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Brushless for 'Sea Scout'??
Hi RN I made a simple L bracket from 2mm aluminium with a slot cut out for the keel and the required holes for the motor. Glued down with epoxy glue, is has work very well with the 1900kv 750 watt motor.
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Brushless
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Brushless
Thanks, Dave, So much info! This a Dumas kit built in Houston, Texas. Hope the photos are clear enough, Brian.
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Brushless motors and ESC's
For Sale - surplus to requirements 2 x Turnigy 3542/4 1450kv 2 x Hobby King 70 amp boat Esc's All brand new never used - removed from packaging for pictures Offers around the £50 mark plus postage
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72" 6S Brushless Power
Haverlock, Thanks for such an in-depth post. Much appreciated - worry not about negativity; as you say - realism is the way forward and with the grief the wife is giving out, this MUST succeed lol!! I've decided I am going to stick with the …
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Tiny brushless motor
Here is a picture of the plug and its socket
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Brushless Speed Controllers
HI Shaun, it's a Files tab the last of 4 underneath Related Products. Anyone may post a file but it only shows on that item in that Warehouse The same item in a different warehouse may have no files or indeed different files attached. There …
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Brushless Speed Controllers
ha ha cant resist more boats eh! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/161581779711?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/161581814523?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649 not really your bag are t …
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Brushless Motors - Waveney Lifeboat ( Metcalfe Mouldings)
hello sorry late reply, just wondering any advise on building Waveney lifeboat - billing boats - 30inch . tips on motors. space in hull is tight. for two motors was thinking on one motor one rudder.
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Aerokits 46" Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
little update, after a miserable winter with this boat, having a number of problems, which were esc settings, I decided to give it a treat with some Xmas gift money. My other big fast boat runs two 5000mah 3 cell lipos, and I only have one …
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Aerokits 46" Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
well we are back to normal, not convinced I have altogether solved it, but I think its a combination of things. I turned off the low voltage cut off, and things seemed to be much better. I tried the castle creations esc's and things where v …
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Aerokits 46" Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
all stripped down, inspected the motors and no evidence of any faults, I took this opportunity to clean everything and replaced a couple of bearings, but no tight spots, it runs perfectly, but something is causing a spike in amps and watts …
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Aerokits 46" Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
well disappointingly still not sorted. I ran the boat a few days ago, with the beautiful new props, and all hooked to data logging, but alas, it still goes into low voltage shut down. I tried different batteries, it does the same. if I disc …
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Aerokits 46" Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
off work today, and have not been able to settle with the fireboat speed problem hanging over me, so after extensive fiddling etc, its back to Gautby Road lake in Birkenhead for trials. I am happy to say I recorded 21.5mph in windy choppy c …
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Aerokits 46" Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
video of all lights operating from transmitter. I had to paint the inside of all the tops to stop the light shining through, hence blacked out!. For normal operation wher the lights are not used, I have small jst connectors that njust disco …
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Aerokits 46" Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
some detail of the lights as asked for by Alan!
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Aerokits 46" Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
here is the finished article, well for now. To do: 3 lifting hooks on each side some towing rope etc My new props are just being completed by Propshop, so looking forward to fitting them a lot of information has been used to make them, so h …
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Aerokits 46" fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
its pretty much up to date now. To give more info regarding data capture, I have an eagle tree logger, with gps expander, an lcd display, rev counter. I borrowed a friends, he has same gear, and connected to each motor/esc/battery combo, to …
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Aerokits 46" Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
last pic is a good shot of the hull finish, it turned out like glass! You can see the shape of the rudders, the boat turns real nice, no roll, and does not slow down. so what was the calamity.???? I broke my own golden rule, fiddling and me …
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Aerokits 46" Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
Not all went to plan with this build, remember me throwing the can of plasticote!, I actually lost some fittings and had to buy again, on the first water test I had virtually no steering, didnt show the pre-edited video of slamming the wall …
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Aerokits 46" Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
well nobody has asked for more.................. but you are getting it anyway! some light on the subject! white LED mast, green, red and blue LED navigation lights, pygmy wheelhouse lights, same in front cabin, same in engine room. Pygmy l …
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Aerokits 46" Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
Have not mentioned this before, if anybody is unfamiliar with modelling timbers, take a look on their website, it is joyous! I had a few things from them, the small padlock that features on most of the pictures, on one of the hatches, door …
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Aerokits 46" Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
Here is the completed "tub". By moving the towhook out of the way, it all comes out in a complete unit Once the tub was constructed, I enjoyed this part of the build, as it was interesting, and a challenge, and turned out quite nice!
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Aerokits 46" Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
well we are coming to an end soon, the next bit was really cheeky, and made me laugh, inspired by HS93 again. The salvage hoses, Tried allsorts of things, , old shower hose, big drinking straws, plastic pipe, what an earth do you use, to lo …
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Aerokits 46" Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
Humbrol metalcoat paint is real good, comes in a couple of colours, steel, aluminium etc, paint it on (I find aerosol works best) it looks dreadful and you panic, then you buff with a cloth, and it looks superb! I rubbed a bit hard with the …
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Aerokits 46" Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
so much for building light with all the plasticard, this hook, solid brass, weighs a ton! Now its time to cheat, cause when painted, who knows what materials are used, its our secret! The track would have taken too long with brass, so its p …
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Aerokits 46" Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
(I'm suposed to be off work to do jobs etc, not much happening there!) Its a strange arrangement the way the hook attaches to the base, and the pivoting action, I have plans from Vosper, but unfortunately they are just too faint to upload. …
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Aerokits 46" Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
Back on topic, the deck was done out of the boat, and just dropped in. fastener detail on the battery cover are just dressmaker pins. The wood is glued to the plasticard base using cyno, and the grey card for caulking is glued with bostick. …