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(Pleasure Craft) Precedent Huntsman 34"
I bought it with a Merco 40/electric starter/radio as an unfinished boat.
Changing over the brushless electric. (Motor: 3648-1450kv) (ESC: Hobbyking 100A car) (5/10)
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6 years ago
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(Fire Boat) Vosper Crash Tender
I bought it cheap and in good condition, but with no running, driveline brushes required replacing, a repaint of the deck and uppers and rewire the lights. (Motor: L5055C-700kv) (ESC: Hobbyking car ESC 100A) (8/10)
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6 years ago
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(Racing Boat) Blue Vee
40 year old fibreglass hull finally finished.
Using it for testing motors and props. (Motor: 3639-1100kv) (ESC: Hobbyking 60A car) (6/10)
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8 years ago
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(Racing Boat) White Vee
Venom Ocean Racer converted from brush to brushless motor. ABS hull. Turned a lemon into very fast boat. (Motor: 3648-1450kv) (ESC: Hobbyking 60A car) (7/10)
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8 years ago
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(Racing Boat) No name
Plywood frame and skinned with balsa.
Three coats of fibreglass resin on the outside and one coat inside. Hobbyking F1 outboard.
Shelfed the boat after a number of 3mm flex drive breaks and the hobby store double the price of the replacement ones. Will change to inboard with the same motor, but with a 4mm flex drive setup, also replace the deck and cockpit. (Motor: 3000kv OUTBOARD) (ESC: Hobbyking 60A car) (8/10)
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8 years ago
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(Pleasure Craft) Aerokits Sea Hornet
Building from the original plans(25 and 1/4 inch). One piece plastic windscreens, customized engine and rear deck opening.
Planking the deck with 5mm blackwood and 3mm Huon pine veneer at present.
After 2 years running, a rebuild, the prop is 32mm 1.4 pitch 2 blade brass and clocked at 45 KMH. I only run on 3S but can run on 4S, it's a sleeper at low speed and a rocket on throttle. (Motor: B28-57-15L) (ESC: Hobbyking 6oA car) (8/10)
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8 years ago
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Hellen Fishing Boat
Hi All
This year I bought an unstarted kit, but, sold it to a club member.
A month later one of the club member wish to swap for a faster boat and as my Sea Commander required a repaint and fittings.
I thought a swap for a very good working Hellen was a good deal.
So are making a dingy and replacing the broken prop with a brass one I had my second Hellen for the year.
Three weeks ago another Hellen pops up on Gumtree(aka EBAY), so it was to cheap not to buy it.
While waiting for it to come, I made a new stand, a dingy with oars and a set of fenders.
When it arrive the mast where laying on the deck broken, but , the posted pics show that.
The motor is a 11 to 1 geared MFA Como 919 D which runs OK.
A spare new plastic prop.
Started on the repairs, like the keel and deck around the mast bases.
The aft mast was broken in half, so I brass sleeved it.
The aft sail was missing and the forward sail was all glued up, so I bin it.
So this is the boat pics so far.
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5 years ago
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π Good Reoccurring Videos list
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π Sea commander
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HI Exsnapper
Mine has a 1100kv motor, but is no longer available.
So recommend a Banggood Surpass Hobby C3542-1250kv with a brushless 60/80 Amp ESC. Both required to handle 2 to 4S Lipo batteries( 3000mah 60C) and a 2 blade 40mm prop. No water cooling required for the motor and if you use a car ESC general they have an electric fan for cooling.
Install to motor just forward of frame 4 and mount the battery cross ways in front of that.
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π Good Reoccurring Videos list
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π Sea commander
15 days ago by
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PDF Copy of the Sea Commander.
Coffee stir sticks for deck planking and cabin floor.
35mm 1100Kv brushless motor on 3S Lipo battery and 40mm 2 blade prop. ESC 60 Amp.π
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π Old boat, new deck planking
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Coffee or Craft sticks work very well .
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π MFA Spearfish
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Hi Stephen
A couple on E Bay.
A have no problems with flipping my Spearfish and has been clock at 37KPH !!!
Steady as a rock and turns great.
Running a 3648-1450kv on a Nano Tech 4S 5000mah Lipo with a car 120Amp ESC.
Prop 2blade CNC 40mm.
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π Nitro outboard!
3 months ago by
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Scott Appi at Lauderdale Canal Saturday mornings.
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π Brushed versus brushless
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Hi Peter
I think Banggood Surpass Hobby C3542-1250kv or the 1450kv which have 5mm shafts.
Drop the batteries too much weight, a single 3S or 4S Lipo
about 4000mah is about 400 grams.
Brushless car ESC to handle up to 4S Lipo batteries.
Prop size 35 to 40mm.
I have use these setups on a number of my boats and all work well.
Harry
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π LiPo Batteries
10 months ago by
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You can get a battery alarm which plugs into the balance charge lead and also the better ones read your total voltage and each cell voltage.
Banggood and Hobbyking have them.
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π Smit Nederland
11 months ago by
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Hi Cargoman
If you do get one, add oilers to the motor and rudder shafts because you cannot to them easily after the deck is on.
I set mine up with twin ESCs and two 2S lipo batteries (one 4000mah and the other 5000mah) the bigger one for safety.
Tank steering it turns in it's own length and you can steer it backwards very well.
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π Suppliers of Boat Electronics
1 year ago by
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Hi All
Banggood and Hobbyking have them too.
I have six of them and had no problems.
I think they are the best ESC and because of the link setup so easy to setup.
But I change the connectors to 3mm gold for the motor and XT60 for the battery.
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π Battery placement
1 year ago by
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Hi All
I have the 46" one and have the twin3S Lipo batteries one
each side of the rudder.
The boat runs very well on the plane and turning.
Noted that these had a lot a weight in the stern with engines, pumps and foam tanks.
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π Motor for Queen
1 year ago by
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Hi Alan
I am running a 910kv 50mm brushless, 100Ammp ESC, 4S 5800mah 40C Lipo battery with a two blade 45mm prop.
The Queen requires the battery in front of the rudder and some lead(behind the rudder) as well to get it sitting up on the plane.
Harry
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π Plans wanted
1 year ago by
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One Fisher 34' !!!!
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π Buoy and Boat retrieval
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Hi Peter
This is my design from 2018.
The first day test was a working boat, but, followed by three others that day.
The pictures are of number three.
Used it on the barge, a fishing boat and a cabin cruiser.
Just a few ladies hair bans to hold it in place on the rescue boat.
Harry
Hobart, Tasmania
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π¬ Re: MFV Eileen H92
1 year ago by
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Hello
The Eileen kit had a full set of plans with it.
The Hellen kit had instruction drawings only !!!
They stop his and change to an ABS because too many boats were getting built from their plans !!!
A Hellen kit is on E Bay at present for big money.
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π¬ Re: MFV Eileen H92
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π¬ Re: MFV Eileen H92
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Hi All
I have two Hellen ones(the ABS hull version) and one Eileen
which was unfinished and last worked on in 1981.
It had all the parts and plans with it.
I have finished the boat and sails very well with a 540 80 Turn rock crawler brush motor on a 2S Lipo battery.
Throttle set at 60% forward and 75% reverse using a 3 blade 60mm brass prop.
I also built a French Juilet 4 which is basically a wider version, but, bigger hatch and larger wheelhouse with three windows across the front of the wheelhouse.
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π Lesro Javelin
1 year ago by
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One on Ebay for sale??
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/144427100421?mkevt=1&mkpid=0&emsid=e11021.m5055.l9429 |
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π Lesro Javelin
1 year ago by
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Hi
The Javelin/ Rapier and Streaker have the same hull.
They also made the small version( same design)Arrow/ Stiletto.
Harry
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π¬ Re: Lesro Sportsman
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Hi Steve
Very nice pickup, I had my eye on it, but no International Postage.
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π¬ Re: Stiletto
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Hi Steve
Found the plan on another forum site.
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π¬ Re: Astronaut Diva Prop
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Hello
Miss alignment sounds like the problem.
You may have to change the motor mount and make up a new one.
I replaced the whole drive line with a 4mm one and a 28mm brushless motor.
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π¬ Re: Deck
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Hello
My last boat, I skinned the bottom first and added the spray rails.
Next I installed the side skins and added the chine rails.
Last was the deck skins.
I found because I could clamp the spray and chines rails a lot easier as I went !!!!
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Only 72 and still learning !!!
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π¬ Re: Thames Police Launch
2 years ago by
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Hi All
I have the 36" one which is going but requires finishing.
I had the Veron smaller one ,but sold that to a club member.
We sail at Lauderdale Canal of a Saturday morning, all welcome.
Harry Smith
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π President Huntsman kit
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π¬ Re: (Fire Boat) Aerokits Crash Tender 46
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Hi
Looks a lot better and it's the 46".
I have one with a single Scorpion S4020-14 450kv brushless motor on 6S( a pair of 4000mah 3s), 120Amp ESC and a 2 blade 52mm CNC prop.
To get it to sit up on the plane right, I had to install to batteries each side of the rudder.
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π Lockdown NZ, - finally!
2 years ago by
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Hi Lads
I am lucky living in Tasmania, we have only one lockdown and hoping it stays that way !!!!
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π¬ Re: Police Launch
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Hi Uncle T
Have run the boat with a 540 80turn rock crawler brush motor on a 2sLipo battery, very good scale speed.
Also ran it on 3S lipo, really gets up on the plane and goes !!!
Very happy with the boat.
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π Other than boat building, what authors do you read?
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Clive Cussler, Judy Nunn and Di Morrissey.
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