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Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Water Models / June 2008Re: Electric newbie
Mate, If you are considering the mono then I personally think that is a great place to start. They are heaps of fun if you get them set up correctly with the COG etc. Are you planning on building one? If so, I highly recommend the Wild Thing that is available in the plans section of this site. What I did with mine was get the 48 inch plans in the CAD format, took them to a print shop and asked to have them resized down to 26 inches hull length and put on 1 piece of paper. Built it from 2mm ply and 3mm balsa planked with walnut and white ramin. I run an el cheapo 540 brushless motor/esc combo with 10 Nimh cells for around 40mph. If you are leaning toward the RTR variety, I have read heaps of good things on the SV27, they are brushless and in fact the power system is popular amongst scratch builders as well. Have a look at this thread, it has some photos of my Wild Thing. http://www.modelpowerboat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=354 D  Signaturedeestingray Yeah thanks, unfortunately I don't have any drawings, it all came from my head and I chopped and changed on the run. The strut isn't adjustable unfortunately however it doesn't really matter on this boat as it was in the right spot from the get go. I have included a couple of photos though, that might help a bit if you are interested. The tools used were a vice, a hacksaw, a file and a drill. The strut shaft housing was turned down and centre drilled on a lathe though. Haven't seen the John Finch plans, I assume that it comes with instructions too. The original plans on this site that I got came with a full set of build photos for the 48 inch gas version which was quite helpful as far as the build was concerned. The rest I made up and made it into electric quite easily. +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Filename: 185_wildthing_hware_7_1.jpg | |Download: http://www.modelpowerboat.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=72| +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ Signaturedeestingray |
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