Model Boat Mayhem

The Shipyard ( Dry Dock ): Builds & Questions => Navy - Military - Battleships: => Topic started by: Martin (Admin) on January 28, 2009, 06:01:52 pm

Title: Joes Icebreaker
Post by: Martin (Admin) on January 28, 2009, 06:01:52 pm

Via email to Mayhem...
 Sorry, no details.

Title: Re: Joes Icebreaker
Post by: Martin (Admin) on January 28, 2009, 06:04:25 pm

Few more...

Title: Re: Joes Icebreaker
Post by: Garabaldy on January 28, 2009, 06:36:51 pm

very cute.

Any idea what the motor shaped thing mounted in the bottom of the hull is?

Title: Re: Joes Icebreaker
Post by: patchwork45 on January 28, 2009, 06:59:25 pm

  Thats a bilge pump.

Title: Re: Joes Icebreaker
Post by: Proteus on January 28, 2009, 08:15:57 pm

Ah working BB guns , must be one of them boats that has thin sides so you can do Battle with each other ,, would be handy down our lake ,No waiting for freq
, or only once BOOM
Proteus

Title: Re: Joes Icebreaker
Post by: tigertiger on January 29, 2009, 03:39:33 am

Quote from: Proteus on January 28, 2009, 08:15:57 pm

Ah working BB guns , must be one of them boats that has thin sides so you can do Battle with each other

Ah! that explians the bilge pump.

Title: Re: Joes Icebreaker
Post by: Max on January 30, 2009, 02:53:04 am

Hello everyone, Joe here! I hope you enjoyed the pictures. I built the boat from a Canadian, Ralph Coles, hull. It will be a Model Warship Combat class Gunboat, running at 28 seconds in 100 feet (30 metres) top speed. The gun fires I .177 caliber BB, each time transmitter stick is pushed, for a total of 50 rounds. The gun can be switched from a bow gun to a stern gun in a minute! The sides have windows cut out from just below the gunwale, to 1 inch ( 2.5 cm) below the waterline. The windows are covered with 1/32 inch (1 mm) balsa, and  silkspan. The pump has an automatic pump switch, that turns on the pump. It pumps 1/2 gallon per min. (2 litres) per min. It has (2) 180 class drive motors, with 2 to 1 Graupner gear reduction drives, and 1 inch (25) mm 3 blade brass props. -----Feel free to contact me with any questions. ---Joe Max.