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SlickZERO
06-11-2015, 10:39 AM
I built this from PVC and pool noodles. The plywood box houses the electronics. I used and old Koyosh outboard. Runs and works great. Steers really well with the outboard. It will turn in a 8' radius. The motor is brushed so I used an old RC car ESC. Only problem was the ESC got hot being enclosed. I water cooled it adding copper tubes to the heat sinks keeping them electrically isolated from one another. I epoxied them in with heat transfer epoxy. Went from HOT to cool. Can't even tell it had been run.

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srislash
06-11-2015, 01:13 PM
This is nice, I REALLY need to make one of these.

ECSURFER84
06-11-2015, 01:25 PM
thats awesome. well done sir, would love to see it in action!

revoltrunner
06-11-2015, 02:40 PM
here's some others.
http://forums.offshoreelectrics.com/showthread.php?51637-Inexpensive-retrieval-barge