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Aerokits 46" twin screw Fireboat brushless conversion
nearly got things out of order! The deck that the towhook goes on was planked, possibly painted also, Im going to plank, but not paint, just to use some modellers license and break the drab grey up, seeing as there is no bright red to liven …
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Aerokits 46" Fireboat twin screw brushless
well because its the weekend, and we can stay up late (just finished charging batteries for club 500 racing ) you can have a bit more of this epic adventure! The observant amongst you will have noticed I am working front to back, now we are …
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Aerokits 46" Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
forgot to mention the hassle I had getting the hinges for the two hatch covers on centre roof. I tried everywhere, all rc boat suppliers, dolls house suppliers etc etc, just could not get what I wanted. They didnt need to operate, so ended …
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Aerokits 46" Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
The crash nets where a real stroke of luck, I could not find anything suitable, so posted on a few forums etc for inspiration. Out of the blue someone sent me some netting, as used to stop birds getting into those small spaces in your roof. …
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Aerokits 46" Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
Monitors........................ well the bit I was looking forward to the most, as I got to have a serious play with the second hand lathe. The metal used is real cheap ally rod found in the skip at work, a discarded stand of some sort. I …
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Aerokits 46" Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
so now you know its early "93" being modelled. some more info, the ensign on the main mast pre handover to the RAF would not have flown the RAF roundal, (until commissioned to the RAF) the ensigns tended to be "bastardised" with company log …
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Aerokits 46" Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
ready for some more? well for the 3 followers anyway! here are the two pics that I used time and time again, zooming in, studying, over and over for that "extra detail" This is the version I am modelling, its one of the first versions of th …
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Aerokits 46" Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
right then, skipping forward, the front cabin and centre cabin roofs are made from plastic card, 3mm, I have tried to save weight, but am failing miserably when all the brass fittings go on, wait till the tow hook appears, over engineered i …
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Aerokits 46" Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
That textured paint was from B & Q, it gives rough finish, and is just right. I masked off a thin strip around the hull, and any fitttings that where on, and painted with BS631 that I had mixed in an aerosol at a car paint suppliers Finally …
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Aerokits 46" Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
so left it alone for 10 days or so, in the warm, for the red, and black, to harden. For the top side, a little trick up my sleeve that I did with my 3 footer. I have a copy of original Vosper paint plans, the grey is BS631, it was painted i …
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Aerokits 46" Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
Ive now had another play, its time to take all the gear back out again, inspect for anything unusal that should not be happening, and paint, boring! My paint process for the hull, reclean, sand with a block using 800grit, its already primer …
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Aerokits 46" Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
dont know how true this is, but I love this story. Ages ago, I was talking to someone via a yahoo groups site. He said the strange shape of the mast legs was due to the fact the RAF supplied Vosper with old aircraft propeller blades, as the …
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Aerokits 46" Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
THE MAST! I wanted something that would take the odd knock from my heavy hands, and it had to fold down like the real thing, or it would not fit in that wonderful box all those posts ago! Decide to make from brass (more weight!) instead of …
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Aerokits 46" Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
so the boat has run, and achieved a massive 23mph, almost as fast as my Huntsman. So its waaaayyyy over scale speed, but good fun. I will back off a bit with the size of the props, as this will reduce the speed, and reduce the amp draw on t …
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Aerokits 46"Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
Time to have some fun. I had a couple of days off work coming up, kids in school, missus in work, weather forecast looked ok, so fancied the first big thrash on a big lake. Now the boat is pretty waterproof, spray rails had been finished, w …
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Aerokits 46"Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
I'm itching for soem more, so here we go, Wheelhouse is completed, everything went together quite well, however I suddenly realised that I could not get in to fit the dashboard, and the glazing. I was also worried that if I had a front end …
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Aerokits 46" Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
Am I going too fast, if so, please tell me to slow down, I dont want to be overpowering the forum! Anyway, after a brief interlude doing something nice, its back to the boring building and painting. The wheelhouse is damaged, so I have to r …
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Aerokits 46" Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
I fancy doing something interesting ...... my opinion is there are a couple of things about this boat that makes it unique mast, searchlight, towhook, salvage hoses, so I want to give particular attention to these. I decided to buy a set of …
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Aerokits 46" Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
well we now know it runs, needs adjustments with rudders, and a final test with data logging onboard to satisfy what props, but other than that, all ok, water cooling works, everything nice and cool, no water entry, and looks like it will h …
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Aerokits 46" Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
ok time to fit all the runing gear back into the boat, this is now becoming second nature, I can do it with my eyes closed! Batts charged, time for a bench test, horror!! at half stick, there is a bad resonate vibration, flippin heck!!!> we …
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Aerokits 46" Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
ignore the wiring mess, this was just a set up to see if it worked. The wires on the left are from the "y" connector from the two esc's, to the switch. The switch on the left arms the speed controllers, switch on right is receiver power. Fo …
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Aerokits 46" Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
On to something that I REALLY wanted from the beginning, working exhausts, well, at least the Impression they work. The water from the cooling pickups goes up the tube, along the ally tube, into motor mount, into esc, then back down the boa …
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Aerokits 46" Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
It was pure luck that we had not yet final cut the shafts, so still had enough shaft to accomodate the cooling blocks. The shafts in the pictures are not the ones fitted into the boat, incase you think they keep getting removed! On fitting …
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Aerokits 46" Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
Now the problem with this set up is there is no room for error, everything needs to line up right, or it will shake to bits. I ordered the shafts from a UK supplier, who will remain nameless. I had a real bad time with them, spent a small f …
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Aerokits 46" Fireboattwin screw brushless conversion
Throttle and compass made from scraps
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Aerokits 46" Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
My wheelhouse required some rebuilding, it was damaged, so I used the opportunity to do some interior detail. Using an original picture of the interior detail, the dashboard was fashioned out of plywood. The dials cut out from some online p …
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Aerokits 46" Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
on the previous picture, you can see how far out the windows were. The new plasticard sides are epoxied to the sides, virtually ready for paint with very little prep required. I should have mentioned this at the beginning, my boat is modell …
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Aerokits 46" Fireboat twin screw brushless conversion
The cabin sides, well if anyone is familiar with these aerokits boats, the cabin windows are never equal and straight, it really bugged me with my smaller 3 foot version, the cabin windows being unequal and not straight, so I have decided t …