RC India

Colleagues and modelers.. when i started walk some again, my doctor told me to walk little in daily basis.. so, i was frequenting to my nearest harbor.. and from there i got ample of opportunity, to see and tame many fishing trawlers.. among them one was too huge and was very attractive.. so, i took some self research on it.. then found lots of drawbacks there.. but still it was a nice one.. one of the drawback was the wrong utilization of space.. and every thing was finished as rough just for a sake.. even the instrument panel.. the meters were placed on thin metal rods instead of a panel.. but still she was a huge one.. powered by a 6 liter Ashok Leyland diesel engine, she was too powerful, and heavy.. and speed of her was 7 knots with full load and at optimum throttle.. still no crews were not aware of its makers or model classifications.. still it inspired me a lots.. so, yes why waiting.. so started working on it.. i took lots of photographs from all possible angles to scale her down..

she is a big one as 3.5 feet long, and 11 inches wide at beam extreme, and yes powered by twin motors.. we saw many postings about twin motor set ups and twin rudder set ups as tough jobs.. but here i am showing you all all nothing but easy to do and works perfectly.. and when i started this work, my intention was to operate her for hours, with scale speeds..
she is 100% scratch built, nothing is used as conventional.. or commercial..except servo and motors..
here i started with thermocol sheets.. treated with tissues...

here you can see the ever simplest set ups as two motors and two rudder surfaces.. the motors were taken from the center lock actuators of scraped cars, and it is light in nature, but heavily brushed, with a great torque.. those motors are 5 poled ones.. drops about 1200 mAmps at loads.. so ample of running time.. but i kept the ESC as 60 % by adjusting the DR from TX, as balance power used in a reserve situation..
here you can see the set ups.. the main driven gears was taken from same actuator mechanism..and the rudder arms are pivoted together for simultaneous operation.. at beginning my idea was to add the torque link mechanism, but realized as this craft is light.. so used a standard servo, because of the size of the craft, from Futaba, and joined together with twin rudder drives..

bottom views...all props were made of aluminum sheets from aluminum vessel lids.. the drive shaft taken from bicyce spokes, and outer tubes are ball point pen bodies with brass bushings each ends..

started building the super structure.. all foam boards..

the cabin was made of laminated drawing papers to retain the original metallic look when finished.. foam board never gives us such finish.. all are based on the real photographs of real machine..

almost complete.. i took 3 days to build this monstress...

winches are made of paper panels.. paper rolls and polyester twines..
crane and cab holders are foam boards...

every thing is water and weather proofed with PS grey..

i gave a good treatment on props to prevent any rust effects as she is designed for even salt water operation..
painting time..the paint is PU based and stunning Tasmanian green with P O red at bottom...

progress.. she is big..

winches are finished..
now almost complete...

despite hers sheer size, she weighs only 1.7 KGS, with all needed materials as R T R.. with twin batteries.. the ESC is based on simple pulse stretchers..
now action time.. look how nice and stunning she is...

the name EAGLE EYE was chosen because the program in Discovery, swords inspired me a lots..
various angles..

i love this one very much because of hers size and beauty. this one is a real crowd puller as i starts RCying...

in action and at night.. all lights were based on L E Ds.. controlled with a micro servo.. the horn was controlled with a second micro servo.. and i also added an MP3 player in it..

she is so nice when night time.. later i added two more search lights in front, and more flood lights around.. a perfect craft for anytime RCying..

search lights on... and high speed shutter..

see cool action here...she is torquey.. and so stable..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKmpE1vrhV8

All respected modelers.. here i am proving once again, that we need nothing as extra ordinary or expensive, to build a nice and big crafts.. but you can see simply here how this are shaping.. so, make some craft.. try for it.. and reach it..  :salute:

superb roopesh,  {:)} you have more than proven that you dont need too much money to pursue the hobby

Awesome..

:goodjob: :goodjob: :goodjob:

Beautiful

good build

Augustine Sir, and all respected Friends.. a million thanks fr the great inspiration.. :salute:

This is soooo beautiful Roopeshji.  I'm living it..

Undoubtedly impressive!

once again a million thanks for the great inspiration.. Seniors.. :salute: :salute: :salute:

Awesome build sir.
Please explain more on esc part
mosfet ?

Tanmay krishna mam is now activated on Facebook  you can see her build logs on F B regards

Thanks

Roopesh sir,

   I am beginner here.Plz tell me whats that
 black part which is attached to rudder.
I need that.From where i can get it.
                                    Thanks in advance.

That is a servo. Google is your friend.

Thanks