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  • saleens7
    Fast Electric Addict!
    • Apr 2007
    • 1108

    #1

    rescue boat build....

    after a failed attepmt at making a rescue boat with some foam i had lying around, i decided to use the High Wind hull it had instead....ill keep it just the hull without any mods for now, but i might try something similar to how SJFE has the pipes around his rescue boat....im using a sub-surface setup as it has more torque at slow speeds (i think...it seems that way anyway)...it will run on a 600 plane motor and a cheap 21$ esc on a 3600 6 cell venom pack i had lying around....its using a solid shaft and prop setup from a aquacraft hammer. Just installed the tubing for the shaft and epoxy is drying right now....

    only problem is i dont have a rudder and im not going to be able to get one without taking money away from the SW36 conversion funding and im not allowed to because were trying to save money after the taxes yesterday....

    ill get pics later....
    saleens7, the wookie of rc boating
  • SJFE
    Fast Electric Addict!
    • Apr 2007
    • 4735

    #2
    Pay for shipping and I'll send you a rudder.

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    • saleens7
      Fast Electric Addict!
      • Apr 2007
      • 1108

      #3
      really? ill ask my parents...(they will probably say no....there just like that...cant tell you how many good offers people have given me and i couldnt go for em because my parents wont let me)
      saleens7, the wookie of rc boating

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      • lferguson
        Senior Member
        • Apr 2007
        • 202

        #4
        Saleen, I know this really old guy who has a AWESOME recovery boat. probably the best one there is. If we are lucky he might post something about it.... It look like this...
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        • saleens7
          Fast Electric Addict!
          • Apr 2007
          • 1108

          #5
          looks like he put some time (and money) into it....im just using things that i had already, so far, i have spent nothing in this build
          saleens7, the wookie of rc boating

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          • SJFE
            Fast Electric Addict!
            • Apr 2007
            • 4735

            #6
            Pm me your address. I have one of the plastick 6 inch fighter 550 wedge rudders brand new...you will have to acemble it. I'll look for the directions and all the parts tomorrow.

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            • lferguson
              Senior Member
              • Apr 2007
              • 202

              #7
              SJFE, did you glue your PVC to the tug hull?

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              • SJFE
                Fast Electric Addict!
                • Apr 2007
                • 4735

                #8
                The front cross brace is right through the hull. The second is bolted through the hull on each side with 3/8 brass studs into the pvc end caps..that I then filled with epoxy after I bolted it. I carry it by the riggers its so strong.

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                • lferguson
                  Senior Member
                  • Apr 2007
                  • 202

                  #9
                  I like it. Probably one of the more practical builds I've seen

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                  • SJFE
                    Fast Electric Addict!
                    • Apr 2007
                    • 4735

                    #10
                    Thanks..It works. Avengersteve has one for sale now...give it a shot:)

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                    • lferguson
                      Senior Member
                      • Apr 2007
                      • 202

                      #11
                      can't now.. Funds for tunnel project only.

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                      • SJFE
                        Fast Electric Addict!
                        • Apr 2007
                        • 4735

                        #12
                        I hear that.... every peny I have is going into the JollyCat fund.

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                        • Doug Smock
                          Moderator
                          • Apr 2007
                          • 5272

                          #13
                          Originally posted by saleens7
                          looks like he put some time (and money) into it....im just using things that i had already, so far, i have spent nothing in this build
                          Actually I built it in a week after work with things I had lying around. I'm a old fart so I have more junk.
                          Last edited by Doug Smock; 04-19-2007, 07:23 AM. Reason: spelling
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                          • Doug Smock
                            Moderator
                            • Apr 2007
                            • 5272

                            #14
                            Originally posted by lferguson
                            I like it. Probably one of the more practical builds I've seen
                            I'll remember you said that as I'm watching your boat sink.:p
                            MODEL BOAT RACER
                            IMPBA President
                            District 13 Director 2011- present
                            IMPBA National Records Director 2009-2019
                            IMPBA 19887L CD
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                            • saleens7
                              Fast Electric Addict!
                              • Apr 2007
                              • 1108

                              #15
                              well, sorry SJFE...parents said no before i could even finish the sentence...im trying too see if i cant get them to take me to the hobby shop this weekend, so if i do ill look for rudders there...

                              overnight the shaft moved and its out of line, i re-epoxied it and its drying now for the 2nd time..
                              saleens7, the wookie of rc boating

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