
This is such a nice little "handbag boat! 😊😊😊
Good work . . .
Greetings Michel-C.

PS: Knashing of teeth, bashing of kit. STOP!!
inhale . . exhale . .inhale . . exhale . .inhale . . exhale . . .
??? you feel better ???🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣