electric boat-school project-

[RC4LYFE]

Hey, ok i take electronics at blue hills reg/voc tech ((woop woop))

any who, I'm in 12th grade now and we have to do these projects and it can be anything to do with elec. and my teacher used to be in the navy, and we also have a pool at BHR and i tought it would be wicked cool to build a USS SALEM replica or some type of battle ship, i have alot of ideas but the main problems- radio gear and HOW!!! i was planing to use my old XTM gear, but i need a bat. a motor and a prop, i dont kno much about rc boats and water proofing it all and how to make the prop shaft thing go into the water with out having water come in the boat please help. and another thing i was wondering what to make the boat out of maby thin fexible "ply wood" type thing like you can get at a craft store, or is there a site with this type of stuff,


THANKS!- :hammer:

 

[CorradoPsi]

visit www.offshoreelectrics.com and www.fastelectrics.com they can help you. also have you considered it would probibly be cooler to build a speedboat that you will want to play with later, rather than a battleship to kiss your teachers butt. it would likely be easier to build as well.

 

[RC4LYFE]

lol thats what i was thinking, but i never thought of that......ill give that some thought, thanks for the sites

and another thing would it be possible to put in "twin screws" (2 motors) running of one reciver or how would that work?

or mabey i could go hard core and throw in 4 of these bad boys http://www.offshoreelectrics.com/images/forsale_motors/1987gr.jpg

 

[CorradoPsi]

yeah twin motors is possible, the one traxxas boat comes stock like that, you could use its speed control, its built to handle high amps and its watercooled iirc.

 

[greenwing7]

I think a guy named Fast Eddy has been building a boat from scratch out of wood and could help you (in all serousness though)

 

[nitrost]

I think a guy named Fast Eddy has been building a boat from scratch out of wood and could help you (in all serousness though)

you could try but i think you need it this year. lol

 

[greenwing7]

I would think that the outboard design would be much easier than an inboard design that would go through the hull, that would be much harder, more $, and more prone to problems I THINK?

 

[RC4LYFE]

yea that would be true, out board just slap it on there in board all high tech with stuff, well i still have until like april so i have alot of thinking to do thanks every one-

 

[CorradoPsi]

inboards are easy to do. a stuffing box can just be a simple brass tube filled with grease that the prop shaft rides in. the thick grease acts as a seal to prevent water from comming in. all inboards need periodic maintenance to replentish this grease but its not hard to do, and takes all of 5 minutes. sub-surface drive would probibly be easier to do, because surface drive requires more specific trimming and setup to work properly.