Via Email to Mayhem....
Hello (or is it Ahoy?) Martin,
My name is Peter.
Years ago I read the Model Boats issues on the construction of a Rhine River Barge Tug - the Egrete. Being a bit out of it I decided to build Egrete in 1:24 instead of the drawn scale and to make it more robust I have built it out of Polycarbonate sheet. All goes more or less well, there are some unanswered questions I have; what size motor would be right for the tug to be? It will be about 92 cm. long by 31 cm. wide and 23 cm. high; the props should be 6.5 cm. I have looked at the Graupner line and they have a couple of promising motors, their Speed 720BB and Speed 900BB which they claim have high torque. I am also looking into the different drive types and am open to suggestion.
Thanks much
Peter G