I have had a pair of the big graupner schottels for a while in the shed and now i have the dervos to match i thought i would put them to work .
After a breif discussion with Poll i made the hull from a simple deck with a box underneath and polystyreen around the sides for buyancy ,
a wire frame was made to support the hull and protect the schottels from damage .The schottels were fitted in opposit corners and
the electrics comprised of a pair of electronize esc's and a disribution board from ACtion , all working off a planet 2.4ghz radio.
First water trials were not that great , Quote from our news letter, oh it had a red deck .
"The red one had an impressive array of electrical equipment and after a few minutes on the pond an equally impressive amount of water"
But on the second water trial it was better (little water) but Poll did warn me , they are not the easiesd things to controll , yeh right
it was more like trying to controll a ball bearing on a sheet of glass which is also on a ball bearing . This thing would go sideways with some degree of controll ,
but as for forwards and astern not a cat in hell chance .
So it is back to the drawing board and the latest design will have the two drives forward and a big skeg (fixed rudder) at the rear , much like a tractor tug
hopefully it will be more stable as the drives will be linked together .
Its only on the saw bench at the moment so pics to follow , and as for the other one it is still sat on the bench outside waiting for an empty wheely bin .
daz