That video was from 9 years ago and that was the camera on the latest phone for the time. Since power boats are banned at our pool this is the only video i have of the model running, sorry.
Posted for posterity. MY other boat 26cc kawasaki engine was same time pre IC's ban.

Aha! Understood, shame 🤔
Cheers Doug 😎

Trying to reply to your query about Huntsman power plant, cant find the right place.... anyway cant give you a sensible answer as I dont know. it's an old brushed motor given to me. Will operate up to 24 volts and I'm running it on 14. I think its just right.
Cheers

Beautiful tug , this ship is really nice .

Thank you for your kind comments. if you don't have an Imara you should put it on wish list, at least. it is still best tug kit available, despite its price, and it is not too difficult a kit to complete, even if you limited experience......Richard

ProBoat Westward V2 18-inch RTR Sailboat with 2.4GHz Radio System

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Small-scale size allows for easy transportation
Mini-sail winch servo provides precision sail manipulation
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Curable ABS hull
included 2.4GHz radio system

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Hull Material - injection Mould
Trim Scheme Colours - Blue/White
Hull Type - Sailboat
Scale - 18 inch
Drive System - Sail
Length - 18.125" (460mm)
Beam - 4.375" (111mm)
Mast Height - 22.75" (578mm)
Radio - 2.4GHz Stick Transmitter, 2-Channel V3
Sail Area (Main) - 66" (1676mm)
Sail Area (Jib) - 45.75" (1162mm)
Sail Area (Overall) - 111.73" (2838mm)
Assembly Time - 1-3 Hours

In the Box
ProBoat Westward V2 18-inch RTR Sailboat
2.4GHz Stick Radio System

Baking soda triggered some old memories, who else remembers the little plastic subs we used to get in Cornflakes boxes? 😉 I once toyed with the idea of making a bigger version, ca 10 -12 ". more important 'stuff' got in the way. Forgot all about it .... until now 😉

Yep, off the bat I could imagine a couple of ways of triggering them; there are loads of mini pressure switches on the market, or a simple diaphragm at one end of the can coupled to a micro switch or mechanical trigger.
Adjustment would be very sensitive due to relatively small changes in water pressure in the first foot or so of wet stuff. Any deeper would be a waste of time, unless you only want to entertain the fish😲
Might also go off on the surface if the can hit the water diaphragm first😡
Whatever, lot of work (and expense?) for a one way trip🤔
Anyway, with my 1/72 scale DCs, approx. 12x5mm, I would need to resort to nano technology. But we should never stop dreaming!
I've seen model patrol boats launching solid fuel missiles from the stern deck so 'Nothing is impossible' - that's maybe why I drive a Toyota😉
Cheers Doug 😎

oh the memories of fighting my brothers for the subs I think the five of us must have lived on cornflakes (other breakfast cereals are available) so we could have one each ,if memory serves I think there was also a baking soda stingray ,not sure if this was a freebie with cereal I seem to remember it being bigger.

Cheers Marky

很好 Hen Hao or as the two Ronnies might say 'Velly good'. Damn, there i go again, politically incorrect or as someone once said 'politically immature'.

Thanks Allen..👍.. it is a splendid vessel.

Ah, the Proboat Ragazza. I'm going to save up and get one of these. Here's a lttle one from the same stable... The Proboat Westward 18

Thanks Guys.👍

Lucky Find!

how you know!!!?

😉 I knew that must come!
30+ years wandering around the world to various navies and shipyards.
Including intermarine and Fincantieri in italy. Two of the most prolific builders of fast ferries, huge cruise ships. As well as all sorts of naval vessels from fast patrol boats to ski-ramp aircraft carriers. Similar to the old RN invincible class.
Somewhere in my vast and dusty archive I have the GAs and specs for a new (then!) fast ferry design from intermarine.
Used to like visiting these two; intermarine in Sarsana, just south of La Spezia at the south end of Cince Terra and north end of Tuscany and just round the corner from the Carrera marble quarries.
(That's where the name comes from, not Porsche or the model race cars😉) Also Fincantieri in Genoa further north. Lunches and dinners were good 😜 Cheers Doug 😎