ernest2

hi!
i am planning to buy this ship and convert this to rc. i have read lots of posts regarding static conversion and still leaves somes questions on my mind.
1. does the kit includes working props? and motors?
2. i don't want to buy any additional rc stuff. i already have a 540size motor, a tamiya esc 7.2 volts. now can i use this 540?
3. is this ship big enough to carry the 7.2 battery pack, and all the electronics? because as what i have read, most use small electronics which i can't afford to buy right now.
i may have more questions, im still thinking right now.
thank you.

ernest

Hydro Junkie

Can't talk about the Yamato, but I can talk about the Tamiya Bismarck. It comes with plastic props, metal drive shafts, a high/off/low speed switch, an open air gearbox and provisions for 4 "D" batteries. The "live props are on the outboard shafts, so steering will be poor. It also comes with two scale and one water rudder, all of which are glued to the hull bottom. As long as your electrics/batteries don't get heavier than the 4 "D" batteries, you should be fine floatation wise

ernest2

i guess they're almost the same. how bout electric motors? do i have to buy one? i have read in other threads that the ideal motor would be a 280 size or something. can i get away with a 540? maybe gear it even more? or is it too much power and too much current drain?

subsinker

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Hi,
I would tend to think a 540 sized motor would be too much for that ship in my opinion. I built a 1/200th Yamato (in my gallery) and that uses a single 540 sized motor that turns 4 screws and that works fine. It runs on 6V and with the size and weight of this ship it is realistic in the water. Its your call though.

Best of luck to you!

Pete

SJN

I have sailed the Yamato.....and the bismark
Just use the supplied engine/geartrain and props.
I think it is a 380 motor included, and it sails too fast with that.
also needs quite alot of ballst.

But this was alomst 10 years ago.....man time fly`s
This is how she looks today

ernest2

well i think i will leave the yamato in the future. i have dug my tamiya pt-15 and i think it is a good one to convert also, so i'll convert this one first before buying a yamato ship.
question to you guys, what is the prop that you use in those ships? the scale one or the one supplied for rc? because i lost the one supplied in my pt-15 that's to be use for rc. but i did find the scale props, 2 small ones and a bigger one for the center prop. but i think it's too small for the boat. but it's kind of cool to make the 3 props works though. now if only i have the skills to do it.

gulfstreamI

Hey Ernest2,
How are you?
I used to have that Tamiya Yamato from the early 80's.
It was difficult to clean If you don't enclose that model in a glass casing.
Drop by the submarine forums, You have a "kabayan" r/c boat entusiast over there. I think he's right there in Metro-Manila.

Gulfstream1