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Trumpeter liberty ship
« on: November 16, 2015, 12:17:56 pm »

Has anyone RC one of these kits, if so how was it to do the conversion,  and what was it like to sail.  The hull does look big enough?
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Re: Trumpeter liberty ship
« Reply #1 on: November 16, 2015, 03:06:49 pm »

I looked at it - at 1/350 it's 38.5cm x 4.9 cm with a 2.5cm draught - very small and tricky to get it all in without it sitting very low in the water - probably only good for swimming pools.
I went bigger and bought 1/96 - nice and easy to fit anything inside.  :-))

There is a 1/250 scale card model available if you want to scan the sheets and get them printed onto styrene sheets at a sign-makers - not a cheap solution, but waterproof and  a useful size of 53x6.9x3.4cm
 
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Re: Trumpeter liberty ship
« Reply #2 on: November 16, 2015, 03:26:19 pm »

Hi Plastic.  That's all I want it for, something to float in my pool, I was thinking along the lines micro servo, 4-6v motor, keep it small and light :-)) .
If it works I may build a few more different ships about the same scale, just for the pool {-) {-) [size=78%] [/size]
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Re: Trumpeter liberty ship
« Reply #3 on: November 16, 2015, 04:59:44 pm »

I've seen it done with a very thin, flat 6v battery glued into the bottom as ballast and power with a micro servo, micro rx and speed controller. There are lots of battery powered 30cm battleship plastic models on ebay for little money where you can rob the prop & shaft & coupling but the motors are normally 1.5 or 3v with AA batteries so you'll need a different motor - plenty on ebay for 99p from China

My costing would be kit + £20 radio, £5 speed controller, £5 sacrificial model for shaft etc., £1 motor from China & £10 for best-shaped, highest capacity battery.  :-))
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Re: Trumpeter liberty ship
« Reply #4 on: November 16, 2015, 09:31:17 pm »

Check out some of the indoor flying sets. You can get very lightweight receivers and servos powered by a single cell LiPo. The receivers often have an esc on board for a small brushed motor. The receivers are normally Spectrum DSM2 compatible.

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Re: Trumpeter liberty ship
« Reply #5 on: November 17, 2015, 06:33:53 am »

Thanks to both of you for the advice,  I'm getting quite excited about the challenge  O0 :-)) . This may start a hole new line in the Hoby for me :-)).
Any more surgestions are very welcome.
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Re: Trumpeter liberty ship
« Reply #6 on: November 17, 2015, 08:21:22 am »

check out the airfix kit conversion set up that deans do, probably the best set up
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Re: Trumpeter liberty ship
« Reply #7 on: November 17, 2015, 10:01:00 am »

I would suggest considering the Deltang DSM2 Rx 60 range of receivers with built in ESC(s) for micro work, especially if you already have a DSM2 Tx.  I use Micron to supply these fully configured to my requirements and can recommend them strongly:

http://www.micronradiocontrol.co.uk/rx_dt_land_r6.html
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Re: Trumpeter liberty ship
« Reply #8 on: November 17, 2015, 10:26:35 am »

I'm not sure you need to go to these extremes - the tiny 2.4GHz rx on cheap 2-channel radio sets weigh next to nothing and a the same goes for the cheap Chinese ESC from Ebay - the biggest/heaviest thing by miles will be the battery, motor and wiring so I'd save the money on radio parts and look at the battery shape & capacity to get the C of G as low as possible.

It can all be so low cost that I'd be tempted to do a 'fit and forget' installation with a on/off switch & charging socket in the highest point of the superstructure and seal everything else up for maximum waterproofing.
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Re: Trumpeter liberty ship
« Reply #9 on: November 17, 2015, 11:05:24 am »

check out the airfix kit conversion set up that deans do, probably the best set up
I have looked on there site and can't find it?  Do they still do it?
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Re: Trumpeter liberty ship
« Reply #10 on: November 17, 2015, 01:24:40 pm »

http://deansmarine.co.uk/shop/product_info.php/cPath/5_29/products_id/2726 is the original set which is forwards only and best for a high speed model such as the Airfix RAF launch or the Vosper MTB.

They announced the Microgear 2 set with astern as well here on  MBM in 2013 but no sign of it now that I can find on the DM website:

http://www.modelboatmayhem.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,44318.msg448124.html#msg448124
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Re: Trumpeter liberty ship
« Reply #11 on: November 17, 2015, 03:29:46 pm »

Thanks for that, but the price and postage will make it unaffordable for a rather cheap model. I might go the cheap toy root, that way you get it all TX and all the running gear,  it's only for the pool %)
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