This is my first "naval" project. I started R/C with Helicopters 4 years ago, then picked up some planes too, and eventually cars, trucks, and finally, this year,a Monsoon sailboat. I decided I needed a rescue boat, and found this tug for sale locally. Well, as a rescue boat, I find it very difficult to line up on the other vessel and try to push it... I have tried FPV with the airplanes, but found it to be too disorienting, and since I have all the gear, decided to make my tug boat FPV. in other words, drive it while wearing video goggles, seeing the perspective from the bridge of the tug.
Of course the first problem was the R/C gear, it had to go... Second,the motor and controller, which has now been replaced with a brush-less system...
Just thought I'd type this in while waiting for paint to dry :)