Model Boat Mayhem

The Shipyard ( Dry Dock ): Builds & Questions => Pleasure boats, Sports, Race, Power and Leisure Boats: => Topic started by: rathikrishna on January 10, 2012, 02:55:46 pm

Title: its my KNIGHT RIDER.........
Post by: rathikrishna on January 10, 2012, 02:55:46 pm
Friends..Colleagues....when i was a boy, one of the most inspired TV show..yes was the Super man..but, was not one..and one of the amazing inspiration was..yes..the episode from..KNIGHT RIDER..and as a modeler, i completed many KNIGHT RIDERS..as on wheels..but this is the first time i realize a KNIGHT RIDER on a hull..and whats a collection of models without a KNIGHT RIDER..? so i turned to my work bench..and she is an amazing one..

as usual, i started with thermocol..and the prop was made of washers and nuts..after test run i added two led weights about center line, to avoid rollover at high speeds..and this gave me good stability even at high throttle...

you can see the aerofoil like section made on a washer with pu putty..this gave me a high thrust even at low revs..
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Post by: rathikrishna on January 10, 2012, 02:59:04 pm
she is powered by a high power ECM, and i fixed it on a heat sink, scraped from a SMPS...

showing the simple rudder control..actualy the micro servo was not enough to pull the surface at high speeds..so i reworked some on motor, and rectified it...
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Post by: rathikrishna on January 10, 2012, 03:03:48 pm
the weight is covered and streamlined with pu putty..

started the super structure..all papers...
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Post by: rathikrishna on January 10, 2012, 03:05:42 pm
follows..the pod is the scanner...
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Post by: rathikrishna on January 10, 2012, 03:08:51 pm
the body is based on  some imagination, but inspired by FORD  MUSTANG.....
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Post by: rathikrishna on January 10, 2012, 03:11:07 pm
i painted her by spray..and color in to silver ghost....
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Post by: rathikrishna on January 10, 2012, 03:12:49 pm
she is controlled by a reworked 4 channel radio, and i added two more channels, with DR..for lights and horn..

in water...look how nice she is...
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Post by: rathikrishna on January 10, 2012, 03:14:54 pm
after shooting some video, back pain became intense..so i took some rest at seashore..

and got some nice photographs to my album collections...
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Post by: rathikrishna on January 10, 2012, 03:16:13 pm
see the photograph..

and at home back..still she is stunning..even at night...
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Post by: rathikrishna on January 10, 2012, 03:17:57 pm
video follows..at present the you tube is not loading...poor connection speed...

see my Friends..how easy to make a stunning performer ourselves... :-))
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Post by: rathikrishna on January 10, 2012, 04:15:20 pm
Friends..here is the video link..its too hard to shoot good video, with one hand, while the other hand is on TX..the video is based on 1/8 throttle..soo slow..will add a good high spped video, as i got some of my Colleagues with me..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsZTl2f62-k
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on January 10, 2012, 06:09:03 pm
Excellent job!
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Post by: rathikrishna on January 11, 2012, 05:33:27 am
good morning Martin Sir...and a million thanks for the inspiration..it continues... :-))
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Post by: aslo44 on January 11, 2012, 11:01:54 am
Excellent krishna, skill will always show through mate. Keep up the good work it's very inspiring. Alan
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Post by: rathikrishna on January 11, 2012, 05:23:13 pm
thank you respected modeller..happy to know that my works inspired you a lots.. :-)