Calling Electrical/Electronic Experts

“As a comparison, I have run a 49in Perkasa on a MFA 850 brushed motor with a Mtronik 50 ESC and a Lipo 3s (11 volts). It went like a demon!”

5 entradas 8 me gusta

hace 20 horas por mjbb1951

Iniciado hace 1 día por ChrisF

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SAIL CONTROL AND ADJUSTMENT SYSTEMS FOR SCALE MODELS

“@AlessandroSPQR Ok then. I wasn't sure from your description of J J Lad's vessel if you could put the machinery under the deck. Your solution would be even l…”

56 entradas 118 me gusta

hace 6 días por RossM

Iniciado hace 24 días por AlessandroSPQR

56 118

Brushed twin and esc stalling?

“@Fishercat Thanks so much for your clarification, Fishercat. It's very useful for me and all naval modelers. As I said, I prefer to take measurements (when p…”

19 entradas 44 me gusta

hace 6 días por AlessandroSPQR

Iniciado hace 9 días por Karoq

19 44

Random Problems Loading Pictures?

“I don’t have the problems discussed here. The problem I do have is after posting with successfully loaded photos & then for some reason editing the post the …”

15 entradas 30 me gusta

hace 16 días por Chum444

Iniciado hace 17 días por zooma

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Sheets and sail winch

“@OldieNewbie Hi OldieNewbie, It would actually be helpful to know which model ship you are building. The challenges vary significantly from one model to anot…”

7 entradas 12 me gusta

hace 1 mes por AlessandroSPQR

Iniciado hace 1 mes por OldieNewbie

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Bloated LiPo

“@Fishercat Hi Fishercat, Thanks for sharing your experiences with LiFePO batteries. I am very interested in this technology; it is new to me, and I have no d…”

71 entradas 140 me gusta

hace 1 mes por AlessandroSPQR

Iniciado hace 3 meses por zooma

71 140

Classic Boat RC / 3DP Cornish Polperro Gaffer

Aún no hay respuestas: sé el primero.

1 publicación 8 me gusta

Iniciado hace 2 meses por Chuck

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brushed motor problems

“It sounds like a current overload for the speed controller which may activate a cutout to prevent heating and fire. Look at the current ability of the contro…”

13 entradas 11 me gusta

hace 3 meses por GrantH

Iniciado hace 3 meses por Bob the boilerman

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Futaba FP-T6nLK transmitter and FP- R105M receiver help

“@VictorC Back again , My system fell down on No 1 on your list. Sitting in a cupboard for all those years and expecting it to work perfectly was too much too…”

31 entradas 58 me gusta

hace 3 meses por Karoq

Iniciado hace 3 meses por Karoq

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LiPo Resistance Testing

“Storage Charge, Balance Charge and Discharge etc. A Sky D100 LiPo charger can be used to Fast Charge, Slow Charge, Storage Charge, Balance Charge and Dischar…”

11 entradas 22 me gusta

hace 3 meses por zooma

Iniciado hace 3 meses por zooma

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Flysky Warning

“Wow, 24 channels and 125 model memory - I rest my case! I thought my Tx was good with 8 channels and 30 model memory! As I said, I know that some folks need …”

36 entradas 75 me gusta

hace 3 meses por ChrisF

Iniciado hace 10 meses por LewZ

36 75

Binding an RX to TX (Tamco)

“Receivers from Spektrum use to have a bind jumper plug I only know Spektrum stuff used it for decades,”

8 entradas 9 me gusta

hace 4 meses por Hhager2

Iniciado hace 4 meses por EricMB

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Fuse for 12 pole 12-24 volt Hi Torque Motor (as supplied by Mobile Marine Models)

“@Hsailer -As I mentioned, 2 to 3 second shots, just long enough to get an Amperage reading. I have been working and testing motors for over 50 years, snd hav…”

6 entradas 9 me gusta

hace 4 meses por GregHiltz

Iniciado hace 4 meses por merchant67

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Model boat demonstration at Lac Daumesnil, Paris

“@chugalone100 Thank you”

4 entradas 13 me gusta

hace 4 meses por alexandre

Iniciado hace 4 meses por alexandre

4 13

XT60 CONNECTORS

“@ChrisF I got mine from AliExpress have a look under RC Car Parts Metal mini Red Soldering Tool Holder Model Cars Drone Marine Welding Tool T plug Connector …”

31 entradas 139 me gusta

hace 5 meses por Fred

Iniciado hace 3 años por NickD

31 139

What Engine? Vosper RAF Crash Tender 34"

“@GaryLC By the look of it inside there are no signs of any screw marks or glue marks to show where items have been fitted and then been removed. I would thin…”

10 entradas 42 me gusta

hace 5 meses por BOATSHED

Iniciado hace 5 meses por Plivez

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Modello RC scala 1/60, di piroscafo armato a goletta, liberamente ispirato alle cannoniere classe US

“Hi Stephen, yes, I can see the first messages and photos now. There are some repeated texts in the first messages (that I hadn't repeated) and some small ano…”

583 entradas 2,551 me gusta

hace 6 meses por AlessandroSPQR

Iniciado hace 3 años por AlessandroSPQR

583 2,551

ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS SWITCHING FROM A MAIN BATTERY TO A SPARE BATTERY, FOR SAFER NAVIGA

“Hi Mirangi, thank you so much for the two links. Unfortunately, the first one doesn't open. Here's the screen I get. However, I went to the Texas Instruments…”

33 entradas 64 me gusta

hace 6 meses por AlessandroSPQR

Iniciado hace 6 meses por AlessandroSPQR

33 64

Fuse position?

“If the boat only has a single motor then place the fuse between the battery and the speed controller, as close to the battery as possible. The the boat has h…”

5 entradas 9 me gusta

hace 6 meses por VictorC

Iniciado hace 6 meses por Rogal118

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Adding a Reverse to Forwards Only ESC?

“150amp Sea King with Reverse. After many months of trying to persuade my various Sea King “forwards only” ESC’s to also run with a reverse function, I had al…”

24 entradas 66 me gusta

hace 6 meses por zooma

Iniciado hace 1 año por zooma

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two motors one esc

“Hi all, as far as fuses go I do not use them as I have small boats with about 15 - 20 Watts power and the esc can deal with a stall current. It has never bee…”

40 entradas 110 me gusta

hace 6 meses por roycv

Iniciado hace 7 meses por Stephen T

40 110

LiFePO4 BATTERIES (Lithium-Iron-Phosphate batteries)

“No problem Alessandro, I had a look back in this thread to see if Duncan had posted something simmilar to me, I found it quite amusing at the time. I will al…”

33 entradas 77 me gusta

hace 6 meses por stevedownunder

Iniciado hace 6 meses por AlessandroSPQR

33 77

"New" Kid on the Block: Meus Racing?

“The US Navy used the ELF to keep in touch with it's nuc boomers. I thought about renting some band width to run my sub while tracking it on the SOSUS network…”

16 entradas 30 me gusta

hace 7 meses por ToraDog

Iniciado hace 7 meses por LewZ

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Programming a seaking brushless ESC challenges..

“Sea King ESC. To date I have been very pleased with the power delivery of my various types of Sea King ESC. The power delivery is very smooth and strong, rig…”

21 entradas 44 me gusta

hace 7 meses por zooma

Iniciado hace 8 meses por EricMB

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8 Channel Transmitter

“I'll cast another vote for the flysky i6x, for the price it's really hard to beat. There are 2 ways to adjust for throttle centring. The obvious way is to ac…”

20 entradas 51 me gusta

hace 7 meses por JSS4

Iniciado hace 10 meses por Heners2332

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Faulty Spektrum TX

“I've just read from the beginning. I've had dxi6 for many years, well into double figs, I'm using dx8, gen 1 and gen 2, and nx8, with planes, so I know the t…”

15 entradas 47 me gusta

hace 8 meses por pmdevlin

Iniciado hace 8 meses por EricMB

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HiTech Winch Drum

“If you want to get silly, this is how I did my stays'il winch”

12 entradas 28 me gusta

hace 8 meses por RossM

Iniciado hace 8 meses por Hsailer

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two or one

“A couple of days ago "Chugalone100" asked, "In a twin-motor arrangement, is a throttle mixer required to properly coordinate differential thrust control, or …”

10 entradas 57 me gusta

hace 8 meses por VictorC

Iniciado hace 8 meses por Stephen T

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construction Boat Mr Kim film fifth element

“There's certainly some detail work in that!”

2 entradas 10 me gusta

hace 8 meses por ChrisF

Iniciado hace 8 meses por AlexandreR

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Batteries

“Hi Jumpugly, you're right to continue your research. I first came across lithium batteries about 20 years ago. I first used lithium-ion [Li-ion] batteries an…”

8 entradas 30 me gusta

hace 9 meses por AlessandroSPQR

Iniciado hace 9 meses por GARTH

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JJC Sound Unit troubles

Aún no hay respuestas: sé el primero.

1 publicación 3 me gusta

Iniciado hace 9 meses por Heners2332

1 3

motor for large paddle steamer. Advice required

“here is the progress on the front deck. Still trying to sort out a place to work on the 3 metre 35kg hull!”

20 entradas 85 me gusta

hace 9 meses por Hermione

Iniciado hace 11 meses por Hermione

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Waterproof servos

“Eric, there's always the great rc sub guy on youtube! I would touch base with him on his channel to inquire. He def knows his stuff. https://www.youtube.com/…”

7 entradas 17 me gusta

hace 10 meses por jumpugly

Iniciado hace 10 meses por EricMB

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engine etc etc

“Hi Bob, many thanks for this information, very much appreciated.”

3 entradas 6 me gusta

hace 11 meses por Guy O

Iniciado hace 11 meses por Guy O

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Sound modules for RCA’s ww2 warship

“Thanks Steve for your reply. I will look into Forge Electronics as a possibility.”

3 entradas 2 me gusta

hace 11 meses por Javelin1

Iniciado hace 11 meses por Javelin1

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Mixer connections

“I think that with esc's connected the inertia of the motors will eliminate the 'notches'. Roy”

14 entradas 30 me gusta

hace 11 meses por roycv

Iniciado hace 11 meses por EricMB

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Surpass ESC Problem?

“I programmed the Surpass 150A ESC this evening using the Rocket RC program card that I placed inside the hull of the Sea Commander. No instructions about how…”

9 entradas 26 me gusta

hace 11 meses por zooma

Iniciado hace 1 año por zooma

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Help Please Graupner 2351 Navy Sound Module

“Guten Morgen Bruce, Found the manual (in German) on RC Groups site. First off- Lead #2 is labelled 'Blitzerausgang' = Flasher output. Seems to be intended fo…”

2 entradas 4 me gusta

hace 11 meses por RNinMunich

Iniciado hace 11 meses por bruce1946

2 4

Building the Rapier

“Thanks matey, l have a couple of 540 motors, the plans show for single prop...l assume surface piecing....as l said from a dolls house background so need peo…”

3 entradas 4 me gusta

hace 11 meses por Millwall Steve

Iniciado hace 11 meses por Millwall Steve

3 4

How many revs do you need on a brushed motor for a 32" model

“Nice looking craft, well done and very authentic. Cheers Ian”

5 entradas 20 me gusta

hace 12 meses por IanL1

Iniciado hace 12 meses por DuncanP

5 20