Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length.

[fludey]

There ya go what ya think my first attempt at a boat, as you can see i run 1/10th cars as well thats my race car in the pic as well. The boat is grounded and stripped again at minute waiting for a 775 motor, carbon prop, water cooling and twin battery set up for bit more speed!

[DickyD]

Very nice. Would float better if you put the plug in the bath  ???

[fludey]

 ::) ah was wondering what i had done wrong
Thought id best test run it in bath before i took it down the local resovoir just make sure water pick up woirked and make sure it didnt leak.....which luckly it didnt :)

[Bryan Young]

Just....exactly.....how much of this boat did you really build?

[DickyD]

As much as was needed ? ???

[Ghost in the shell]

nice paint job, :)

[RantandRave]

How did she go before the mods?

[Bradders]

Cool boat and great paint job...looks like it will fly along... well done that man   :)

[PSSHIPS]

Sorry, nothing personal, but, I just hate those things, painting is an art in itself though!





See also -> http://www.modelboatmayhem.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=4513.msg45282#msg45282

Admin

[fludey]

Oops took pics off photobucket site so in a flash they have gone!!
Where do you race and where can i find somewhere within a 50 mile radius of Leicester to look at possible racing?
Yeah i prefer things that go a little faster than a full scale model, but thats not to say i dont appriciate the hours of work that have gone in to them and the final model a float...but for me its speed speed speed all the way...probably why i race cars as well and also my real car is often racing down Santapod!
This is just my first trial boat have a huge resovoir near me for practice, gonna slowly build up a collection of powerfull electrics then look at a fibre glass hull bit more robust and up for some break neck speeds!

[omra85]

In that case - I WON'T admire your paint job, as I ain't seen it 

(edit your first post and click "additional options", browse to your photo on your PC, click "Attach", post - and your photo will be here for evermore)

You are lucky to have found a reservoir near Leicester, when I lived there (3 years ago) there was nowhere.  Mind you with IC engines, it's hard to "sneak" a run on any lake.
There are a couple of clubs not too far away which do racing (not sure about the FE side but , as they do IC, they probably have FE interests also).
Kingsbury Water Park MBC, near Tamworth (M69, M6, M42N - about 40 mins)
Burton on Trent MBC (about 35 mins on old A50)
Peterborough, Orton Mere (about 40 mins A47)

My ideal boat -
Piece of indestructable balsa, sharpened to a point.  Add LARGE engine, big prop, RC with two settings - slow (for launch) and "Bl**dy H*ll, that's fast" 

Just remembered your "Santa Pod" comment - take 10 minutes from above times (except Burton - speed cameras every ten feet).

Danny

[fludey]

ok techy time...so wheres the edit button then?? have i gone blind if i can edit will put piccy back ::)

[fludey]

Try again???

[Martin (Admin)]

Why I hate Fast Electric boats..... moved here. -> http://www.modelboatmayhem.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=4513.0