RC Seaplane Rescue Boat
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ส.ค. 2016
- Using two forward motors with differential thrust and one reverse motor. Made from electrical PVC conduit and pool noodles. Bicycle tyre tube and cable ties to splashproof ESCs, sealable food container for battery and receiver. Coreplast deck.
Motors - Turnigy 2822/10 1400kV
ESCs - 30A Afro, 1 normal, 2 Opto
Battery - 3000 3S Zippy
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Great design !!!, perhaps adding a Pool Noodle wrapped 45 degree elbow on the front of the PVC pontoon would help with maneuvering and stability sort of like a ski profile. The next challenge will be actually retrieving a plane, I used to fly water planes back in the 80's and figuring out how to get the planes back to shore was a lot harder than we all thought it would be, we spent many weeks revising designs, because the "stranded" plane has it own idea on direction and hydrodynamics when it's pushed or pulled, but then that's half of the fun of this hobby....engineering.
I recon taking the bottles off the front would improve the water flow so it doesn’t splash, either bending the pvc pipe or putting a smoother point on the pool noddle would be good
Great idea! Thanks for sharing this video Andrew!
I have wanted to do something like this for a while . I thought of using a solenoid switch to reverse the leads to give it reverse . I was thinking more like a airboat with rudder flaps but after watching this two motors may work better . With each side having reverse it would be very maneuverable . Thanks for the new inspiration .
Great vessel. Innovative. Especially the reverse, with the middle propeller.
good job you have to make the front like skis for less splashing
Great fun just on it's own. Waiting to see actual rescue in action. Thanks again for a new slant on our hobby.
Looking good.. Try angling the motor down so that they push the back of the craft down and so lifting the front out of the water more. From what I can see in the video the motors are pointing up which will add to the noise diving. For the front take off the bottles and cut a 45 degree slope and reinforce it with coroplast.... Brilliant cheap craft for all sorts of applications..
The motor you change the forward to reverse to go forward
Very nice. The motors appear to be angled downward a few degrees which looks like it is pushing the front down under power. A regular boat having the propeller underneath means that power will tend to tip the front up. My guess is that if you angled the motors upward more (ie. a lot, like 30 degrees) you wouldn't need to alter the front tip of the pontoons, but sounds like you have already done that :)
Well that seems to work quite well! Looks kind of fun to just drive around!
Moving the CG aft would help keep the nose from diving. I will probably duplicate your design when you get it dialed in. Good job!
Absolutely brilliant Andrew, the only thing I would have done different is the pontoons. I would have tried 40 or 50mm PVC pipe with T pieces and reducing bushes for the smaller pipe (eliminating the pool noodle) and used the gas gun to bend them banana shape (or use 45 degree bends) and use end caps. Should solve the splash problem.
Great video .. any chance you can test it in the ocean with the fpv 😀👌
Awesome project! I've been thinking what to do with some extra motors and escs, and I think I have my answer. Fan boat! It's extremely manuverable with three motors and no rudder. Impressive!
Great build Andrew, I just can't help asking myself that if I need a rescue boat do I really want a seaplane in the first place at all? 😊
This one is my FAV, love those camera shots! outstanding!!
Swwwwwweeeeet !! I love it. Great rescue boat.
i would make the poolnudels more aquadynamic :)
an absolute joy to watch your videos Andrew love the idea of more projects with this boat perhaps some wings to make it an ekranoplan