This is what the motor and battery mounts are supposed to look like.
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Since I'm fitting a 540 motor, I needed to mount the motor further forward, and therefore the battery had to go further back.
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Here the motor and steering servo have been mounted properly. The motor is as near in line with the prop shaft as possible.
All wood bits have been yacht-varnished before being glued in.
The speed controller is a Mtroniks Viper 20.
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Here the motor and steering servo have been mounted properly. The motor is as near in line with the prop shaft as possible.
All wood bits have been yacht-varnished before being glued in.
The speed controller is a Mtroniks Viper 20.
Oh, dear! it turned out that with the servo mounted where it was, the horn was just a tad too high and would catch on the underside of the well deck. So I had to re-site it and attach it with a "snake"
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Oh, dear! it turned out that with the servo mounted where it was, the horn was just a tad too high and would catch on the underside of the well deck. So I had to re-site it and attach it with a "snake"
I've glued the bits of the superstructure together. The front windows were a bit of a b*gger - they didn't fit very well, so I ended up making the centre one out of separate pieces of wood.
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I've glued the bits of the superstructure together. The front windows were a bit of a b*gger - they didn't fit very well, so I ended up making the centre one out of separate pieces of wood.
