Model Boat Mayhem

The Shipyard ( Dry Dock ): Builds & Questions => Pleasure boats, Sports, Race, Power and Leisure Boats: => Topic started by: steamboatbob on June 12, 2010, 03:41:08 pm

Title: Micro Boats :)
Post by: steamboatbob on June 12, 2010, 03:41:08 pm

Well as you all might have guessed i have been bitten by the micro bug

the first was my aeroflyte dictator
as shown here which is now under rebuild status
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-65NayPao0&feature=channel

and the second is this my new sea rider
shown here operating at 7.4V
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dak4CAJ71jM&feature=channel

and shown here operating at 11.1V
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMwOFp1RS9s

show us all your micro hulls i am interested to see how many people out there have them

Title: Re: Micro Boats :)
Post by: HS93 (RIP) on June 12, 2010, 04:56:03 pm

looking good repaired well, what lake is that ?

peter

Title: Re: Micro Boats :)
Post by: steamboatbob on June 13, 2010, 01:29:22 am

the second and third vids were of a different boat mate. the little blue thing is still almost there it just needs one more resin coat and a little tweaking. The new lake is one i go to which is 2 kilometers from the one you saw us at and is usually too windy to even put a yacht onto, there is a little footy boat down the bottom of that lake, from when we first tested it but yesterday there was no wind whtsoever and the fountains had not been turned on just yet (the big black pontoons in the middle of the lake)

the new boat is one of these

http://www.rk2trade.com/rk2trade/product_info.php?cPath=21_39&products_id=177

but with a drivetrain upgrade
-new motor coupling
-new driveshaft .98 flex with a 1/8 stub shaft to give a better prop range to use
-metal x430 prop

Title: Re: Micro Boats :)
Post by: steamboatbob on June 17, 2010, 11:20:45 am

and here are my beauties

the one in front is the rebuilt Dictator and I'm seriously thinking about swapping over the motors as the dictator is a lighter hull by 300grams as it is built with milli ply rather than a very thick fiberglass hull and also it is slightly wider between the sponsons the ripmax boat is 56mm between the sponsons and the dictator is 90mm between the sponsons

but i will keep you updated as to what i shall be doing

ENJOY :-))

BOB

(http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee84/steamboatbob/The%20Dictator/P6140130.jpg)