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09-29-2009, 07:35 AM | #1 |
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Recovery boat
Hey guys,
I want to build a recovery boat and I am thinking the Traxxas Villain would be the best choice because of the steerable outdrives. I also thought about the blast because it is cheaper but I am not sure that it would have enough power to push a dead boat. Let me know what some of you guys are using.
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09-29-2009, 09:35 AM | #2 |
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Re: Recovery boat
Hi Chummer,
SOunds like your only considering faster electric boats, if you want a really manouverable boat for pushing a dead boat, your best bet is a little tug boat. i would say a springer type boat, incredibly simple, and a flat bow with push fenders on it... G-O |
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09-29-2009, 09:59 AM | #3 |
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Re: Recovery boat
I'm using a Villain EX, it works great.
It's hard to see but I attached 3 of those plastic mounts for attaching zip ties to the boat with pop rivets and 3m marine glue. I tape up the hatch cuz it plows some water and then with 3 zip ties attach the frame. I went back to stock motors and props, dropped down a tooth on the pinions, added a second water pickup and an autobailer. There's ton's of power, it will still get up on plane with the frame. (not for long though the motors get too hot). I'm running 2 x 7cell nimh's but 6 cells are plenty. |
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Re: Recovery boat
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09-30-2009, 03:38 PM | #6 |
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Re: Recovery boat
you could also try something similar in design with the PVC piping, but with a difference. if you have a boat you can scavenge for parts, you are sailing.......pardon the punn. LOL. it's basically two pieces of styrofoam to be used as pontoons, with a PVC frame made to capture your boat. you can make it was wide or narrow as you see fit. I would use screws at the (width) connection points, so you canadd longer tubes to make the craft wider and taller if you get a bigger boat down the road. as for rigging the hardware, the rest would be up to you, depending on how technically savvy you are. you would most likely need to use fibreglass cloth and epoxy/fibreglass resin on the rear end of at least one of the pontoons, so you can add your drive line, etc..it doesn't have to be fast, just efficient ane reliable at getting your boat back if it gets stuck. as one post said, if you use a modified/existing boat/platform, you run the risk of overheating the system and may end up with two stranded boats instead of one. this method is by far the best at overcoming that. if you look online, or google RC retrieval boats, I'm sure you will come up with a picture of what I'm talking about and see it for yourself to give you some ideas. the exact boat I am describing is in an old issue of RC Boat magazine, if I can find the magazine, I will take a picture of it and upload it, so you can see it on here. not sure if you bought those magazines or not.
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09-30-2009, 04:15 PM | #7 |
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Re: Recovery boat
Don't laugh, this was my first attempt, the boogie board airboat.
Cost was zero and it does actually work. |
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10-01-2009, 03:15 AM | #8 |
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that's actually pretty ingenious. LOL. how do you turn though? is it a water rudder, or air rudder behind those props? pretty cool idea though.
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10-01-2009, 09:52 AM | #9 |
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Re: Recovery boat
It just steers like a tank, the running gear came from a cheap 2 ch plane that wouldn't fly and is powered (now) by 8x AA's.
Here's a Youtube vid of a ducted fan boogie board setup that started as a rescue boat and ended up a tunnel hull. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0o0JR...eature=related And the ultimate someone built with a motorized lifting platform. |
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Re: Recovery boat
I use a Zig-Zag racer for my rescue boat . They are cheap , work well , and come with a bumper in the box . http://www.greathobbies.com/producti...rod_id=HBZ3710
Believe it or not , but mine has pushed my 1/8 Miss Bud back to shore from a considerable distance out in the lake . When not being used as a retrieval boat , it is a fun wave jumper , the self-righting option is a good one . Last edited by hellyeh; 10-04-2009 at 10:19 AM. |
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