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bilzin
Petty Officer 1st Class
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DPI Silencer ( aka Tiddler 616)
From the DPI (US) kit, tempted to upgrade to a brushless but goes like otznot with the fitted brushed motor though !

FOR SALE
Liked by SelwynWilliams and Skydive130 and
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  • BOATSHEDCaptain
    Hi Who makes this boat and what is it made out of. I have a boat it was made by Model flight Accessories in Deal Kent England. The hull look the same but the deck is different. Mine is made from ABS Plastic. The size of it is 570mm long, with a 230mm beam.
  • bilzinPetty Officer 1st Class
    Hello Boatshed

    This model was from a kit manufactured by DPI Leisure industries in the USA, almost the same construction,
    and as far as I know, not in business any more with the modelling side of things.
    That Piranha is a superb model and even better when coupled with an otznot brushless and 4s I know I have one here
bilzin
Petty Officer 1st Class
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USCG 44 foot Rescue Craft
Billings kits built 2016

2 brushed motor, 2.4 ghz radio and crew members from Realmodelpilots.com
Liked by dragonboatdave and jfstoker and
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  • circle43nauticalChief Petty Officer 2nd Class
    i have that same kit i bought just before my daughter was born in 1989. she is undergoing a "fleet rehab & maintenance"
    overhaul currently. actually the first true rc watercraft i
    started with, after a lifetime of building static models. that kit was of high quality, but has of course been discontinued some years ago. i transferred her from uscg lifesaving station manasquan inlet, new jersey, to uscg lifeboat station ludington, michigan, and changed the hull number from cg-44329 to cg-44345. i served in the uscg in nj, but always wanted to be stationed in ludington, mi. semper paratus!
    Liked by Dave M
wunwinglo
Petty Officer 1st Class
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Fast Patrol Launch
This Fast Patrol Launch was originally built by me and my father in'62/3 it was my entry into marine modelling. initially free-running with a tiny old school blue-cased Mabuchi, it was never 'fast' -as a result it was recomisioned several times over the years but remained dull. in 2013, it was refitted yet again but this time she got a nice potent brushless and a full array of lights. Now she goes very well here at the Oxford lake.
Liked by Brightwork and jacko and
lesliebreame
Chief Petty Officer 1st Class
Fast Patrol Boat
At Ilfracombe pond is Bob Burrows Vintage Model Boat Co kit of the Fast Patrol Boat. Bobs made a nice job of it and has brushless motor with Lipoly batteries. Forward / reverse control was nothing special on maiden voyage and came close to a good sinking !!!
Liked by BOATSHED and circle43nautical and
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  • BOATSHEDCaptain
    It's nice and fast but doesn't seem to want to turn very well. What is the rudder like is it too big and also how much leading edge has the rudder got. I used to have this sort of trouble and went for a slightly smaller rudder and cut away the leading edge and it solved my problems.
    Liked by Donnieboy
SimpleSailor
Lieutenant
Red Cat hydroplane
Hi. Just put this back together after the 3rd brushless motor caught fire. Made from a rejected glass fibre hull which I bought cheap at a show. I have now learned how to do glass fibre repairs.
Liked by rolfman2000 and John2
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  • RNinMunichFleet Admiral
    Hi, thanks for the info👍 I'm new to BLs, but learning fast, and your experience confirms my growing suspicions that outrunners not only deliver more torque than inrunners (size for size) but that they are also more reliable and seldom need water cooling.
    Your new motor seems to be a larger diameter 58mm?, as opposed to 31mm for the old one, so I begin to wonder if the old ones were simply overloaded by a big prop causing them to draw more and more current and hence cook! 😡😭
    Check out this test drive (Italian)of your new type motor!!

    cheers Doug 😎
    PS Caption says that with more than 3/4 throttle the boat becomes unstable! Then it flips 🤔
  • RNinMunichFleet Admiral
    PS Don't worry about 'adding up' the Watts and Amps!
    True the spec says 12.6v and 35A, which theoretically gives 441W.
    And the power is rated at 220W. This simply indicates to me that the motor scoffs 441W of power (at Max ratings) and spits 220W out again, i.e. ~50% efficiency 🤔
    Almost any decent brushed motor will beat that! But with other penalties😉
    Cheers Doug 😎
basilsdad
Master Seaman
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pt 109
a 30"scratch built pt. boat, I built hull from .8mm ply using a resized eezebilt 20" plan.
the deck fittings were copied as best as I could from photos and drawings found on line. powered by 2- 2200kv brushless out runner motors through 2 20 amp speed controllers. twin contra rotating props twin rudders fast and light a pleasure to build

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Liked by reilly4 and Northumbrian and
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Krampus
Warrant Officer
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Dirty Deeds
Some pics of my favorite build. Made on a barebones fiberglass hull. Runs with a NIHM 10.8 battery, a 540 brushed motor and a 30A controller. Pictures taken by the Olympia Park pond in Munich, Germany.
Liked by Brightwork and sandkb and
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  • KrampusWarrant Officer
    By the way, you may get some Viagra (10.8v Nihm battery) on Ebay. You will find them with either AA-type cells and C-type cells. I do prefer the C-type cells. Expect to pay around $45-50 USD. I bought some from a German store named "www.Conrad.de", but it seems they no longer offer them.
  • Dave MVice Admiral
    Hi AllenA
    HobbyKing have a battery sale on at present and some are in the UK so no import taxes if you are careful
    Dave
    Liked by AllenA and John2
Krampus
Warrant Officer
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Legal Limit
Original design "Express Cruiser" type boat. Old home-made fiberglass hull built in UK in the 1970s and rescued from previous owner's garage. Model built during April-July 2015. Approx. 1/24 scale. in trying to emulate a Bertram Bahia Mar boat, I ended up with an originally fictitious design. Real life boat could be a 32-footer (9.75m) yacht. 3mm 9v LED navigation lights system. Runs on Mtroniks G2 3A Hyper BEC 6-12V 15A Constant controller, Biao123 A2122 brushless motor, and a NiMH 10.8v battery.
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Krampus
Warrant Officer
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Triton
With my boats getting routinely stranded in the middle of nowhere, I felt compelled to commission a rescue vessel and "Triton" was born. "Triton" is a Springer-type tug push boat. With a hull and superstructure consisting of an “Indiana” style command cabin, it was built using a pretty basic birch plywood American kit designed for swimming pool water polo. Kit altered to resemble a fictitious Salvamento Marítimo (Spanish Coast Guard) unit following Salvamento Marítimo’s actual boat markings. Equipment and deck layout inspired on actual Springer tug push boats supporting larger vessels and barges found in US and European ports and rivers. Model built during September – October 2015. Approx. 1/18 scale. Real life boat could be a 30-footer (9.14m) vessel. Equipped with 9v LED navigation lights and sound system. Powered by an HPI Racing 1145 Gt 550 Motor, NiMH 7.4v battery, a 3-bladed 44mm propeller, and a 6-12V 320A RC Ship & Boat R/C Hobby Brushed Motor Speed Controller.
Liked by watson220 and NPJ and
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  • RNinMunichFleet Admiral
    Nice one Krampus👍
    Great cabin detail, fits your general 20 to 28" size limit well!😉
    Cheers Doug 😎
    Liked by suntugs
  • sandkbChief Petty Officer 2nd Class
    Very nice vessel. I'm thinking I will have to build a recovery craft of some sort and something like that would do it for me. Weed is a bit of a problem where I sail and have been thinking a swamp boat (airboat). Any thoughts ?
Krampus
Warrant Officer
Berrinche
22.5 inches RC boat inspired on 1970s Chris-Craft Commander 36, 42 and 45 footer boats. Model equivalent to a real-life 36 footer vessel. Barebones fiberglass hull from a UK manufacturer. Powered with a brushed 500 motor, 30A controller, 9.6v NIHM battery. Video made during first trial at the Eibsee lake in Bavaria, Germany.
Liked by Inkoust and BOATSHED and
wcolombo
Leading Seaman
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PT Boat 673
PT Boat scale 1/20 length 1.22 m, Motorization one brushless motor and two 550 14 v motors , fiberglass hull, superstructure in acrylic laser cut, details in resin and 3D print.
Liked by Gravedigger47 and Zdenek and
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