American Enterprise Retrofit

[Doby]

Using a 6V, 7Ahr battery, it sits perfectly on the waterline, it just needs a bit of trim weight as long and skinny hulls can be a bit of a pain to balence.

Under full speed turns. it leans into the corners and creates one heck of a wake !

[Flying Scotsman]

The motors now specified are 500E's rated at 12v. Not 550(600) series. therefore a 6v system would decrease the power. Thanks for all the help and I trust you brush off the cobwebs on yours and get her wet.
Douggie

[Doby]

I'm sure they might have updated the specs when they re-released it a few years ago. Originally it had Graupner "Jumbo" 6 V motors but over the years they wore out, now I have some no-name 6 volt motors, I don't even know how many winds they have. I am able to run all three off of one "Blast" speed control with no problems. The thing is crazy fast (for a scale displacement boat).If it was a planing hull, it would probably be in the 15 MPH range.

She last got "wet" last year at one of our scale clubs meetings. I try to get her wet at least twice a year.
I'll snap some pics this weekend and post them.

[Diegoboy]

Doby.
She's a nice one!
Here's a small video of my Dumas AE piloce boat. I just got done with the police lights, I still have 1 bow light, 2 stern lights, 3 interior lights, 2 mast lights, 8 deck lights, and the red/green nav lights to install.
The spot light is operated remotely by a channel.

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[Doby]

Those are some cooooooooooooooool lights. Its like a lightning storm!

[dirtysouth31]

i need some of those police lights on the front of my rigger..ill be the fast boat police

[properchopper]

I have a Midwest Kit of a 47 ft Motor Lifeboat, its about 30 inches long, self righting just like the real one. I have had this out in 4 foot swells and it has been rolled twice and always comes back for more. Its powered by twin 550's and does about 10 MPH on flat water. But the real fun is when it surfs down the big waves.

Check out Midwests web page. Also , Proboat is offering a ARF version that Midwest used to offer. Seems they bought some of Midwests designs. (the PT109 and the LifeBoat)

This is the early Midwest version. Repowered with twin Titan 550's. Ran it in windy/choppy water & it looks so real. Now has autobailer, btw.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmsbDH2ybX4