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[Tug]

Hi,
Another one of those 'where can I buy one questions'

Alloy cooling coils for the MFA 850  Tug

[flag-d]

Hi Tug, saw this crowd today while surfing at lunch-time

www.pandanmodelboats.co.uk

No idea what they're like but I'm sure I saw 850 cooling coils on the site somewhere

Mike

[Guy Bagley]

alternative is to make your own, you can buy the alloy tubing from the model shop, it can be bent easily round the can of your motor, but the important bit is  fill it with sand before bending ( to stop the tube kinking' when it is bent) and slowly and gently bend the alloy tube round your motor,
 by filling the tube with sand it stops the tube kinking or folding during the bending process....... once the tube is suitable bend let the sand out and  connect the coil tho the water tubing and away you go...

[Andy]

No need for sand, but it is important that the ali tube be a tight fit around the motor !
You must find something smaller in diameter to form it around.
I do have some spares if you get stuck, let me know.
Andy

[Stavros]

I have used copper brake pipe for mine with no problems with kinking,but what I have found that even wiht the pick up pipe in the wash of the prop I have had to use a car washer motor to pump the cooling water around

[Seaspray]

its gota be in the right part of the wash try moving it about mine works while boat is toggling along not great but enough water flow to cool motor

martin

[Tug]

Thanks for that,

Stavros,  I wanted to save the weight, copper being quite weighty.

Not come accross ally tube hence the request, 'note to self must try harder'  Thanks again.

[Colin H]

Tug,

Alloy tube available from the Parts Centre, (central heating spares) in various dims, ask for pilot tubing. Parts centre's are national to the UK all citie's and most towns have one.

If worried about the bending of same check Squires they do a set of miniture external bending springs that will do the job.

yours Colin H.

[Jamie]

Yes, the DIY option is clearly the cheapest.

However, if not, I've used Pandan Models a number of times and Dave is always very helpful.

Jamie