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Technical, Techniques, Hints, and Tips => The "Black Arts!" ( Electrics & Electronics ) => Topic started by: Bodger on October 14, 2007, 09:46:46 pm

Title: St Canute radio control?
Post by: Bodger on October 14, 2007, 09:46:46 pm

Hello all, Just joined site and just started St Canute tug.
I cannot decide whether to power up the tug or not, if I decide to do it later will I find it difficult to convert model?  Also since I have never done radio control before roughly how much will it cost me to put a basic set up in.

Cheers Bodger
  

Title: Re: St Canute radio control?
Post by: Stavros on October 14, 2007, 09:55:54 pm

Right roughly £100 comprising as follows

£40 basic 2 channel set
£25 speed controller
£15 ish motor
£29 ish for batts

Bodger posting on St Canute tug removed due to you starting this thread.Hope this makes sense

Stavros

Title: Re: St Canute radio control?
Post by: Archibald H. on October 15, 2007, 02:00:26 pm

Hi Bodger,
Because the opening in the deck to reach the inside of the hull is rather narrow, it won't be easy to make it RC in a later stage. Altough it 's possible, prepare yourself to get fiddeling about with that.
If you do decide to put in RC equipement later, don't use the propshaft and propshafttube that Billing provided in the kit, those really s**k!
Lots of fun and succes with your build.

Regards,

A!H.

Title: Re: St Canute radio control?
Post by: Captain Povey on October 15, 2007, 07:03:04 pm

Hi Bodger, There has been quite a bit posted about this model recently by myself and Jan and Prolober so to avoid repetition can I suggest you do a search on this site and it should throw up all the previous stuff. Cheers Graham  O0

Title: Re: St Canute radio control?
Post by: Bodger on October 17, 2007, 12:31:23 pm

Thanks very much for advice.

Bodger