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π fire boat
12 years ago by
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here's a pic of my cowl vents that I moulded, with two of the white metal vents used to make the mould, also with one of the graupner vents
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π¬ RAF Crash Tender
12 years ago by
π¬π§ bat44 (
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well got round and moulded some proper cowl vents for my fire boat.they look a lot better then the graupner vents
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π¬ RAF Crash Tender
12 years ago by
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hI triumphjon it's the 1/16 34in model should look nice when finished
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π RAF Crash Tender
12 years ago by
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π JJC electronics
13 years ago by
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hI bomberflyer company no longer going when't bust some time ago
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π¬ MOTOR INSTALLATION
13 years ago by
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can not see the problem your boat
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π 34" Fireboat
13 years ago by
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hI peteG
yes I will be painting the fire boat after I have finished my Atlantic 21 and then I'll hope to run it on a regular basses as my main boat with the swordsman
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π 34" Fireboat
13 years ago by
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π 34" Fireboat
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π 34" Fireboat
13 years ago by
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then this one came along, and yes it is the f p l
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π 34" Fireboat
13 years ago by
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π 34" Fireboat
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π 34" Fireboat
13 years ago by
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hI PeteG
my fleet are the fire boat, swordsman, FPL, and the sea hornet witch is waiting to be restored, I did have the sea queen but that was some time ago, but my brother has just bought one of Jotika's new kits. Have got my eye on one of the Aerokits torpedo boats that's hanging round my club house,as to the cleaver prop it's a three bladed prop made for racing at high speed not made for submerged running at slow speed but because of their shape they cut through the water better than a standard prop so can be used by us scale boaters but they need to be balanced before using them unless they are balanced for you. will try and post some pics of my fleet for you in the next few days
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π 34" Fireboat
13 years ago by
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hI peteG
it looks like a standard 45mm prop to me ,and combined with your prop shaft angle could be coursing you to get hot then the amps go up then blown fuse. try your boat on the 40mm prop and see how you go, if all fails put the higher amp speed controller in keep with the 40mm prop and with luck all should be ok. just hope I don't have the same problem as you when I start running by boat,but as I have not finished restoring it yet I will have to wait. as a matter of interest I will be going to Alfold and will be taken my fire boat with some more of my Aerokit fleet so if you are in the neighbourhood come along
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π 34" Fireboat
13 years ago by
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dbninja is right the 45mm prop is a bit big for the 600 motor on direct drive try the 40mm prop and see how you go if all fails go with the bigger speed controller. not to sure about the cleaver prop yes they are good but are they good for a beginner ? are they balanced from prop shop or do you need to do that? ok if you know how stick with the cheaper option if I was you,but if it works then go for it
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π Replacement 2.4GHz Tx/Rx system
13 years ago by
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hI chrislang yes go for the planet radio have used them in boats, tanks, cars and had no problems at all, you can not go wrong with this set
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π 34" Fireboat
13 years ago by
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if you are blowing the fuse then you are pushing more than 15amps ,same with the hesitant manner to much power for your set up, fine for slow speed but go high speed to much for the speed controller to handle so blown fuse or hesitant running might have to go to a higher amp speed controller, had the same problem with some of my fellow club members
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π 34" Fireboat
13 years ago by
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hI peteg if you go to the photo gallery I have some pics of my boat under the name of rshermanking with one pic showing the bat and motor set up but could put more pics on if that will help
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π 34" Fireboat
13 years ago by
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hI peteg I must agree about using the 600 motor on 9.6 as this is what I'll will be using in my 34in boat, but I'am using half size D cell's to give me power and endurance for not much gain in weight.some thing to think about if you put in a new prop and tube, how about changing the angle of the tube as this will put less strain on the motor and give you better run times,not that easy to do and it did take me some time to do but for better run times why not.will post some pics of my motor setup for you
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π Aerokits fireboat
13 years ago by
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hI Peter the reason for the half size d's is A, keeps the weight down B, because they are high amp they will give their power up slower and give me more run time with the set up I'am using going on past experience,as I'am going for a more scale speed then power boat C, already had them at hand D, as I said working to a budget, if I had the money to by brushless and lipos I would but one dose not have the money at this time so will have to stay in the dark ages for the time being
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π batteries
13 years ago by
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hI chiffs you don't mention what size prop you are pushing but I would believe it's not that big being you are only running a 400 motor. you could up the amps on the batteries that might help but not by much,or you could run on 6 volts so you are not pushing the motor so hard,have you considered putting in a 545 type motor on 7.2 using a 30-35 mm prop I have used this set up in the past for this size boat and got about 15-20 Min's run time
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π Aerokits fireboat
13 years ago by
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hI rooksailor as I'am on a budget I will be using 600 8.4 graupner motor with mtroniks 25 amp speed controller powered by 9.6 3600 nimh half size d cells pushing 35 or 40 mm prop on my 34in fire boat should get up and go,if you go to the photo gallery you can see some pics of my boat
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π ventilators
13 years ago by
π¬π§ bat44 (
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titfa your find that most ventilators only face forward but a lot of them can be moved round to face backwards on the boat, as on the fire boat, so who will be the first one to put their vents backwards facing then
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π 34" fireboat
13 years ago by
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hI DB the windows look great and for that price I think I would have a set for my boat, going through ebay could be the easiest and best way to sale them
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π fire boat restoration
13 years ago by
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π 34" fireboat
13 years ago by
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hI David how much and when can we start seeing them for sale,as I'am at that point were I need to think about doing my windows and I'am not looking forward to doing them as they are my pet hate
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π boat restoration
13 years ago by
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π fire boat restoration
13 years ago by
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hI peter thank you for your reply,if it's possible to have some more pics of your crane it would be a big help and how you mounted it to your boat thank you. From the pics you have posted you have made a nice job of your boat
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π fire boat restoration
13 years ago by
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hI me again just seen that I put the wrong name at the end of one of my posts it should be bat 44 not bat21 sorry for that me bad
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π fire boat restoration
13 years ago by
π¬π§ bat44 (
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hI every body I am In the proses of restoring a 34in fire boat, (see photo gallery) the one thing that Is giving me some problems Is the crane. doses anybody have any good pics of It and how It should mount on the boat thank you.
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