Homemade RC boats
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RC boat problem
andybuz
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Built a boat - All looked good, ran well, but then - very strange. I've put this clip together. Got some feedback and advice from a man in the know. Speed demon type bloke....
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New wooden hull RC boat - 3rd run
andybuz
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Cavitation problem frame 1:21. The boat does something odd. Seems to be fairly unpredicatable when it happens. In frame 1:21 the prop cavitates. I was trying to turn away f...
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New wooden RC boat - 2nd run
andybuz
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Found a problem. It happened twice, once on a fast turn then on a slow straight run cutting back over the wake. Not sure what happened, but it looks like a problem !! I've ...
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New wooden RC boat - Test run.
andybuz
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Very first run. Tested in the bath, but never 'out to sea' Built with plywood on a balsa frame without plans. Handled well as soon as it moved, (slow in a turn - me being c...
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Scratch built wooden boat
andybuz
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Almost finished, Need to make a few deck fittings and finish the cockpit. Hull is water tight. Then a sea trial. I switched the motor back to a como drill motor after tryin...
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2nd boat, wooden hull - Dry dock, 'running in'.
andybuz
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New project - Scratch built on a balsa frame with 0.8mm ply. Wood glue and varnish. 18" long, 5" beam, Graupner 400 7.2v 18,000 rpm motor 15amp speedo No plans or drawings....
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Scratch built rc boat - new racing prop
andybuz
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Result- A boat that goes like a boat. Very pleased with it. Never tried RC boats before, but from scrap bits of wood (window blind), battery pack cost less than £6, motor c...
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Wooden RC boat 14th run - racing prop test
andybuz
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Second run with a 28mm 3 blade plastic racing prop, 19,000rpm motor 2:1 gears. With a decent battery pack, I reckon the old hull could almost get a rooster tail. Still drag...
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Wooden RC boat upgrade 12th run- racing prop
andybuz
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Same cheap battery pack, 2:1 gear set - but testing a cut down 30mm 3 blade racing prop. (Trimmed to about 28mm). Good results, but a bit near to becoming a submarine in a ...
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Wooden RC boat - 10th run Alex & Adam
andybuz
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Second run with the gears -Nice and straight no changes, just putting the new battery packs through their paces and running the gears in. Alex at the helm, Adam on standby...
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Wooden RC Boats Scratch-built. My first was made from some spare wood from a window blind and some hotmelt glue, no design plans and no measuring. All done by eye. I'm going to get some thin ply and build a 2ft boat. Not sure of the style though. Gut feeling is a semi-displacement PT boat type.
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Wooden RC Boats Scratch-built. My first was made from some spare wood from a window blind and some hotmelt glue, no design plans and no measuring. All done by eye. I'm going to get some thin ply and build a 2ft boat. Not sure of the style though. ...
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