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Forum: Extreme Speed Prop Planes
08-22-2006, 01:34 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 3,608
Posted By sekwah275

RE: Ed's Mach Racer

hey i was at the local rc airfield recently and saw some very fast delta wing planes flying and have been trying to track down what they were and where to get them, they seemed alot like your mach...
Forum: RC Boats General Discussion
08-16-2006, 02:05 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,016
Posted By sekwah275

RE: Preparing SUfrace For Painting

Well in the end i went with the 600/800 glass paper to remove the gloss from the surface, then used car paint (the medium sized spray cans meant for touching up bodywork, although in reality they...
Forum: RC Boats General Discussion
08-08-2006, 08:32 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 430
Posted By sekwah275

Finished Painting

Thought id show off my latest accomplishment, ive finished painting my Graupner B24 and will start putting it all back together tomorrow, but first it needs the logos putting on, pictures of the...
Forum: RC Boats General Discussion
08-07-2006, 07:33 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 8,052
Posted By sekwah275

RE: Graupner Z-Drive 800 or not? (Scratch build boat)

I have a Gaupner 800 drive the same as the one in your post on the back of a Graupner B24 'Nimbus' Bat boat and it seems to be pretty good performance wise to me, running a Graupner 700bb turbo...
Forum: RC Boats General Discussion
08-05-2006, 03:00 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,016
Posted By sekwah275

RE: Preparing SUfrace For Painting

thanks guys, was probably a stupid question but always worth asking just in case
Forum: RC Boats General Discussion
08-05-2006, 10:35 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,016
Posted By sekwah275

Preparing SUfrace For Painting

Hi everyone, im just about to paint my boat and i have all the correct paints etc having read through the forums however i cant find a thread that answers my question - do i need to sand the hull so...
Forum: Speed - Electric
08-04-2006, 07:40 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 349
Posted By sekwah275

Maintaining Z-Drives

Hi guys, ive been fixing my boat prior to painting it (it had some cracks in the hull which needed re-glassing) and in the process want to clean up my Graupner 800 Z-drive, which feels a bit 'dry'...
Forum: Speed - Electric
08-03-2006, 04:31 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 2,704
Posted By sekwah275

RE: Brushless vs Brushed Motors

Well esactly thats a problem im contemplating, seeing as im going to the effort of getting a scale look with the twin motors it would make sense to save that bit more and get arneson drives but im...
Forum: Speed - Electric
08-03-2006, 08:55 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 2,704
Posted By sekwah275

RE: Brushless vs Brushed Motors

Thats sounds pretty good to me! I had got the impression though that running single turn motors off lots of cells is pretty high end stuff - i mean they get very hot and blow if you get it wrong,as...
Forum: Speed - Electric
08-03-2006, 06:08 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 2,704
Posted By sekwah275

RE: Brushless vs Brushed Motors

wow fantastic response thanks guys! Well after looking over what your all saying i think im going to have to go with brushed, although i would dearly love to get a fast brushless setup it sadly comes...
Forum: Speed - Electric
08-02-2006, 07:19 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 2,704
Posted By sekwah275

Brushless vs Brushed Motors

Ive been thinking of all different motor types for a second boat, ruled out nitro and gas so sticking to electric, but i would like to know the practical differences between a brushed motor and a...
Forum: Speed - Electric
08-02-2006, 03:55 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 701
Posted By sekwah275

RE: drifter cat L

Anyone know the setup on the drifter shown in that video you posted? im looking into brushless boating and it looks quite good
Forum: Speed - RC Nitro Boats
08-01-2006, 11:19 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 840
Posted By sekwah275

RE: help putting together a good cat

Yeah i appreciate the problem with idiots saying one of about 20 variables and asking for a speed, anyway thanks for the advice guys ill look into it some more, at least i have some avenues to...
Forum: Speed - RC Nitro Boats
08-01-2006, 10:55 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 840
Posted By sekwah275

RE: help putting together a good cat

No it is a marine engine, although merco made mostly aero engines this is a marine one. Thankyou very much for the help and advice, i am coming around the the shape, the thundercat still seems very...
Forum: Speed - RC Nitro Boats
08-01-2006, 10:14 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 840
Posted By sekwah275

RE: help putting together a good cat

but i thought the MM and Thundercats are powered by .this sort of size engines? at least the RTR ones come with a .18 on teh offshoreletrics site so surely with a .32 it would fly rather than have...
Forum: Speed - RC Nitro Boats
08-01-2006, 09:53 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 840
Posted By sekwah275

RE: help putting together a good cat

ok, well what sort of performance would i be looking at with the MM or Thundercat with this engine (roughly obviously), or would it be worth going up to gas if i wanted to use hulls of 42 inch size...
Forum: Speed - RC Nitro Boats
08-01-2006, 09:24 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 840
Posted By sekwah275

RE: help putting together a good cat

ah ok, well what sort of size would you recommend for this powerplant? Im not such a fan of the shape of the mean machine hull (thankyou for the help, im just being picky now i guess) i like the...
Forum: Speed - RC Nitro Boats
08-01-2006, 09:03 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 840
Posted By sekwah275

help putting together a good cat

Hi, im completely new to nitro boats, however i have run electric planes and boats and cars for a while, and have also used petrol planes for a year or so. Anyway to get to the point i enjoy my fast...
Forum: Speed - Electric
07-27-2006, 02:29 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 500
Posted By sekwah275

My Graupner B24 Post Repair Sea Trials

This is my Graupner B24 having its first sea (well river) trials after it sank and underwent extensive repairs, now its working all i have left is to give it a paint job, thanks to all the guys who...
Forum: Speed - Electric
07-25-2006, 07:50 AM
Replies: 0
Views: 357
Posted By sekwah275

Getting My Performance Back

Please ignore i have solved the problem with help from teh fantastic guys at Westbourne model centre (UK) moderators please delete post, thanks
Forum: RC Boats General Discussion
07-16-2006, 12:34 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 485
Posted By sekwah275

RE: Buying Props Online in UK/EU

I found a rather good one called Westbourne Model Centre in BOurnemouth UK who will post to pretty much anywhere and seems to have the entire catalogue of parts for almost all manufacturers, seeing...
Forum: RC Boats General Discussion
07-14-2006, 02:50 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 485
Posted By sekwah275

Buying Props Online in UK/EU

Adding to my long list of woes on my boat i was driving it today, only the third run since repairing it AGAIN and the prop fell off and i have no more, and i am currently in france so cant nip to the...
Forum: Speed - Electric
07-14-2006, 12:16 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 1,276
Posted By sekwah275

RE: I Sunk My boat and now cant get it to work again after a rebuild

Well i have finished the repairs and conducted a test and all is back to normal, however it did not end up going as planned! couldnt find any copper tubing smaller than around 10mm bore so had to...
Forum: Speed - Electric
07-13-2006, 07:54 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 1,276
Posted By sekwah275

RE: I Sunk My boat and now cant get it to work again after a rebuild

hmm well ive got some fairly large bore fuel tubing im going to go with, off to the local model store (ts very small and rubbish though) to try and get some copper tube if not down to the DIY store...
Forum: Speed - Electric
07-12-2006, 02:17 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 1,276
Posted By sekwah275

RE: I Sunk My boat and now cant get it to work again after a rebuild

i think mine is hte kind for some copper tubing, shall have to experiment. last wuick question beofre i have a go and report back my findings, do i need silicon tubing for the water in and out or can...
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