PT 109
The famous ww2 PT boat skippered by JF Kennedy (later to be President of the USA)
This has be one of my have to have model boats and it was by luck that I found one for sale on a model boat club's web site in 2013, £100.00 later and a journey from Cumbria to Yorkshire and back, I had myself a ProBoat PT 109
This was a ready made RTR model when new and is 40in (1m) long, the boat needed some small repairs but after a test run I found that the running gear was noisy and on investigation discovered that both propshaft were bent and had no bearings from new, the couplings were just direct connections.
So with great care I replaced both prop-shafts, propellers, coupling for two double Huco's (universal) and the single ESC by two new Aqua speed controllers and both motors with Graupner speed 600's
Note I also foamed the front compartments to make it unsinkable in theory. (Motor: Graupner 600s) (ESC: 2x )
2020 update, removed Aqua speed controllers as they went full throttle if they lost RC signal, replaced with Mtroniks 25A jobs (7/10).