Nice site,

I shall look at it in detail in the next week or so.

Thank you very much.

sail in good health and above all have fun


I am happy to know you will be on the water.

you may like to look at

http://eezebilt.co.vu/plans.html

some of these are as simple as it gets and being balsa easy to make, if you have little skill try making one of them will cost a few pounds for material and they are quite easy to make.

building your own will add so much to your enjoyment.

Thanks for your reply Haverlock, As I mentioned I have limited skills on this front, and although what you say sounds simple, I know I would fritz it up, The boat is now in Sussex Model Centre and they are fitting two brand new Viper ESC's, The Electronize has water damage to it now they thinks, so in a few days it will all be fitted tested and calibrated, And I can take my boy off sailing with it.
😀 😀 😀

I just checked I have a 43hx esc with no BEC let me know if you want it!

Ok lets make this a little more simple!
Contact electronize and ask them for a suitable replacement ESC .

Now you will have two sets of motor wires connected to your existing ESC disconnect one and couple to your new unit.

get a "Y" lead so the RC side of the ESCs can be coupled together and connected to your receiver.

IMPORTANT
if you have a BEC ( battery eliminator ) on your existing ESC ( you will know this if you do NOT have a receiver battery) you will need to cut the red receiver lead on your new unit.
If you don't you will fry something !!!!!!

HI all and thanks for the replies, I have visited Sussex Model centre today and they have an in house engineer who is going to fit the two new ESC's for me and test it all etc.

Many thanks.

HI All.
Just thought id mention, the Electronize 43HX
is a 15amp unit and unfortunately no longer made. The reason I mention this, is because, on all currant versions, the numbers relates to their ampage.
Hope this may be of help.
Doug. 😊

HI mbthepilot
Welcome to the site.
Sorry not in the Sussex area but I can perhaps help with what may be required.
Your existing set up has both motors wired to a single Electronize ESC so if you were to buy another ESC of the same type you could disconnect the wires ( probably blue and yellow) from one motor and connect them to the new ESC. The battery connections (Red and Black) for both ESCs can go to the battery already installed. it is important that both red wires go to the positive terminal and black to the negative.

You will then have two connectors to go to the receiver. if you only have a two channel TX/RX you will need to purchase a RX Y connector so that both ESC's can be connected to the RX throttle channel.

If you have a multichannel TX/RX you can use separate channels for each ESC. I normally use both vertical sticks for motors and a horizontal stick for the rudder.

If you do have more than a two channel TX/RX you could use a further channel to operate the bow thruster through another ESC. As space may be a problem I suggest you look at an Mtronic ESC either the 10amp or possibly the 15amp if the motor is high current.

Hopefully someone in your area will be able to give more hands on help.

Have you looked at our Model Boat Club section to see if there is a club near to your location? if so I suggest you make contact as they will be able to help.

Good luck and please keep us posted with your progress

Dave

Hi,

Action electronics are a British Company situated in Wales who specialize in electronics for modelers. They produce some really good easy to follow diagrams which show their product number and description and how and where to use them, there is such a diagram for the Vliestroom and if you follow the link it will take you to the diagram.

http://www.action-electronics.co.uk/pdfs/Slipway%20Vliestroom.pdf

Hope this is of some help
Shaun