Finished painting my hull a few days ago, so I figured the paint would be dry enough for a test. I added quite a lot of lead ballast to get it to sit on the waterline, its quite a solid feeling wee boat now, tipping the scales at 12 ounces with the superstructure unfinished. I will need to remove the radio gear again and try and get the lead arranged a bit better. There isnt a lot of room, I have a 2.5ah 7.4v pack inside but it was still floating high in the water, hence the lead. Testing was in a small basin but showed it was picking up speed ok, reverse wasn't as good as forward, but I pretty much expected that. Steering seemed pretty good. I reckon the 2.5ah battery should last a good few hours, maybe even a day or so, the motors are tiny, only one has a prop, and the other is just running in a corner inside the boat so I can run a 7.4v speed controller. I will get the superstructure construction back under way soon. I dont really know what to add in the way of deck fittings etc.
Anybody seen a tug similar to this?
I just made it up as I went along, but something similar to get ideas from would be handy.