Fastech with Z-drive maiden

[FastVee]

Here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqiPRwl9C2E it is, old battery and did not get the trim angle adjusted that well(freezing cold and snowing here...) -and dark.




Will try to get better video soon.

-hey, it has reverse! -not that common on fastech´s.


Graupner Z-drive
Graupner 600 motor
2s crappy old junk lipo

30$ esc from rcmart...500A burst and 200A cont.(right...)

Motor was 55 and esc 60 deg.celcius at the hottest .

build thread here http://forums.offshoreelectrics.com/...818#post144818

[Steven Vaccaro]

[Steven Vaccaro]

I didnt get to watch the entire video yet, but will tonight. But I love the onboard videos. I'm waiting for someone to put one on their race boat during a race heat. What camera did you use?

[FastVee]

The camera was 30$ gum camera from ebay(it fits inside gum wrapper). It included 4gb micro sd card too, so not too expensive... -it shows too ,-the timer/counter on the right bottom corner shows what ever numbers the camera wants at that moment
,but I just put text over it on the vids so not that big of a deal.

There´s few cams that looks the same, just get the 30fps one

I also use flycamone2, but the picture quality is not that good on it.(for the 80$ I paid for it, you could get 2-3 cheaper and better ones.)

-Pate

[Jesse J]

Excellent! what esc? could you link to it please?

Very nice, now want to see some shots from shore... Onboard looks way good, lots better than I ever got to work.

[FastVee]

Jesse, this is the esc we used.
http://www.rcmart.com/catalog/rc-bru...l?cPath=293_51

No extra cooling or anything else done to it, well other then adding Deans and soldered wires to motor.


We just placed a new order from OSE.

-7-cell battery(this needs more weight in the front and 2s lipo was too light)
-3-bladed props.
-grim grease.

Hope that the winter stays away for a while, so we can test these too!


-Pate

[sailr]

Need a video of the boat, not the water. Haha.

[FastVee]

Sailr, it was really dark,and the onboard video was much clearer then video from outside the boat was. I did cleared the picture a bit, so on this video the quality is not too good, but the boat is visible.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yx8wZaogZjU

It was really cold, so the lipos lost their best punch.

Soon the z-drive will have trim/tilt adjustments from radio too!

[Jesse J]

Thanks for the link. Anticipating next vid, would like to see how she runs from a distance ... Great work, a real inspiration!

[sailr]

Very Nice! Nice speed and running attitude. Great project. Thanks for sharing!

Sailr, it was really dark,and the onboard video was much clearer then video from outside the boat was. I did cleared the picture a bit, so on this video the quality is not too good, but the boat is visible.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yx8wZaogZjU

It was really cold, so the lipos lost their best punch.

Soon the z-drive will have trim/tilt adjustments from radio too!

[Jeepers]

could you post a link to the camera please!

[FastVee]

sorry, no link.

the camera arrived in black box labelled "MP10"

it is 640x480 30fps gum camera with 4gb card from ebay. the cam retails for about 30 usd.

-Pate

[Punisher 67]

The onboard video's are so coool , I just ordered the $79.00 camera and 3rd channel on/off switch from here for next boating season , I really want to see what it looks like on the Sniper at close to 70+

http://www.hobby-lobby.com/rc-video-cameras.htm

[Joern Markset]

But I love the onboard videos. I'm waiting for someone to put one on their race boat during a race heat.

I`ve done this many times. Here is a clip from a heat in Italy summer 2008.

http://www.yellowwhiteheads.no/assets/multimedia/Onboard_Avenger_Pro_Leno_2008.wmv

[FastVee]

The onboard video's are so coool , I just ordered the $79.00 camera and 3rd channel on/off switch from here for next boating season , I really want to see what it looks like on the Sniper at close to 70+

http://www.hobby-lobby.com/rc-video-cameras.htm

Peter, if you got the flycamone v2, I have that also. The image quality is not that good as the gum camera I used on this video. I have used both only in low light conditions, so it may be a different story on sunny days.

The 25fps is low ´ish too for fast boats(most likely will shake a lot) -but do try! I may be wrong.

It does have more natural colors, but the video is too dark.(atleast on dark winter days here)

Flycamone pack that I have has waterproof "dive box" that I plan on using next summer for underwater video of rc boats!