Scale Boat - Page 2

AVGWarhawk · 01-30-12, 09:51 PM

Stern name Sweet Melissa. License number on the bow.

AVGWarhawk · 02-12-12, 06:09 PM

Update on the boat.

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showp...4&postcount=99

nikimcbee · 02-12-12, 07:41 PM

Watch out! your battery cables are going to rub against your drive shaft

. And if you know how to solder. I'd replace the tamiya plugs w/ deans plugs. I spent friday replacing mine. (I melted the tamiya ones

)

So when are we going sailing?

nikimcbee · 02-12-12, 07:42 PM

nevermind, I didn't see you had a box for your cables.

AVGWarhawk · 02-12-12, 08:12 PM

I'm guessing the link to the picture did not work. Click here for video:
http://s133.photobucket.com/albums/q...urrent=042.mp4

I have a box the wires run through to avoid getting tangled or some how cut if a driveshaft/u-joint decides to go south.

I hope to have the boat on the bay next weekend. The temps dropped this weekend and the wind picked up. Choppy waters.

AVGWarhawk · 02-12-12, 08:15 PM

Quote:

I'd replace the tamiya plugs w/ deans plugs. I spent friday replacing mine.

Those are bullet connectors. The motors come with preinstalled bullet connectors so I purchased the female ends to complete the circuit. Thus far no issues. See the video as I run them up.

Running it hard I get very little heat anywhere. These are 23 turn motors. The 12 turn motor you more than likely have are hot runners. Perhaps this is the cause for frying wires.

AVGWarhawk · 02-18-12, 03:55 PM

First Launch!!

My wife and daughters attended the maiden voyage of Sweet Melissa. You will hear the giggle of joy as the once pile of wood and tube of glue is now a functioning watercraft! My girls ran the thing more than me.

CLICK THE LINK!!!

Sailor Steve · 02-18-12, 04:06 PM

The boat looks great!

The water, however, doesn't look quite right? What environment mod are you using?

AVGWarhawk · 02-18-12, 05:44 PM

It's Real Environment 2012

ReallyDedPoet · 02-18-12, 08:28 PM

Nice, love the laughing in the background. Is that giggles of joy or giggles of two daughters making fun of their dad's creation

?

AVGWarhawk · 02-18-12, 09:57 PM

Giggles of joy. My daughters ran the boat longer then I did. My wife was laughing and enjoying as well. They can't wait for the next time to take it out again. They are looking forward to my next scratch built boat. A Chesapeake Bay Buy Boat. I picked up the keel and bulkhead material this evening. Its a lot of fun making a model mostly from what's in your head and having it actually run.

ReallyDedPoet · 02-18-12, 10:22 PM

I have often thought of doing something
similar. We have a river our back, and a pool
as well. I could use it for a test run.

Good luck with the new project.

01-30-12, 09:51 PM	#16
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 27,343 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Stern name Sweet Melissa. License number on the bow. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

02-12-12, 06:09 PM	#17
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 27,343 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Update on the boat. http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showp...4&postcount=99 __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

02-12-12, 07:41 PM	#18
nikimcbee Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Patroling the Slot. Posts: 17,925 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Watch out! your battery cables are going to rub against your drive shaft. And if you know how to solder. I'd replace the tamiya plugs w/ deans plugs. I spent friday replacing mine. (I melted the tamiya ones) So when are we going sailing? __________________

02-12-12, 07:42 PM	#19
nikimcbee Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Patroling the Slot. Posts: 17,925 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	nevermind, I didn't see you had a box for your cables. __________________

02-12-12, 08:12 PM	#20
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 27,343 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I'm guessing the link to the picture did not work. Click here for video: http://s133.photobucket.com/albums/q...urrent=042.mp4 I have a box the wires run through to avoid getting tangled or some how cut if a driveshaft/u-joint decides to go south. I hope to have the boat on the bay next weekend. The temps dropped this weekend and the wind picked up. Choppy waters. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

02-18-12, 03:55 PM	#22
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 27,343 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	First Launch!! My wife and daughters attended the maiden voyage of Sweet Melissa. You will hear the giggle of joy as the once pile of wood and tube of glue is now a functioning watercraft! My girls ran the thing more than me. CLICK THE LINK!!! __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

02-18-12, 04:06 PM	#23
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	The boat looks great! The water, however, doesn't look quite right? What environment mod are you using? __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

02-18-12, 05:44 PM	#24
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 27,343 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	It's Real Environment 2012 __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

02-18-12, 08:28 PM	#25
ReallyDedPoet Canadian Wolf Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: The one and only East Coast Posts: 10,775 Downloads: 946 Uploads: 5	Nice, love the laughing in the background. Is that giggles of joy or giggles of two daughters making fun of their dad's creation ? __________________ Back in the Day

02-18-12, 09:57 PM	#26
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 27,343 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Giggles of joy. My daughters ran the boat longer then I did. My wife was laughing and enjoying as well. They can't wait for the next time to take it out again. They are looking forward to my next scratch built boat. A Chesapeake Bay Buy Boat. I picked up the keel and bulkhead material this evening. Its a lot of fun making a model mostly from what's in your head and having it actually run. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

02-18-12, 10:22 PM	#27
ReallyDedPoet Canadian Wolf Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: The one and only East Coast Posts: 10,775 Downloads: 946 Uploads: 5	I have often thought of doing something similar. We have a river our back, and a pool as well. I could use it for a test run. Good luck with the new project. __________________ Back in the Day