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andrewh

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Borrow a Boat?
« on: January 16, 2009, 12:49:59 pm »
Fellow Mayhemmers
 I am trying to fill in some gaps in my/our knowledge about the application of brushless motors in REAL applications.

You are WONDERFUL people, and I have had a lot of help and advice in lots of areas - which I have attempted to pass on in Brushless Basics.

I am a fairly new boatie, and my main personal interest is in scale sail and small racing tachts (Footys) so I have very little suitable material to make trials with, apart from my BL trial boat - the fastest Footy Hull EVER.

So, here is the question.
I would like to fit a bulky hull with a suitable direct drive Brushless system, and find what prop works etc.  I have neither hull nor motor but am posting this in optimism.

Does anyone have a Tug , or tug hull, which is lying idle for the next few weeks?
or indeed any hull with  a lot of displacement?

Would you like to do some tests?  would you like to loan it?  Does anyone have a 375KV to 500 KV brushless?
Can we do Mayhem magic  to boldly go where etc.?

Will I have to make a Springer? 
Meaning a large wooden one - I am already making a 6inch steam springer - but that's secret

andrew the optimist
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Re: Borrow a Boat?
« Reply #1 on: January 16, 2009, 01:22:05 pm »
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but that's secret

Andrew, while there's still time, simply PM all 2363 members, telling them not to look at this thread - that'll ensure your security.  %%

Andy E193VVM
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Ron1

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Re: Borrow a Boat?
« Reply #2 on: January 16, 2009, 03:26:36 pm »
First of all were do you live.
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andrewh

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Re: Borrow a Boat?
« Reply #3 on: January 19, 2009, 12:36:50 pm »
Ron1,
I'm in Leicester, UK, reasonably mobile and have an Espace.

Andy - man of a thousand numbers
If it wasn't for Captain Haddock I might not recognise you when you post :}
I trust that Dreadnought will be BL when planked?  It's no more of an anachronism that discussing radar rates of rotation on the ship.

I have a tentative plan for a cardboard tug*, but Mayhemmers are being as enormously helpful as I would expect :-))

*Triple diagonal cornflake planking over a foam plug using emulsion paint as a glue
Or possibly Puffer :}

andrew
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Re: Borrow a Boat?
« Reply #4 on: January 19, 2009, 09:26:45 pm »
Hi Andrew,
Your box is on the way, you may even have it by now.
Computer's been off, so unable to contact you.
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Ron1

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Re: Borrow a Boat?
« Reply #5 on: January 19, 2009, 10:48:01 pm »
You can borrow this one if you like.  O0 O0
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andyn

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« Reply #6 on: January 19, 2009, 10:50:36 pm »
Damn saw this too late, still got the b***** huntsman in the loft...
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Ron1

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« Reply #7 on: January 21, 2009, 10:58:53 pm »
So Andrewh , your not interested in my 57 inch dredger, its based on a tug hull.
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Re: Borrow a Boat?
« Reply #8 on: January 22, 2009, 07:29:06 pm »
Ron,

I am very sorry to not have replied - I have not been able to access a computer for several days  for long enough to reply.

Thank you very much for the kind offer - judging by the paving slabs and my Mk 1 eyeball it must be about 30 to 36 inches long? 

I think that you are in the cheshire area, if i remember right (not that I do nowadays).  Could you please tell me what the original  motor was, or is?

Best regards,

andrew
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« Reply #9 on: January 22, 2009, 10:49:56 pm »
Andrewh, It is 57 inch long, 11 inches wide, never had a motor in it, that I can remember. ;) ;)
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« Reply #10 on: January 23, 2009, 02:30:11 pm »
Quote from: Ron1 on January 22, 2009, 10:49:56 pm
Andrewh, It is 53 inch long, 11 inches wide, never had a motor in it, that I can remember. ;) ;)


needs a prop shaft.
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Re: Borrow a Boat?
« Reply #11 on: January 30, 2009, 08:18:32 pm »
Ron,

Good grief!  T'would hardly fit in my Espace!  That is big and certainly meets the High displacement definition.

Thank you very much for the offer - I have been completely amazed and moved by the sheer helpfullness and generosity of the Mayhem crew. 
I have had several kind offers and two boats have arrived!  Thank you kind friend :}

I cannot take you up on this - the size is beyond my experience or expectation - and I cannot, in the year of giving away my daughter (in marriage), expect to afford a large diameter brushless.

So thanks, Ron, but no thank you. 

best regards,
andrew

 
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« Reply #12 on: January 30, 2009, 08:24:51 pm »
Quote from: andrewh on January 30, 2009, 08:18:32 pm
, in the year of giving away my daughter (in marriage), 


Buy a ladder and tell her to elope.  :-))

Better buy a safety helmet as well  {-)
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