… er the deck to help when I come to glue the transom on. The brushless motor is a HobbyKing No-Name special - 1000Kv 222watt outrunner with a 30amp HobbyKing Car ESC - this is the ESC . . . http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewIte …

… ted a fairly simple boat so that I could install and test a brushless motor. It is a long time since I have made anything in balsa, and the the design of the mermaid appealed and once scaled up to 28" seemed to be about the right size for t …

… or and 30mm 3 blade prop seem a popular choice. What Is the Brushless equivalent to a Graupner 600?

The motor (XYH42-50 700kv 41A Brushless outrunner) bought from, Giant Cod has been installed as well as the prop shaft and aligned. I have also loosely mounted the ESC (Hobbywing Seaking 60A) and connected the water cooling tubes to and fro …

… s after some slow speed control that I did not get with the brushless It was stop or go and as Its a small boat you need to sale In sheltered pools and It was just uncontrollable I have moved the batteries forward as well. I could not get t …

… s fast, but not as fast as my seaplane tender so I am going brushless............

… her the parts to put a replacement Sea Hornet together. The brushless motor and ESC has been 'donated' from one of my 1/10th cars rather than go to a diesel... I've got a suitable prop tube and prop (Mr Harbor Models is AMAZI …