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Dom of Essential RC
Chief Petty Officer 1st Class
Offshore RC powerboat racing (Southampton, UK)
Have to admit that this is not something I was aware of until very recently...but in my quest to broaden my YouTube channel to all things RC I found the Offshore Model Racing Association (OMRA). I contacted them and they invited me down to their most recent racing event in Southampton. Despite the bumpy conditions there was some close racing and I think I captured the flavour of what it was all about.
#model #power boat #channel #rc boat
Liked by Inkoust and John2
9 comments
  • Dom of Essential RCChief Petty Officer 1st Class
    These E class boats are normally 65" but can go up to 85" (but are apparently rare because they take 2-3 people to launch). Engines in the 65" are typically 30cc Zenoah or similar.
  • sandkbChief Petty Officer 2nd Class
    Awesome racing and great video, Thanks
Dave M
Vice Admiral
Paul Devlin's Crash Tender
By way of a contrast I found some video from 2014 at the St Helens Open Day.
Beautiful scale model Crash tender operating at some speed.
Nostalgic or wot.
Great model Paul and well sailed
Dave
#model #crash tender #sail #st helens #video #scale model
Liked by circle43nautical and teejay and
4 comments
  • BOATSHEDCaptain
    Wonderful bit of video, she she rides the water so well. Thanks for posting it.
  • figtree7ntsAdmiral
    Very Impressive! 👍
Dave M
Vice Admiral
Aerokits 34" Crash Tender
Nice sunny Sunday Sail at Boundary Park so took the Crash Tender for a spin
28XX brushless 11.1v 2200 Lipo 35mm three blade brass prop.
Uses 30 amp cars ESC with small fan.
Tx set to 55% on throttle otherwise it takes off. Rudder throw at 50% for same reason. Switchable to 100% for slow speed manouvers.
Great fun.
Dave
#prop #switch #crash tender #lipo #rudder #aerokit #brass prop #brush #esc #sail #brushless #tx
Liked by none and BOATSHED and
1 comment
  • andyhynesLeading Seaman
    Nice job performs well.
BOATSHED
Captain
PT 109 26CC
She is a 50" 26 cc petrol engine boat. She runs very well and sits on the water on the turns as if she is stuck to it. Like an idiot I run her up the side of the pond and she now needs both a new propshaft and prop.
#prop #engine #propshaft #prop shaft
Liked by sandkb and AllenA and
3 comments
  • Midlife306Warrant Officer
    Looks an absolute hooligan👍
  • John2Chief Petty Officer 1st Class
    I like it! Nice boat which handles well.

    John.
BOATSHED
Captain
Miss Geico 29"
This is the 29" Brushless Miss Geico. Running on two 14.8 volt 5000mAh LiPo batteries. in Herbert Woods Boatyard in Potter Heigham Norfolk. She is pretty quick but do not know her top speed. Turns flat out on full rudder lock. Runs for about 15 to 20 minutes. Would recommend as a great fun boat.
#boat yard #wood #lipo #rudder #brush #batteries #brushless #wood boat #norfolk
Liked by none and John2 and
6 comments
  • lesliebreameChief Petty Officer 1st Class
    i know what you mean about speed and i am always trying to get more from my steam boats!!! they are very slow compared with your petrol and brushless jobs but my aim is for more speed .i am working on steam turbines at present which are very inefficient and not that powerful but the intention is eventually for more speed !! you want to try coal fired boiler boats [ i make my own ] . there is much to do pondside what with stoking and water filling and oiling and all and i get loads of fun ..... much more than sailing my old electric crash tender which was fun to build but boring to sail . les breame
  • BOATSHEDCaptain
    It is surprising just what you can get a Crash Tender to do. They can be very fast and also handle very well on the water. Those Vosper hulls are amazing. That's why they were used for the fire tenders and MTB's etc. But then the Fairey hulls like the Huntsman and Spearfish also handle very well at speed.
RETSUB12
Petty Officer 2nd Class
RIVARAMA
Rivarama hits underwater object on test run--(the power of Brushless)
#brush #brushless
Liked by RNinMunich and Skipper44 and
5 comments
  • Skipper44Master Seaman
    awesome
  • RNinMunichFleet Admiral
    Great looking boat 👍👍👍
    How did you upload the video??
    When I tried it it came out as an 'Invalid file' 🤔
    Cheers Doug 😎
RETSUB12
Petty Officer 2nd Class
Under-Water Video Boat
Scratch Built Boat made to video under water at our model boat lake using full size camera
#lake #model #scratch scratch #video #camera #built
Liked by RNinMunich and none and
7 comments
  • Skipper44Master Seaman
    looks real nice!
    Liked by RNinMunich
  • RNinMunichFleet Admiral
    Great! 👍 Must get around to mounting my Toshiba cam on my U Boat 😉
RETSUB12
Petty Officer 2nd Class
FANTONE
BUILT 5 YEARS AGO WITH ALL MOVING CREW one with 3 850 motors & one runs on 2 BILGE PUMPS 1000 GPH EACH & side thrusters
#motor #crew #bilge pump #built
Liked by none and BOATSHED and
2 comments
  • John2Chief Petty Officer 1st Class
    Very good thanks for sharing.

    John.
  • BOATSHEDCaptain
    Great video, shame they no longer produce any of their boats. I still have a Spearfish new in the box waiting to be made up. I had a Spearfish back in the 80's with a Irvine 61 in her. She was great fun on the water.
Scratchbuilder
Vice Admiral
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U47.
U47 back on patrol after winter refit.Not without a few problems with the dive tank !!!!!.
Robbe U47.Scale 1/40.

Also Revell 1/72 USS Gato takes a dip.(surface only).
Thanks for looking.
#winter #robbe #revell
Liked by Martin555 and reilly4 and
3 comments
  • ScratchbuilderVice Admiral
    Many thanks.Always trying to improve this skill.Real rust from nails left in water for ever I find the best then painted in satin varnish.Bill.
  • John2Chief Petty Officer 1st Class
    A very effective method I will give it a try.
    Thanks,
    John.
    Liked by Scratchbuilder and Inkoust
wcolombo
Leading Seaman
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ATF Zuni
ATF Zuni fleet tug. The model in the 1/48 scale is 120 cm long and has light, smoke and sounds functions. Made from American Navy blue prints. The hull is in fiberglass and the superstructure is in acrylic laser cut.
#fiberhull #model #superstructure #fiber tug #glass #acrylic #smoke #1/48 scale
Liked by Gravedigger47 and Ronald and
3 comments
  • John2Chief Petty Officer 1st Class
    Very nice!
  • circle43nauticalChief Petty Officer 2nd Class
    BRAVO ZULU! WOW, WHAT A SPLENDID BUILD, SIR
RETSUB12
Petty Officer 2nd Class
bruce--
BRUCE THE SHARK FROM THE FILM JAWS A ONE OFF BUILD😁
#build
Liked by Mikep and onetenor and
7 comments
  • pmdevlinLieutenant
    you know I want that so badly to go with my Orca😭
    Liked by John2
  • BOATSHEDCaptain
    I think your gonna need a bigger pond.

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