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📝 Controlling Becker Rudders
5 months ago by 🇬🇧 EricMB (
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Update, the original guy who'd posted the info on youtube has responded, will let you know what he comes back with! Thanks all for your help...
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📝 Controlling Becker Rudders
5 months ago by 🇬🇧 EricMB ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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Hi Ron, I asked the same question of the guy who posted it but had no response sadly..
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📝 Controlling Becker Rudders
5 months ago by 🇬🇧 EricMB ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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Hi all, wondered if anyone had any advice/info on the setup I'd need for these type of dual rudders? I realise a hovercraft is a tenuous link to model boats but at least it's on water 🤣 I've just bought this hovercraft and would like to change the rudders to the becker type to give more control (especially for stopping, rather than just throttling down so it increases friction with the ground!) Any help gratefully received... here's the YouTube link:
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📝 RC Jet powered Swan
8 months ago by 🇬🇧 EricMB ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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Thought you might like to see the build of my latest vessel in the fleet..
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📝 Twin props - different speeds
1 year ago by 🇬🇧 EricMB ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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Yep, I saw this too - looks very useful!
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📝 Twin props - different speeds
1 year ago by 🇬🇧 EricMB ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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Thanks so much Dave, sorry for not responding sooner, day job getting in the way!! Hope to try this at the weekend..👍👍
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📝 Twin props - different speeds
1 year ago by 🇬🇧 EricMB ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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Thanks Dave, yes - they're very similar, just slightly different button setup but with the same tech inside I think! I'm using Mode 2 with throttle on the left and rudder on the right. Ideally I'd like individual proportional control of the motors without input from the rudder, but realise this may not be possible without the upgrade that BobbyN has suggested!
Look forward to hearing more 👍
Look forward to hearing more 👍
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📝 Twin props - different speeds
1 year ago by 🇬🇧 EricMB ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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Thanks Bobby, I'm now in touch with the seller so hoping to be able to get the upgrade sent over to the UK, I'll keep everyone posted on this as I'm guessing it may be of interest generally - I've certainly not seen anything like it over here! Please do keep me in touch with any other similar developments (i.e. Spektrum) too. Thanks again.. Eric👍
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📝 Twin props - different speeds
1 year ago by 🇬🇧 EricMB ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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Thanks Dave, I’m using a few TXs but mainly a flysky FS-T6 and i6.
I’ve got a W-tail mixer from Mtroniks I was going to try, but would quite like some more independent control of each outboard. Any help with mixing on the radio gratefully received!
Regards, Eric
I’ve got a W-tail mixer from Mtroniks I was going to try, but would quite like some more independent control of each outboard. Any help with mixing on the radio gratefully received!
Regards, Eric
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📝 Twin props - different speeds
1 year ago by 🇬🇧 EricMB ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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Scratch that, he’s just replied! Thanks for your help..
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📝 Twin props - different speeds
1 year ago by 🇬🇧 EricMB ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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Thanks Bobby, I found him on the Aus.com eBay- I’ve sent a message but no answer. Could you find out how much it would cost to send one to the UK do you think? He doesn’t offer international postage..
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📝 Twin props - different speeds
1 year ago by 🇬🇧 EricMB ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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Thanks Bobby, nope, nothing coming up here. Are you in the UK? I’ve tried on eBay.co.uk as well as .com without success. If you do have the email that would be ace..
Thanks again! Eric
Thanks again! Eric
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📝 Twin props - different speeds
1 year ago by 🇬🇧 EricMB ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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What a great idea! Just like the throttles on the boat itself!! I can’t open the link on eBay, could you repost it here too pls?
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📝 Twin props - different speeds
1 year ago by 🇬🇧 EricMB ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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Here’s a video of one of them on test in the sink..
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📝 Twin props - different speeds
1 year ago by 🇬🇧 EricMB ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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Thanks Mark, you mean you split the output into two? I was assuming I’d do the same. My motors are brushed too (although very high speed!)
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📝 Twin props - different speeds
1 year ago by 🇬🇧 EricMB ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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Many thanks Dave, I already have a second ESC, I’ll just need to work out how to control two of them from one stick, whilst allowing independent speed control!! Maybe mixing on my TX?
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📝 Twin props - different speeds
1 year ago by 🇬🇧 EricMB ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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Hi all, HNY! Need some wisdom please.. I’m building a 1/12 model of an Atlantic 85, with twin outboards (pictured) and am unsure how to ensure they run at equal speeds. I’d originally thought of using a W-tail mixer to mix the throttles with the rudder, but means having two ESCs and even then I’m not sure I’d get full control over the individual motor speed. They’re very close together (50mm between them) so it may not really be an issue!
Any suggestions gratefully accepted..
Any suggestions gratefully accepted..
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📝 Atlantic 85 1/12 scale scratch-built
2 years ago by 🇬🇧 EricMB ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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More work on the little boat today #lockdownfun
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📝 Outboard motor wired up
3 years ago by 🇬🇧 EricMB ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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Managed to connect up the motor once all the drive bearings were in.. first video is with a 7.2v battery (which was actually nearly flat!) and then in the second video with a fully charged 11.1v lipo!
Might get the Atlantic RIB to plane yet..
Might get the Atlantic RIB to plane yet..
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📝 Snowy joins the crew
3 years ago by 🇬🇧 EricMB ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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I found a plastic model of Captain Haddock and used him as Skipper, then decided to make a clay model of Tintin to join him as crew on my pusher Tug..
- then a friend suggested making a model of Snowy to join the crew. Here’s how I made him!
- then a friend suggested making a model of Snowy to join the crew. Here’s how I made him!
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📝 Servo jitters
3 years ago by 🇬🇧 EricMB ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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Hi Martin,
Thanks for asking! The ferrite rings didn’t seem to have much of an effect, I then disconnected one of the micro servos and that made it slightly better. I noticed (after I’d burnt it out with too high voltage batteries -11.1v lipos and the motor was an M500 7.2v) that the old motor didn’t have any suppression, so when I changed it to a 12v M600 I’ve added the suppression capacitors. I’ll keep you posted!
Thanks for asking! The ferrite rings didn’t seem to have much of an effect, I then disconnected one of the micro servos and that made it slightly better. I noticed (after I’d burnt it out with too high voltage batteries -11.1v lipos and the motor was an M500 7.2v) that the old motor didn’t have any suppression, so when I changed it to a 12v M600 I’ve added the suppression capacitors. I’ll keep you posted!
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📝 Lipo Alarms
3 years ago by 🇬🇧 EricMB ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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Hi Doug, many thanks for this, I'm having probs registering with Hobbyking's website at the mo (on a chat as we speak!) but appreciate the link. I have a watt meter already, here is the type of thing I was thinking of:
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📝 Lipo Alarms
3 years ago by 🇬🇧 EricMB ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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Hi all, thinking of getting an alarm to fit to various boats to warn of low voltage, any suggestions pls? I use lipos as well as Nimhs (and the odd lead-acid) so an interchangeable one would be useful..
Many thanks in advance!
Many thanks in advance!
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📝 Swift boat
4 years ago by 🇬🇧 EricMB ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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Model Swift boat under power, with rotating rear and front guns (rear gun elevates) - causing great concern amongst the onlookers!😎
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📝 Servo jitters
4 years ago by 🇬🇧 EricMB ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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Thanks Jacko, will give the ferrite ring a go if the new servo misbehaves too - it arrived today but not had the time to test it yet! Interesting to see if it fixes the problem when there’s only one servo plugged in (unlike the video) and ITS the one doing the jittering!
Thanks again..
Thanks again..
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📝 Servo jitters
4 years ago by 🇬🇧 EricMB ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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Ah glad you found Bob the Duck! He’s still going... will try more distance between the TX and the RX, although oddly the larger one worked fine in close proximity, I also remembered that the two servos worked fine with the same radio in another boat! Maybe the ferrite ring is the answer 👍
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📝 Servo jitters
4 years ago by 🇬🇧 EricMB ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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Thanks Doug, could you send me a link to the servo tester? Here’s a pic of the details..
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📝 Servo jitters
4 years ago by 🇬🇧 EricMB ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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Thanks, that’s a good idea. I had two and they both misbehaved - so have ordered another one to test...
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📝 Servo jitters
4 years ago by 🇬🇧 EricMB ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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Evening all, electronic help needed please. I'm building an LCT and working on the sea doors - I've used two micro servos to operate them. However, when the servos are plugged into the RX, they just jitter (see video). In order to check the RX/TX setup, I tried a larger servo - this worked fine! Is the micro servo U/S, or am I missing something? Flysky TX/RX setup, voltage fine on both, no other servos plugged in, RX correctly bound.
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📝 Proximity (Hall effect) sensor wiring
5 years ago by 🇬🇧 EricMB ( Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class)
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Hi all, a friend is building a submarine and wants to turn it on remotely with a proximity switch and magnet, he needs to know where to wire it in... I thought it should be into the positive wire from the battery - am I right?
Thanks in advance,
Eric
Thanks in advance,
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