Large RC boat

[Neil Jackson]

My brother and I are building a rather large RC boat. 84" to be exact. Were
needing info on the size servo and such to use for this model and any other
needed info. We are using a weedwhip motor to power the boat. Any help would
be greatly appreciated.

Thank you Neil

[Trevor George]

Neil Jackson wrote in message ...
> My brother and I are building a rather large RC boat. 84" to be exact.

My colleague Mike Mayhew made a 13 foot RC Paddle Steamer. He's a very
helpful chap about all things RC and model boats and you could make contact
with him by phone or email, (depending where you are), by visiting
http://www.waverleymodels.co.uk/

[First Name]

Curious - what kind of boat it? Battleship, Sport fisherman, large duck to
scare kids?


"Neil Jackson" <njackso@cinci.rr.com> wrote in message
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> My brother and I are building a rather large RC boat. 84" to be exact.
Were
> needing info on the size servo and such to use for this model and any
other
> needed info. We are using a weedwhip motor to power the boat. Any help
would
> be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thank you Neil
>
>

[Neil Jackson]

I'm sorry guys, The style of boat is an older criscraft mahogany hull.
Does this group allow posting of pictures?
"Neil Jackson" <njackso@cinci.rr.com> wrote in message
news:PzZia.33095$JI.8443888@twister.neo.rr.com...
> My brother and I are building a rather large RC boat. 84" to be exact.
Were
> needing info on the size servo and such to use for this model and any
other
> needed info. We are using a weedwhip motor to power the boat. Any help
would
> be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thank you Neil
>
>

[Steve Ritchie]

Neil Jackson wrote in message ...
> Does this group allow posting of pictures?

Only "binaries" groups allow the posting of pictures.
The easiest way is to post your pictures to ...
http://photos.yahoo.com/?mybcs
and create a link to the images.
It doesn't take long to set up.

[Kevin Russell]

Or use alt.binaries.pictures.radio.control.models ????
Kevin
"Steve Ritchie" <stevie_ritchie@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Neil Jackson wrote in message ...
> > Does this group allow posting of pictures?
>
> Only "binaries" groups allow the posting of pictures.
> The easiest way is to post your pictures to ...
> http://photos.yahoo.com/?mybcs
> and create a link to the images.
> It doesn't take long to set up.
>
>

[Wayne Lundberg]

"Neil Jackson" <njackso@cinci.rr.com> wrote in message
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> I'm sorry guys, The style of boat is an older criscraft mahogany hull.
> Does this group allow posting of pictures?
..
post directly in alt.binaries.radio-control and write a note in this forum
telling us about it. Not many people are using that particular news-group,
so it's easy to get into and quite useful.

Wayne
www.modelsailcars.com

[Steve Ritchie]

Wayne Lundberg wrote in message ...
> post directly in alt.binaries.radio-control and write a note in this forum
> telling us about it. Not many people are using that particular news-group,
> so it's easy to get into and quite useful.

A lot of us don't have access to "binaries" groups.

Everyone has access to the www.

[Soren Kjaer Nielsen]

Here are a link to a model boat club that build big models....
http://www.tmbk.no/

I know that the text is in Norwegian, but the pix. still tell the story.

Soren
Denmark


"Steve Ritchie" <stevie_ritchie@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Wayne Lundberg wrote in message ...
> > post directly in alt.binaries.radio-control and write a note in this
forum
> > telling us about it. Not many people are using that particular
news-group,
> > so it's easy to get into and quite useful.
>
> A lot of us don't have access to "binaries" groups.
>
> Everyone has access to the www.
>
>

[Steve Ritchie]

Soren Kjaer Nielsen wrote in message ...
> I know that the text is in Norwegian, but the pix. still tell the story.

It's in "English" here .....
http://www.tmbk.no/eng/index.htm

[Rick]

First Name wrote:

> Curious - what kind of boat it? Battleship, Sport fisherman, large duck to
> scare kids?

A local group here build Tug boats with a fire fighting knozzle on deck.
It's connected to a small pump that they are able to squirt water at the
kids. Great suprise when they only think they are going to get a closer
look as the tug approaches the shore.

http://members.aol.com/rcboats/index.htm

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[Mark Detro]

>My brother and I are building a rather large RC boat. 84" to be exact. Were
>needing info on the size servo and such to use for this model and any other
>needed info. We are using a weedwhip motor to power the boat.


I just looked at the pics, Thats a BIG boat. I would suggest for the steering
to use two servos linked via a "Y" harness and do a push-pull setup. Using 1/4
scale servos and a hefty set of batteries. Also that motor might not be the
best choice for you. I relize that you aren't looking for speed, but a motor
like that has problems pushing 48" boats around. I would also suggest water
cooling via a pump so you can sit at idle, as the deck is enclosed and your
going to be asking alot form the motor to get that boat moving, Its gonna run
hot.

Good luck


Mark Detro
Englewood, FL