Boatmad.com


Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
 
Old 17-02-2007, 08:06 PM   #21
Registered User
 
MrRob's Avatar
 
Country: England
Location: Birmingham
Occupation: Scratching
Interests: Big Dinners
Boat name: Never Enough
Boat make: Seaquel 600xs
Engines: 225hp Merc ProMax
Cruising area: Anywhere! I prefer Weymouth

Join Date: May 2005
Location: Birmingham
Posts: 3,232
Send a message via AIM to MrRob
Quote:
Originally Posted by scottyboy View Post

Did think about goin nitro but then restricted of where to use it!

Electric is cool with loads of cells!
__________________

__________________
I got jumper cables!
MrRob is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 17-02-2007, 08:12 PM   #22
Registered User
 
Wild Thing's Avatar
 
Country: UK
Boat name: Johnny-Rude
Boat make: a few
Engines: Seagull with hi five prop

Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 284
The zenoah engine is a proper 2 stroke running at 30:1 petrol / racing oil, pull start, super reliable, not nitro that is a nightmare, start stop stall etc. You start these babies walk away, have a coffee and a chat with the mates, come back 30 mins later and they will still be idling over.
__________________

__________________
Cheers
Brian
Wild Thing is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 17-02-2007, 08:16 PM   #23
Registered User
 
Wild Thing's Avatar
 
Country: UK
Boat name: Johnny-Rude
Boat make: a few
Engines: Seagull with hi five prop

Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 284
Sorry forgot to say puts out nearly 5bhp, now do the maths on power to weight ratio, might make a merc efi look like a toy
__________________
Cheers
Brian
Wild Thing is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 17-02-2007, 11:18 PM   #24
hello
 

Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 2,739
Quote:
Originally Posted by MrRob View Post
Electric is cool with loads of cells!
Decent cells are very expensive plus you will want a couple of sets maybe more. The charger required to charge them as a set aint cheap neither. For the price of all that you can buy a very nice nitro engine that will be alot more powerfull. It will however be alot less reliable.
JamesM is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 18-02-2007, 09:01 AM   #25
Registered User
 
MrRob's Avatar
 
Country: England
Location: Birmingham
Occupation: Scratching
Interests: Big Dinners
Boat name: Never Enough
Boat make: Seaquel 600xs
Engines: 225hp Merc ProMax
Cruising area: Anywhere! I prefer Weymouth

Join Date: May 2005
Location: Birmingham
Posts: 3,232
Send a message via AIM to MrRob
Quote:
Originally Posted by Johnny Boat Dude View Post
Decent cells are very expensive plus you will want a couple of sets maybe more. The charger required to charge them as a set aint cheap neither. For the price of all that you can buy a very nice nitro engine that will be alot more powerfull. It will however be alot less reliable.

Very good point! I found this site yesterday
http://www.offshoreelectrics.com/
They also do Nitro aswel. They have a nitro engine on sale at the moment for $79.99 which it pretty cheap for a 1.2hp motor.
This is the only model boat shop I have found online that has good details on the products its listing and you can get all you need from there. I tink I might order myself one of those engines while the goings good!
__________________
I got jumper cables!
MrRob is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 18-02-2007, 11:32 AM   #26
Registered User
 
kitten's Avatar
 
Location: devon

Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: devon
Posts: 556
Quote:
Originally Posted by MrRob View Post
Very good point! I found this site yesterday
http://www.offshoreelectrics.com/
Run by Steve Vaccaro, nice chap, very helpful and reliable, mention Kevin from BananaShark, and he will charge you double.
Electric can be cool
kitten is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 18-02-2007, 12:55 PM   #27
hello
 

Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 2,739
Electric is really good and alot less hassle than nitro but as I said if you wanna go quick its not as cheap as people might think. One thing to bear in mind about nitro engines is you get what you pay for. Cheap engines may look good on paper but in reality they may not be as powerfull as the manufacturer claims (its easy to fudge power figures) and the main problem with the cheaper engines is they don't hold their tune as well. In other words you're constantly playing with the mixture to get them runing right and this can lead to them cutting out alot. Anoying when its in a car cus you have to walk over and get it, if its in a boat thats not quite as easy.
JamesM is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 18-02-2007, 01:09 PM   #28
Registered User
 
MrRob's Avatar
 
Country: England
Location: Birmingham
Occupation: Scratching
Interests: Big Dinners
Boat name: Never Enough
Boat make: Seaquel 600xs
Engines: 225hp Merc ProMax
Cruising area: Anywhere! I prefer Weymouth

Join Date: May 2005
Location: Birmingham
Posts: 3,232
Send a message via AIM to MrRob
Quote:
Originally Posted by Johnny Boat Dude View Post
Electric is really good and alot less hassle than nitro but as I said if you wanna go quick its not as cheap as people might think. One thing to bear in mind about nitro engines is you get what you pay for. Cheap engines may look good on paper but in reality they may not be as powerfull as the manufacturer claims (its easy to fudge power figures) and the main problem with the cheaper engines is they don't hold their tune as well. In other words you're constantly playing with the mixture to get them runing right and this can lead to them cutting out alot. Anoying when its in a car cus you have to walk over and get it, if its in a boat thats not quite as easy.
A decent electric outboard is about $200 which aint cheap. I would rather have a cheap nitro setup than a cheap electric set mostly because of run time.
__________________
I got jumper cables!
MrRob is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 18-02-2007, 01:10 PM   #29
Registered User
 
Wild Thing's Avatar
 
Country: UK
Boat name: Johnny-Rude
Boat make: a few
Engines: Seagull with hi five prop

Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 284
zenoah marine engine link
http://www.modelflight.com.au/rc_mod..._g-231_pum.htm
__________________
Cheers
Brian
Wild Thing is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 18-02-2007, 05:15 PM   #30
Registered User
 
MrRob's Avatar
 
Country: England
Location: Birmingham
Occupation: Scratching
Interests: Big Dinners
Boat name: Never Enough
Boat make: Seaquel 600xs
Engines: 225hp Merc ProMax
Cruising area: Anywhere! I prefer Weymouth

Join Date: May 2005
Location: Birmingham
Posts: 3,232
Send a message via AIM to MrRob
WICKARD!!!
http://sonicracingaustralia.com/joined.htm
__________________
I got jumper cables!
MrRob is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 18-02-2007, 05:34 PM   #31
Registered User
 
Wild Thing's Avatar
 
Country: UK
Boat name: Johnny-Rude
Boat make: a few
Engines: Seagull with hi five prop

Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 284
that is well tasty looking and for model engines they must sound amazing
__________________
Cheers
Brian
Wild Thing is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 20-02-2007, 06:24 PM   #32
Gav
Registered User
 

Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 5,724
Send a message via Skype™ to Gav
IT Floats!

bit of bouyancy testing.....
Attached Thumbnails
Click image for larger version

Name:	DSCF0192.JPG
Views:	157
Size:	91.2 KB
ID:	11682   Click image for larger version

Name:	DSCF0197.JPG
Views:	167
Size:	68.1 KB
ID:	11683   Click image for larger version

Name:	DSCF0198.JPG
Views:	160
Size:	37.3 KB
ID:	11684  
Gav is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 20-02-2007, 08:33 PM   #33
Gav
Registered User
 

Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 5,724
Send a message via Skype™ to Gav
look at these little feckers!
Attached Thumbnails
Click image for larger version

Name:	1987.jpg
Views:	153
Size:	11.7 KB
ID:	11688  
Attached Images
   
Gav is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 20-02-2007, 08:44 PM   #34
Registered User
 

Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 6,891
Nice Flange
Matt is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 20-02-2007, 09:35 PM   #35
Registered User
 
scottyboy's Avatar
 
Country: United kingdom
Location: West Sussex
Occupation: Grease Monkey
Interests: Makin my boat faster!
Boat name: S.B Racing
Boat make: Ocke mannerfelt canopied B23 / Zapcat
Engines: Merc 200XS Gen 2 / Tohatsu 50
Cruising area: littlehampton/Southampton

Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: West Sussex
Posts: 2,656
The graupner outboards are very nice but quite expensive! Where'd ya get that stern drive from gav? Looks like a nice one?
__________________
Class 3C Mono EPA National speed record holder 95.35 mph Avg!
scottyboy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 20-02-2007, 11:12 PM   #36
Registered User
 

Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 6,891
Gavster, I'll be interested in having a hull & deck off ya.
Matt is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 20-02-2007, 11:12 PM   #37
Gav
Registered User
 

Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 5,724
Send a message via Skype™ to Gav
Quote:
Originally Posted by scottyboy View Post
The graupner outboards are very nice but quite expensive! Where'd ya get that stern drive from gav? Looks like a nice one?
http://www.westbourne-models.com/erol.html#2377X0

£72.25
Gav is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 20-02-2007, 11:13 PM   #38
Gav
Registered User
 

Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 5,724
Send a message via Skype™ to Gav
Quote:
Originally Posted by Matt View Post
Gavster, I'll be interested in having a hull & deck off ya.
okey dokey, what colour / s?
Gav is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 20-02-2007, 11:29 PM   #39
Registered User
 
scottyboy's Avatar
 
Country: United kingdom
Location: West Sussex
Occupation: Grease Monkey
Interests: Makin my boat faster!
Boat name: S.B Racing
Boat make: Ocke mannerfelt canopied B23 / Zapcat
Engines: Merc 200XS Gen 2 / Tohatsu 50
Cruising area: littlehampton/Southampton

Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: West Sussex
Posts: 2,656
Gav Might be a stupid question but will ya take the lip off?
__________________
Class 3C Mono EPA National speed record holder 95.35 mph Avg!
scottyboy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 20-02-2007, 11:32 PM   #40
Gav
Registered User
 

Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 5,724
Send a message via Skype™ to Gav
Quote:
Originally Posted by scottyboy View Post
Gav Might be a stupid question but will ya take the lip off?
thats only there to make the mould, the boats will have a small approx 5mm flange which can be covered with some small rubber U-section.
__________________

Gav is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off


Powered by vBadvanced CMPS v3.2.3

All times are GMT +1. The time now is 08:05 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.8 Beta 1
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
×