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  • Rick sroka
    Junior Member
    • Nov 2015
    • 5

    #1

    New person to hobby needs help

    hello to all and thanks for read this .New to the sport . But a long time fan !!!

    I looking for a little help on getting a boat hull picked out and made . It;s r/c but not.I going to have a raspberry pi2 (very small computer) control the boat . I am looking at the jet chopper 30 as a hull but the maker has not gotten back to me, now i am second guessing myself . i figure a *!**deep v hull would be my second choice .the biggest lake i would use it in would be lake Winnebago in fond du lac wi *!**. Not huge wave like on the ocean. *!** just need help choosing a hull and who can build it
  • eboat
    Senior Member
    • Aug 2007
    • 693

    #2
    I have a raspberry I am using for a model train project
    Building a working clam shovel and using the computer to run it
    My raspberry runs off of wifi

    Do you think you will be able to run a boat from shore that way with out getting out of range or is this a computer on board programed to go out and back to the same spot project ?

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    • Rick sroka
      Junior Member
      • Nov 2015
      • 5

      #3
      I going to program a return to user by the gps unit

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      • Rick sroka
        Junior Member
        • Nov 2015
        • 5

        #4
        Can some one help me?

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        • eboat
          Senior Member
          • Aug 2007
          • 693

          #5
          Maybe a few more questions you need to answer first

          1 How big of a box is your control system going to have to live in and sealed up to be water proof including a battery to run it on

          2 How long will it be out driving around on its own ?

          3 How fast will it be going ?

          4 Scale looking boat ?

          5 How much $$ are you willing to spend on just the boat hull and hardware , electric motor , esc and batteries (lipo?)

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          • ray schrauwen
            Fast Electric Addict!
            • Apr 2007
            • 9472

            #6
            Cool project! I should get a raspberry pi, they are really cool to tinker with.
            Nortavlag Bulc

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            • Rick sroka
              Junior Member
              • Nov 2015
              • 5

              #7
              1 How big of a box is your control system going to have to live in and sealed up to be water proof including a battery to run it on
              the computer is 3 and half inches long 2 half width and 1 inch deep. waiting for the battery to show up. 5v



              2 How long will it be out driving around on its own ? 45 mins

              3 How fast will it be going ? not fast

              4 Scale looking boat ? nope , what ever gets the job done

              5 How much $$ are you willing to spend on just the boat hull and hardware , electric motor , esc and batteries (lipo?) what ever I need ...



              thanks

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              • eboat
                Senior Member
                • Aug 2007
                • 693

                #8
                I would lean more towards a cat type of boat
                I think it would be harder to tip over and get into trouble if a wave came along you were not prepared for
                They have a bigger hatch most times than a mono hull boat that would make things easier to work on getting all your parts in

                Is your boat going to have reverse ??
                Not all esc s have reverse

                Not sure how a flex cable drive shaft would like turning the wrong way either so if there is a lot of backing up you might need to go with a solid shaft

                Would a hull like this one be big enough ??
                http://www.offshoreelectrics.com/pro...cat=Boat+Hulls

                I have this one Mean Machine but I do not think there is enough room in it
                http://www.offshoreelectrics.com/pro...prod=Aero-MM-2

                This one is bigger also
                http://www.offshoreelectrics.com/pro...prod=aero-1127

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                • Rick sroka
                  Junior Member
                  • Nov 2015
                  • 5

                  #9
                  Thanks this helps , looking at this one Delta Force DF45 MK-ll Boat Hull

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