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lesfac
Petty Officer 1st Class
49 Inch Perkasa fixed after burnout
Following burning out the motor by fouling the prop on a polythene bread wrapper I fitted a new 160 amp speed controller and got a bargain motor from Giant Shark. it is an Emax GT4020 which cost about £14. I realised what a bargain it was and went back only to find Giant Shark have ceased trading. The video shows the boat running on a 4 cell Lipo, it goes a bit quicker on a 5 cell that I have. I am really sold on Lipo power as Dave said I would be. I have just ordered a 3 cell Lipo for my crash tender
Liked by John2
3 comments
  • NorthumbrianMidshipman
    it was giant cod before the VAT man caught him
  • figtree7ntsAdmiral
    She looks very nice, especially going through the gail force winds! 👍
Northumbrian
Midshipman
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Snapdragon
this is my latest purchase a member of Tynemouth yachting club had it on e bay I have been after one for a while now the fun begins I will try & get a video of it on my attempt to sail it
Liked by Northumbrian
1 comment
  • Robo177Recruit
    I saw the boat on eBay, if I had been closer I would have tried to buy it! 😀
lesfac
Petty Officer 1st Class
VOSPER PERKASA 49 INCH KIT PART 2
This video follows on from my earlier post. I changed to running on a 5 cell lipo (18.5 volts) and I am very pleased with the Improvement over 14.4 volts Nicads. (Edit sorry Nimh`s) I put this link into my reply on my previous post but it didnt work as a hotlink so I am posting this.
The boat isnt quite flat out here due to the difficulty videoing and steering.
Les
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5 comments
  • Dave MVice Admiral
    HI Les
    What a bummer. Bread is not good for wildlife and certainly not for props.
    Hopefully your motor should be OK as long as the wires are not burnt. if you have a multimeter you could check the insulation between the shaft and each winding using the highest ohms reading. it should be high, if low chances are there is an internal short. A quick check (on a lower ohm reading) between windings should give similar results between every pair, again any variance may indicate an internal short.
    Dave
  • andy_martLeading Seaman
    I am just building one of these on a wood hull, I notice you are running a single motor. Could you advise what motor you are using plus what prop please? Thanks Andy
tommy3917
Leading Seaman
Lorraine B
My first build added nets and radar since video, like to video in slo mo think it looks cool
Liked by Northumbrian
4 comments
  • tommy3917Leading Seaman
    HI Peter47 thanks for the nice remarks, still cold in Northumberland, busy with a Coble hope to get sailing again soon.
  • Peter47Chief Petty Officer 1st Class
    Used to class my self as Northerner (Manchester area), but realised awhile back when re-visiting Shopping centre near the Angel of the North, (I used to be a storeman Driver for a fridge company, covering from mid wales to Glasgow in the main), that to you I was a Southerner. Keep my eye out for your Coble, trying to convert a plastic model of a 1/35th scale italerI Vosper MTB to r/c, the kids got me at Christmas, got running gear together, but other things keep cropping up, but in no rush :-).
Sashaloki
Able Seaman
IC 16M
Scratch built. 1:16 Scale. All data researched from internet.
3D CAD modeled.
IC 16M is a swedish 15.9m. Aluminum Coast Guard Boat driven by 2 800HP Jet'Drives. Max. Speed 50 Knots. Builder: Dockstavarvet.
Model constructed of all glued ABS 1.524mm (0.060") sheets. Deck details under construction.
Powered with two 28mm. Kehrer Jet Drives. 2 Swang Hobby 1200 KV brushless motors 2 90A Seaking ESC 5S / 18.5V - 25C -5000 maH LiPo Hyperion Battery.
Weight included 1 Bat 4300 gr.
Running at Mazenod Road Pond, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Oct 19th -2014
Jagged video because of stabilized feature from Youtube.
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JediErn
Leading Seaman
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Tug - Made for taking photos of club boats
Just fancied doing something different. Started out with a deck mounted small camera and converted it on 27th Nov 2011 to an internally mounted Olympus C7070 camera. Fitted with 2 electric motors to give full manoeuvrability. Lots of small mods but not used during 2013. After lots of try with video decided to try single frame pictures. Decided to keep with still pictures. May 2014 started to rework boat to look more like a tug and decided to rename it - Owner AMD, Operated by ACME STUDIOS, Renamed LILIAN ROSE. Bought a new cheap camara from Tescos so if lost would only lose me £30. Also fitted bigger batteries. Then started selling pictures.
Liked by Joe727 and circle43nautical
5 comments
  • figtree7ntsAdmiral
    So, Cool I've never seen a camera boat before. 👍
  • circle43nauticalChief Petty Officer 2nd Class
    BRAVO ZULU! Great idea!
sharpy1071
Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class
Veron Fairey Huntsman 28
First trip out 100Mtrs coupling broke, calmest day for weeks took an hour to get back!! Built from plans supplied by Colin Smith. 38/32 brushless motor, 125A ESC, 4 cell lipo. When it went it went! Motor, ESC and motor mount water cooled. I will get a new coupling and try to get a video of this hope we have some more calm days.
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  • TonyLRecruit
    Could be worse! Have you read my sailing RAC failure in the Naval section?
Peter47
Chief Petty Officer 1st Class
1/24 th Vosper Gun Boat
Based on a 72nd scale Airfix Plastic kit, original needed 20volts worth of batteries to get it up to speed, but change of motors, tweaking strakes near bow, and moving batteries aft, now get same or better performance from 7.2volt pack' Since these videos have added 4 torpedo tubes, well rocket launching tubes found on field when walking dog last year day after the 5th Nov, with carved torpedo's poking out,us scratch builders will use anything. ;-)
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MAXTON
Midshipman
VOSPER CRASH TENDER No.94
After a re-paint and total refurbish she was tried out on the Omskirk and West Lancs Model Boat Club lake at Hurlston Golf and Country Club Scarisbrick Ormskirk Lancs.
She is not mega fast but sails well as you can see from the video.
Liked by John2 and Colin H
2 comments
  • JeremyBBMaster Seaman
    Looks great and beautifully finished 😊 . I am currently building the 34.5" Lesro model of this boat and would very much like to see some photos of your model. it would provide me with an excellent guide as to how it should look in detail. Would it be possible for you to send these to me by email or post them on the site?

    Cheers!

    Jeremy
  • MAXTONMidshipman
    I have sent you a private email with photos.
    Cheers
    Max (4clubs)

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