Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Water Models / April 2008

I am away to be building my boat very soon but theres one thing which
has been haunting the back of my mind.
When the inevitable happens and the engine stalls (does this even
happen on zenoah engines often?) or the theres been an over

I am building a small rigger just to play with.  It will be
(22" long and 10" wide.  I will use either a pair of 11volt,
20C, 2200mAh cells or one (or more) of the 6-cell, 7.2 volt,
3400 mAh NIMH battery packs I have.

HI i just joined your sight and am interested in this as a hobby.  I
plan on building a powerboat with my stepson.  We live near a pond
where we could have alot of fun running it when boat is complete.The
boat I am trying to build from scratch is the 1980-82 paypack limited

It's getting to be spring and young men's thoughts turn to....FISHING!!!
Every year a bunch of us go to Canada and stalk the 50" Great Northern Pike.
Over the years I have hatched some bizarre schemes to get an edge on these
monsters, some have worked, some get laughs.  This year I ...

I ordered a Hawk kit but have been waiting for 3 months now to get it,
so I downloaded the plans for the scorpion of this site but that is
about where my knowledge ends. Could people help me out. first with a
supplies list and some starting off tips.

im kinda new to rc boating, iv built one boat before from my own plans,
this was jut to get a feel of the hobby, see if i like it. now im
hooked. iv got the plans for the 72 offshore mono and i have scaled it
down to 40", 72 was way too big and expensive for me to handle. now i

i have a home made rc boat which leaks quite a bit through the drive
sahft hole in the back of the hull . i use a quarter inch shaft with
copper pipe with the same diameter as the drive shaft but ther is alot
of water leaking in. any ideas how to stop it ? bearings?

Is there a reason why 2.4 gh radios can't be used in a boat?
If they can, are there any special considerations involved
in the receiver location, antenna mounting, etc.?  TIA.

hi im in perth wa .im sor neer freeo .im seeing if there are enny people
intrested in r/c  boats 26cc petrol type . that want to get out and have
some fun running this things or a bit of muck around racing or just
haing a blast on some of the lakes around sor near freeo.

i have a 44 in wildthing and i need to know how big of a ruuder to use
whould someone please help me so i can go ahead and order parts thanks