Week 2 of back at the lake, with 2 big electric and a handful of fast IC boats... thrills and spills...😎

Hi. This is my 2nd scratch built boat since lock down began. The first was the H S L 103 finished 6/7 weeks ago. Still waiting to be tested outside of workshop. This one is built on a fibre glass hull,and has a length of 44 inches and a beam of 16. My power plant is twin out runner motors purple power. 600kv, running through twin 70 amp ESC and with 4 cell 5000 amp lipos feeding them. All accommodation is made using 6 mm three ply. And every fitting you see on the boat was scratch built by me. Lighting system is 12 v grain of wheat .props are three bladed brass 45 mm by prop shop

Have now received WTC from Nautilis Drydocks...a long process...held up with Customs...a few more components to be had and still a lot more research...need to get this right...my first sub....looking forward to commencing soon....but research, research, research...

Have no intention of leaving it on the bottom of some lake somewhere....

Surprise! 😀😂
A good laugh from 92 years ago😊
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A test post on behalf of redpmg.
The engines are built by a mate of his.
"The boats are built by a 90+ year old gent by the name of Alan Raubenheimer, who used to make Rose Pop Pop Boats - used to advertise in MB etc.
Now into his 90s he has finally given up production."
Here goes🤞
Doug
It woiks 😊; just ignore the 'Invalid file' notice and click the blue magnifying glass and then the download button.
Run with Windows Media Player.
When it opens Press F11 for full screen or drag a corner with the cursor to enlarge.
Resolution is not too good I'm afraid🤔
Despite the music the action takes place in SA not Hawaii!😉

PS 8.5.20. Video fixed and enhanced a little 😀😎

Model Slipway Model - "Maggie M" is a Fishing Trawler
Scale 1:32 L. 850 mm B. 255 mm Approx. 10 kg.
Built in 1990 by Campbelltown Shipbuilders Ltd (Scotland) MAGGIE M operates out of Scarborough harbour in Yorkshire, United Kingdom. The vessel is designed for twin-rig trawling and the aluminium shelter-deck is a cover over the fish processing room.

Barge tied to Ionia tugboat

this is an older video from December 2018

AL KUBAR 2 Is a " Tug Boat " - 1:24 scale model of a harbour tug operating in the United Arab Emirates. This large tug is 40in long by 14in beam. Uses twin electric motors and displaces approx. 45lbs.
Owner Dave Moxam travels from Sheffield most week ends is a member of the Buxton Model Boat Club.

Commentary from Dave

This video is taken from 2 different vessels with cameras, there are multiple salvages and a few crashes 😊

This will be the last video from Hubertus for an unknown amount of time due to the CoronaVirus my Government has shut down all nonessential services including clubs.

Having put cameras on a few of the model boats I compiled them into this video

Working on this idea for a bit more refinement on the exhaust smoke idea. Graham mentioned these timers were worth a look, so I purchased a few from Ali Express for about 90c each. They work well for an off/on set-up but not quite as well for an on/off set-up. They are variable from 0-12 secs and have a lot of possible uses. I was trying for a puff of smoke at start-up (which in my application works in conjunction with the twin sound units (HSL and ST) and this initial test seems to work ok (bit of refinement with timing and air pump speed required yet). Already have the smoke going well but there's always a little morsel to add (ref Mr Creosote)

I'll be using the small 5A voltage regulating bucks in the models (the ones shown are just for testing) with one 2s LiPo running 2 regs,- one for pump, and one through the timer for the smoke pen. You can see the timer working with no input from the TX in the vid, When fitted, both will be switched on/off simultaneously with the solenoid 'latching' power on/off, circuit (thanks to Graham for the layout) using the left stick.
JB