I've raced 1/10th electric cars and flown foamies and slope soarers, but this is my first go at RC boats. A friend put me in touch with someone who is downsizing his collection, and I bought a built model from him so that I can get on the water quickly. It's an Anteo tug, which seems to be a Mantua kit. 890mm long, double-planked. It's a bit tatty, but all there. Seller had bought it secondhand, so didn't know too much about it, apart from it works - he has used it a couple of times, says it's a bit sluggish.
The electrics are ancient - 12v Como Drills motor (800 size?) with what looks like a 3:1 reduction belt drive, running on 2 (parallel) 8-cell NiMH stick packs. The ESC is an antique, the size of a pack of ciggies, and a Ranger 27MHz radio. I'm thinking of ripping it all out and starting again.
I have a Futaba 6ch 2.4 radio, and a couple of decent chargers from my flying days. I think my LiPos will be too small for the tug - the biggest I've got are 3-cell 2200mAH.
What would be a suitable brushless motor and ESC for a model this size?
What batteries should I be looking at?