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Forum: Scale RC Helicopters
07-16-2013, 04:10 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,236
Posted By madphil

airwolf

Just picked up a used 500 airwolf in perfect condition its built on an Align 500pro i have fitted a scorpion motor and CSM giro not got a lot of money in it so its great for fooling about with and it...
Forum: Scale RC Helicopters
03-23-2013, 02:25 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 8,191
Posted By madphil

RE: UH-1B huey gasser

its easy to remove the engine all the covers, hatches are on brass hinges with scale locks
Forum: Scale RC Helicopters
03-23-2013, 02:22 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 8,191
Posted By madphil

UH-1B huey gasser

I have found an old 800 size Hirobo UH-1b Huey gasser its been sitting in a friends loft for over 20years its fitted with a Zenoah engine it need a full rebuild everything is complete only needs new...
Forum: Speed - Electric
03-10-2013, 11:55 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 2,659
Posted By madphil

RE: 41

[quote]ORIGINAL: Got RPM




That is the case over here with small mono hull racing classes up to 6s , you need the smallest lightest boats and everybody runs the same just hit full...
Forum: Speed - Electric
03-06-2013, 12:55 PM
Replies: 62
Views: 5,711
Posted By madphil

RE: 45 inch cat hull, motor choice

mart have you any plans to start building gas boat size cats 45" - 50"???? large size FE cats seem to be catching on in the uk now entries have doubled this year in the SUPERCAT class
Forum: Speed - Electric
03-06-2013, 09:52 AM
Replies: 62
Views: 5,711
Posted By madphil

RE: 45 inch cat hull, motor choice

We are on 2 levels here you can build a fast fun boat or a race boat I have been racing for the last 5 years in MPBA and NADS from what i have seen its always the LAHNER and plettenburg motors that...
Forum: Speed - Electric
03-05-2013, 09:46 PM
Replies: 62
Views: 5,711
Posted By madphil

RE: 45 inch cat hull, motor choice

:D:D:D Any motor will do "a few hot laps" its racing flat out for 6 mins that sorts the good motors/esc's out from the cheaper ones ;)
Forum: Speed - Electric
03-05-2013, 12:46 PM
Replies: 62
Views: 5,711
Posted By madphil

RE: 45 inch cat hull, motor choice

Just my 2 cents its all down to how much money you want to throw at the hobby and if you are racing or just fooling about with boats the cheap china motors are good for a short time non racing boat...
Forum: Speed - Electric
03-04-2013, 11:32 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 2,659
Posted By madphil

RE: 41

Thanks Paul ,

i am lucky with paintwork my brother has an auto body shop
so i managed to sneek in at weekend and get it painted
its had :-
full 2K prime coat
flat silver ground coat
...
Forum: Speed - Electric
03-04-2013, 10:51 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 2,659
Posted By madphil

RE: 41

I think it will Mart but its set up for this years NADS supercat championships the race is 6mins with 10sec mill time i have my transmitter in heli mode with max throttle set at 80% that way i know i...
Forum: Speed - Electric
03-04-2013, 08:28 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 2,659
Posted By madphil

RE: 41

No Mart its on 10s per side , at the moment i am using 4x Zippy 5800 30c twin 5s packs per side after a 6min race theres 25% left in packs and everything cold ,
Forum: Speed - Electric
03-04-2013, 07:31 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 2,659
Posted By madphil

RE: 41

just got a mini GPS this weekend and fitted it my first reading was 67MPH thats under race conditions with a few boats on its not a very big lake think i could do better on a speed run corner to...
Forum: Speed - Electric
03-02-2013, 02:52 PM
Replies: 62
Views: 5,711
Posted By madphil

RE: 45 inch cat hull, motor choice

Mart this could be good then , i have only ever run twins in cats not V's its only what i have read ,
as for the rotation it would seem to be the same with cats i first ran it with the props...
Forum: Speed - Electric
03-02-2013, 10:21 AM
Replies: 62
Views: 5,711
Posted By madphil

RE: 45 inch cat hull, motor choice

I think we need to sit back and see what happens now , from what i have seen in the past a "twin setup" is wasted on a deep V hull on turns you will loose out big time one prop will be more than half...
Forum: Speed - Electric
03-02-2013, 02:07 AM
Replies: 62
Views: 5,711
Posted By madphil

RE: 45 inch cat hull, motor choice

Mart i must say that looks a good motor will be interested to see how it runs in the Apache , with that KV i would be tempted to start on 8s you will get much better run time

phil.
Forum: Speed - Electric
03-01-2013, 04:01 PM
Replies: 62
Views: 5,711
Posted By madphil

RE: 45 inch cat hull, motor choice

edit
Forum: Speed - Electric
03-01-2013, 03:59 PM
Replies: 62
Views: 5,711
Posted By madphil

RE: 45 inch cat hull, motor choice

EDIT - sorry for 3 posts
Forum: Speed - Electric
03-01-2013, 03:57 PM
Replies: 62
Views: 5,711
Posted By madphil

RE: 45 inch cat hull, motor choice

Just googled the LEO 4092 motors :D i can see why they are half the price of the CC2028 they are half the size [:-] there only a 700 size motor 40mm x 92mm can with 5mm shaft , the castle 2028 is a...
Forum: Speed - Electric
03-01-2013, 02:58 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 2,659
Posted By madphil

RE: 41

:D:D:D i have been racing fast electrics for many years i have learnt its better to build an over powered boat and tame it down than try and make a slower boat faster ,
( with a cat you can raise...
Forum: Speed - Electric
02-28-2013, 10:32 AM
Replies: 62
Views: 5,711
Posted By madphil

RE: 45 inch cat hull, motor choice

I run a 41" falcon cat with twin 2028 castle motors i know they are not the cheapest motor but i would say "bang for buck" nothing comes close for power ,
i am swinging twin 70mm 3bladers on 10s...
Forum: Speed - RC Gas Boats
01-07-2013, 02:16 PM
Replies: 126
Views: 14,465
Posted By madphil

RE: 48

This is a great build Daz , if you was thinking about an electric option a twin would be the way to go with this size hull you would need a much bigger hatch the motors or the batterys would need to...
Forum: Speed - Electric
01-05-2013, 04:40 PM
Replies: 55
Views: 8,456
Posted By madphil

RE: 56

Did the manufacturer NOT look at it before they shipped it , i would be well naffed off , for that money it should not need "putting right"
Forum: Speed - Electric
12-27-2012, 05:58 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 4,726
Posted By madphil

RE: Venom P1 King of Shaves Twin Setup

You could allways use LOCTITE they will never come loose i run twin 57mm 3 bladers on my electric boat without any problems
Forum: Speed - Electric
11-27-2012, 01:47 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 2,659
Posted By madphil

RE: 41

I have now upgraded the motors to new 780KV (castle 2028's) these are big motors 112mm long x 58mm Dia and rated at 10hp each ( original motors look tiny at the side in 2nd pic ) i have changed to...
Forum: Speed - RC Nitro Boats
08-05-2012, 09:43 AM
Replies: 2,288
Views: 538,642
Posted By madphil

RE: AMPS hulls & outboards pics& tips

Got the old Velden out between race heats :D am getting a bit more confident with it now full throttle most of the time just a slight lift off the power on turns it handles great for an old boat
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