Police Boat Captain
Basis
Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class · 397 pt
JakeKnight, West Midlands, United Kingdom
Lid sinds dec 2008
Laatst online 15 jaren geleden
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Today I used a CNC Miller to make the mould for the cabin. The cabin was designed In ProEngineer first and then milled. The mould was mil…
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Police Boat
I swapped the tamiya connectors for deans connectors now I can go flat out without worrying about melting anything. Also added a cooling …
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Seaplane Tender
The plastic cooling coil wasnt very effective so I soldered some pieces of brass tube to a motor heatsink to make a new water cooling coil.
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Seaplane TenderOrginaly I had a scoop in-line with the prop but on the left of the hull. (see the photo below) This wasn't very effective and pulled the boat to one side. I modified this by moving the rudder back about 10mm …638 viewsPowerboatToday I used a CNC Miller to make the mould for the cabin. The cabin was designed In ProEngineer first and then milled. The mould was milled from a dense foam material. After milling the mould I used a vacuum …10 comments5,488 viewsPropshaftGot the propshaft and motor in, it runs very smooth and quietly I filled the front 2 sections with expanding foam so if the boat ends up upside down, full of water it should still float and I'll be able to res…
428 viewsBoat stand, ESC and ServoI will be using a 35mm 2 blade prop on either 7.4V or 11.1V LiPO, I took this set up out of my Police Boat before converting it to brushless and it worked fine with no overheating problems. ESC was running abo…428 viewsBoat stand, ESC and ServoToday I made the boat stand, used the trick of wrapping solder round the hull to get the shape then transferred it onto the wood and cut it out. Also fitted the rudder, rudder servo and ESC. The ESC is only 30…
428 viewsFree from the board!Today I got the hull of the building board. This was done by prising and smashing the bulkhead supports of the building board. I think the hull looks good and it only weighs 550 grams. Next job is the boat sta…
427 viewsSkin CompletionAll 6 skins are on, I used more filler and sanding to smooth the joints. The tape was stuck on to see what the hull will look like when the joints are finished.
427 views2nd SkinThanks for your help, once I have the hull finished and the deck on I will go for the cloth and epoxy, could do with the extra strength if I decide to put an engine in the boat.428 views2nd SkinToday I glued on the second skin and used car body filler to fill and smooth the joint. I have heard about coating wooden hull's in thinned epoxy, has anyone tried this before?
427 views1st Skin1st skin is now glued in place.
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428 viewsBoat stand, ESC and ServoI will be using a 35mm 2 blade prop on either 7.4V or 11.1V LiPO, I took this set up out of my Police Boat before converting it to brushless and it worked fine with no overheating problems. ESC was running abo…428 viewsBoat stand, ESC and ServoToday I made the boat stand, used the trick of wrapping solder round the hull to get the shape then transferred it onto the wood and cut it out. Also fitted the rudder, rudder servo and ESC. The ESC is only 30…428 viewsFree from the board!Today I got the hull of the building board. This was done by prising and smashing the bulkhead supports of the building board. I think the hull looks good and it only weighs 550 grams. Next job is the boat sta…427 viewsSkin CompletionAll 6 skins are on, I used more filler and sanding to smooth the joints. The tape was stuck on to see what the hull will look like when the joints are finished.427 views2nd SkinThanks for your help, once I have the hull finished and the deck on I will go for the cloth and epoxy, could do with the extra strength if I decide to put an engine in the boat.428 views2nd SkinToday I glued on the second skin and used car body filler to fill and smooth the joint. I have heard about coating wooden hull's in thinned epoxy, has anyone tried this before?427 views1st Skin1st skin is now glued in place.427 views