Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Water Models / September 2004

i have bought a boat with a 7.2v system can i use the motors and speed
controller on a 9.6V system?
I presume i cant
Thanx Michael

I have been unsuccessfully attempting to join metal (aluminium to aluminium
and stainless steel to itself) using soldering techniques.
There MUST be a way of joining these metals without going out and buying a
welding set!

        Has anyone in the group had anything to do with transmitting R/C
from above water to underwater similar to some of those little cheap
submarines you can buy, or I saw a documentary on the military where they
lowered a bomb into a 15 foot deep pool and guided it to a target ...

How does water cooling on motors work? Do i have to have a pump?
Thanks Michael

Anyone got any helpful tips about r/c submarines and building them?
Thanks Michael

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Hi all..
I'm just getting started into the electrics of Model Boats and was
wondering if anyone knows of a speed controller that will allow one
engine to be put in reverse wilst the other is going forward.  I'm

Does anyone know of an ESC that can handle 14.4 volts or higher. I
want to replace the mechanical ESC in my Midwest booth bay lobster
boat.

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I search for the drawings of one of Frensis Chichester yachts / D.Mot I-III/
Have overlooked weight of materials but while nothing have found. The
greatest interest
the surface part represents, the model will be till a waterline .

My radio gear has just dyed, and I am unsure which to buy??
I have 3 sets of crystals for my old 27 AM radio, so my question is:
Should I stay with the AM version, or go onto the 40 FM version, loosing the
use of these crystals?

Hi all. I am building a tug of my own design. It's 45" long, and I
need a pair of 4"props for it.  I was told of a company called "Prop
Shop" that makes a full line of cast brass propellers for model boats.
Not tho ones with the blades soldered onto the hub, but full cast

I'm currently building the Revell 1/72 U-Boot.  Anyone got a site that
actually sells ship props?
Thanks,
SB

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ever to stop him. Unfortunately, now everything that they wanted to

I'd like to put together a 1/6 scale PBR patrol boat model.  A 1/6 PBR
would have a length of about 62 inches and a beam of around 22 inches
- most R/C models are MUCH smaller.  
Anybody got a source you could point me to?  Thanks,