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  • fweasel
    master of some
    • Jul 2016
    • 4285

    #91
    Beautiful piece of property.
    Vac-U-Tug Jr (13mph)

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    • Prodrvr
      Senior Member
      • Jul 2015
      • 701

      #92
      Originally posted by MADRCER
      I thought I knew you from somewhere......
      Ahh yes, I get around lol

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      • Prodrvr
        Senior Member
        • Jul 2015
        • 701

        #93
        Originally posted by fweasel
        Beautiful piece of property.
        Thanks! Too bad they're making it so I have to move when my lease is up. But there's another apartment about 10 minutes away that has much nicer, bigger lakes on it.

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        • MADRCER
          Senior Member
          • Feb 2017
          • 751

          #94
          What rescue boat is that? AquaCraft Atlantic Harbor tug? Did you make the retrieval hooked float or did you buy it like that?
          TFL Zonda (124mph), Miss Geico Zelos 36 (108mph), Veles 29 (91mph), Zelos Twin 36 (90mph), Miss Geico 29v3 (83.5mph), Sonicwake 36 V2 (83mph), Blackjack 42 (81mph), TFL Pursuit (79mph), UL-19 (75mph), Sonicwake 36 (73mph), Motley Crew (47.5mph), AquaCraft Rescue 17

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          • Prodrvr
            Senior Member
            • Jul 2015
            • 701

            #95
            That is the Hobby Engine Southampton tug, which now Tower sells. The only thing I left alone are the motors. Twin 280 brushed. I installed a better steering servo, esc, and the Spekky radio. She'll pull over 100lbs. I run it on 3s. The retrieval float is from Billy Boy Bobbers and made from balsa. It's attached to the tug with 10 feet of 20lb. test fish line. The hooks are just steel hooks I got from Walmart. They have threads on the one end, so I opened the hooks some and screwed them into the float. Got the rubber caps for the hook ends from ebay.

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            • MADRCER
              Senior Member
              • Feb 2017
              • 751

              #96
              Thanks for the info! What ESC did you use in the HE tug?
              TFL Zonda (124mph), Miss Geico Zelos 36 (108mph), Veles 29 (91mph), Zelos Twin 36 (90mph), Miss Geico 29v3 (83.5mph), Sonicwake 36 V2 (83mph), Blackjack 42 (81mph), TFL Pursuit (79mph), UL-19 (75mph), Sonicwake 36 (73mph), Motley Crew (47.5mph), AquaCraft Rescue 17

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              • Prodrvr
                Senior Member
                • Jul 2015
                • 701

                #97
                Some random 60A 2-4s esc off ebay. It's not even water cooled, it's a car esc. I've test run that tug wide open for 22 minutes and it was starting to get hot, so for a few minutes of rescue operation, it's fine.

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                • Prodrvr
                  Senior Member
                  • Jul 2015
                  • 701

                  #98
                  What really sucks that I didn't do when I first got it was to buy a pair of kort props for it from the Prop Shop. It has kort nozzles, but standard style four blade props. With the kort props it would have a lot more pulling power. But it looks like the Prop Shop is done since they had that fire back in April.

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                  • MADRCER
                    Senior Member
                    • Feb 2017
                    • 751

                    #99
                    The floats I have found are made of foam. You said yours is made from Balsa wood right? See the links below and point me in the right direction, if you don't mind. Is yours the .050 size (like 5x3 inches)? Looks like these are all foam.


                    https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...KIKX0DER&psc=1
                    Last edited by MADRCER; 06-17-2017, 10:25 PM.
                    TFL Zonda (124mph), Miss Geico Zelos 36 (108mph), Veles 29 (91mph), Zelos Twin 36 (90mph), Miss Geico 29v3 (83.5mph), Sonicwake 36 V2 (83mph), Blackjack 42 (81mph), TFL Pursuit (79mph), UL-19 (75mph), Sonicwake 36 (73mph), Motley Crew (47.5mph), AquaCraft Rescue 17

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                    • Prodrvr
                      Senior Member
                      • Jul 2015
                      • 701

                      #100
                      Originally posted by MADRCER
                      The floats I have found are made of foam. You said yours is made from Balsa wood right? See the links below and point me in the right direction, if you don't mind. Is yours the .050 size (like 5x3 inches)? Looks like these are all foam.


                      https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...KIKX0DER&psc=1
                      The one you linked from Amazon is the one I have. It was $2 less on ebay. It is made of foam. The ebay listing said it was balsa, but in checking it out further, it is foam. But it must be some high density stuff because it doesn't feel like foam.

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                      • MADRCER
                        Senior Member
                        • Feb 2017
                        • 751

                        #101
                        Thanks! That's the one I thought it was. Might get one and play around with it.
                        TFL Zonda (124mph), Miss Geico Zelos 36 (108mph), Veles 29 (91mph), Zelos Twin 36 (90mph), Miss Geico 29v3 (83.5mph), Sonicwake 36 V2 (83mph), Blackjack 42 (81mph), TFL Pursuit (79mph), UL-19 (75mph), Sonicwake 36 (73mph), Motley Crew (47.5mph), AquaCraft Rescue 17

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                        • Prodrvr
                          Senior Member
                          • Jul 2015
                          • 701

                          #102
                          Here's the one I bought. It was a good experience. http://www.ebay.com/itm/351977013045...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

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                          • MADRCER
                            Senior Member
                            • Feb 2017
                            • 751

                            #103
                            Thanks. Any info on the hook slip covers? size?
                            TFL Zonda (124mph), Miss Geico Zelos 36 (108mph), Veles 29 (91mph), Zelos Twin 36 (90mph), Miss Geico 29v3 (83.5mph), Sonicwake 36 V2 (83mph), Blackjack 42 (81mph), TFL Pursuit (79mph), UL-19 (75mph), Sonicwake 36 (73mph), Motley Crew (47.5mph), AquaCraft Rescue 17

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                            • Prodrvr
                              Senior Member
                              • Jul 2015
                              • 701

                              #104
                              Bada bing...http://www.ebay.com/itm/181792943623...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

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                              • MADRCER
                                Senior Member
                                • Feb 2017
                                • 751

                                #105
                                You da man! I would have never guessed them being antenna tube caps!
                                TFL Zonda (124mph), Miss Geico Zelos 36 (108mph), Veles 29 (91mph), Zelos Twin 36 (90mph), Miss Geico 29v3 (83.5mph), Sonicwake 36 V2 (83mph), Blackjack 42 (81mph), TFL Pursuit (79mph), UL-19 (75mph), Sonicwake 36 (73mph), Motley Crew (47.5mph), AquaCraft Rescue 17

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