Chynewalker

This is the boat that got me into R/C a few months ago. It was just the motor and hull when I bought it. I've since added a servo, ESC, battery pack, receiver, etc. Also needed to replace the propeller - found a good used one, and cleaned a bunch of sandy grit out of the gear housing.

Finally found a use for the little baby food tubs after my little one is done with them - they make a pretty good receiver box! (I knew I kept a stack of them for a reason!) I ran the wires and antenna out a hole I cut in the side, and dabbed some silicon sealer in there to button it up. Should keep splashed water out of the receiver and if I tape it up it'll be completely water proof! Only thing I want to add at this point are some styrofoam blocks under the foredeck and sides just in case it gets swamped.

I bought a Futaba Magnum transmitter off eBay for 99¢ and it works beautifully. Now I'm just awaiting some liquid water to let it go!

At some point I want to do a cosmetic dress up to make it look more like the Glastron GT-150 it was modeled after. I've got decal artwork and I'll redo the paint scheme to look like it, too.

10x8

Nice! Love the outboard.
We use the tiny tuppaware food boxes with the rubber seals for our esc'c. Drill 2 holes in each end for the wires and silicone em up.

Nice looking setup, I especially like the dash with gauges and steering wheel. Good luck and keep us posted.

Peter

tonyp51bl

i have that same moter and the speed controller for it from back in 1992 but sure wish i could get my hands on a boat for it. had it for years now never used.

Chynewalker

Hi Tony,

Chynewalker

Well I ran the boat this morning for the first time! Had an 8.4V NiCd pack in it that I made from a drill battery. Ran alright - definitely some room for improvement as far as set-up goes. This was the first time I had ever run an RC boat, so I was glad it wasn't much faster as I had a bit of a learning curve to keep my left & right straight in my head.Fortunately there weren't any loose ice floes around, otherwise I would have been running an obstacle course.

Video of it running:
www.dailymotion.com/video/xcii54_robbe-prinzess-rc-outboard-boat-wit_tech

- Scott

Justaddwata

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Scott - link comes up broken - site is adding ...'s in the middle of the link. Could you use the link tab to insert it. She looks a nice old boat. Want to see her in action

Chynewalker

Fixed the link! Thanks for the hint!
- Scott

Justaddwata

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Good work Scott. She looks great on the water. I would be curious if a smaller or lower pitch prop would free up some more speed. But as is she looks very scale. Keep the clips coming

Chynewalker

Funny you should mention a smaller prop. I have another prop for it - the one that came with it when I bought it off eBay in December. It had a small chunk out of one blade and I thought about trimming it down, making a template and trimming the other blade to match. This would cut down the blade area a bit and should result in increased RPM. If memory serves, the original prop on the Roqua was 55mm in diamter. Not sure of the pitch, but I have it written down somewhere. Might have to get one of the adapters to run 4MM props to try some others...
- Scott