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martno1fan

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Re: My first club500
« Reply #25 on: June 20, 2017, 07:52:32 am »

Why brushed motors and nimmhs surely brushless and lipos is the way to go ,prices of brushless motors etc isnt high nowadays.
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Re: My first club500
« Reply #26 on: June 20, 2017, 08:00:52 am »

Club 500's are a class of club racer
so every boat must conform to strict
build rules.
Having said that, I would have thought
a brushless club boat would have
surfaced by now.


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T33cno

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Re: My first club500
« Reply #27 on: June 20, 2017, 08:06:53 am »

Club 500's are a class of club racer
so every boat must conform to strict
build rules.
Having said that, I would have thought
a brushless club boat would have
surfaced by now.


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What! They submerge too? {-)
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Re: My first club500
« Reply #28 on: June 20, 2017, 08:55:52 am »

T33, these things fly, submerge, do flips and all manor of aerobatics, some in our club say that they have see a race with all the competitors finishing!!! but i think this is a vicious rumor.   
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T33cno

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Re: My first club500
« Reply #29 on: June 22, 2017, 07:02:02 pm »

 {-)


Info for fellow enthusiasts
I ordered numbers from here!  Mine consisted of requesting 19 19 19 19 19  and arrived today, very happy with size and quality


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/10-x-2-inch-or-50mm-Self-Adhesive-Vinyl-Letters-or-Numbers/332253362101?_trksid=p3693.c100102.m2452&_trkparms=ao%3D1%26asc%3D20140212121249%26meid%3D3dc6733cae3d41dfa21b00b9e1e67352%26pid%3D100102%26
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Re: My first club500
« Reply #30 on: June 23, 2017, 06:09:18 pm »

Ready to Rock @stan  :-))  Is my number clear enough  {-)



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Re: My first club500
« Reply #31 on: June 24, 2017, 11:53:33 am »

My second boat build starts here in pictures https://techno.smugmug.com/Club500/i-8Hh45HB
Having gained experience the hard way everything is much easier this time as it's simply the technique.  :-))


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Re: My first club500
« Reply #32 on: June 24, 2017, 01:20:06 pm »


Do the rules allow for a better prop shaft?
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Re: My first club500
« Reply #33 on: June 24, 2017, 08:46:38 pm »


Do the rules allow for a better prop shaft?



Hopefully this is legible
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Re: My first club500
« Reply #34 on: June 24, 2017, 09:26:26 pm »

Hi t33 looks good  will you be at the July event?




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T33cno

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Re: My first club500
« Reply #35 on: June 24, 2017, 09:46:24 pm »

On holiday unfortunately but I might take it to Brid  :-))
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Re: My first club500
« Reply #36 on: June 25, 2017, 01:24:23 pm »

Had a good blast this morning and the 5000mah batteries have checked out ok so ordered another 2  :-))
That equates to £20.75p each delivered. I also expect the performance will improve after a few charge cycles.
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Re: My first club500
« Reply #37 on: June 25, 2017, 03:47:05 pm »


Which batteries, where from?   :-)
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Re: My first club500
« Reply #40 on: June 25, 2017, 04:16:26 pm »


Cheers!  :-))
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Re: My first club500
« Reply #41 on: July 02, 2017, 03:33:03 pm »

I got to the pond before 8 am today and had a right good long session with both boats and 4 batteries. I learnt a lesson though as My B boat was dead in the water due to my transmitter battery going flat  {-)
Meanwhile I feel the need to try everything and just ordered a Joysway Dragonforce  8)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QmGqap1dbE&t=1059s


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Re: My first club500
« Reply #42 on: July 10, 2017, 12:52:09 pm »

I'm on holiday near Brid
Yesterday I tried it in a beach pool left by the tide.
Today I put it in the sea and it performs superb. No fear of capsize and goes airborne over the breakers. Great fun and I may try a LiPo for non competition on solo days
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Re: My first club500
« Reply #43 on: July 19, 2017, 07:26:46 am »


Which batteries, where from?   :-)



Of interest
Note the weights, the Chinese import/eBay is clearly a sheep in tiger skin








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Re: My first club500
« Reply #44 on: July 19, 2017, 10:10:48 am »


I wonder how near a 5300mah these are & how long they will last. Always good to have a pioneer to inform the rest of us.
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Re: My first club500
« Reply #45 on: July 19, 2017, 10:13:40 am »

I estimate it is 2000 at best
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Re: My first club500
« Reply #46 on: July 19, 2017, 05:29:35 pm »

Lighter Battery, faster boat over shorter races?.
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