RC India

Good evening all of my Friends and colleagues..
when i think about my favorite cars,i always remember about Papa's Fiat Premier Padmini, and yes faithful gull wing. when i was a kid, it was my ever favorite world..the gull wing.. and in my child hood, that fascination turned to the Knight Rider..but still Gull wing is an inspiring automobile..so, here i took that machine in to my fantasy world,of model boat making..

Here, i once again saying a million thanks to the Senior, Veteran our VC Sir, for the lovely boat kits, is a value for money, and easy to build, and suitable for a simple beginner and yes, expert.. :thumbsup:i am waiting for 3 more same kits, as some of our friends and seniors of my native planned to organize a RC Model Boat Club of Mahe.so with this model, the segment goes in to 4 individual crafts, with same power plant and mechanics, so for model racing in to 4 tracks.so, we are on the move..

so here is the start..i tokk about half an hour to complete the full hull structure..

its too easy to follow while hearing my favorite songs..

its complete..
and started working with Polyester putty, for easy grinding and for good finish..i added hardener in 1:10 ratio for easy sanding..

as she is intended to run in all season, in open river as part of our model boat club,i applied a nice coating of anti fungal along with metal red oxide to protect balsa from all destructive creatures..fully water proof..

and powered by a 1000rpm/volts BLDC, and scale prop she is far capable. actually, this motor was collected from, one of my friend, in our Forum,as part of my project work.but later my client convinces to fix all new things for him..so i got motors and ESCs spare..but its awesome powerful..

showing the simple steering mechanism, and motor shaft coupling..by removing the stud, can take out motor in seconds..

shows the combination..
and started to add splash guides, to make her a aqua planer..wooshhh...

after checking the hull, it was time to go for super structure..here showing the actual super structure..
but its the time to add imagination..a lots..so i turned in to the gull wing concept..

the profile view..
and in close up..

with doors in place..
made hinges from foam board circles,cut half to form each hinge.

hinges in detail..

its easy to fix a flush type hinges..
doors are opened..

used some drops of hydraulic damping liquid in to the each hinge base preventing it from drooping..actually this compound is used to damp, the turning pressure in a volume controller shaft..
in position..

over the hull..
rear view..the opening is intended to coll the BLDC..and electronic components..

attached angle controllers at rear transom..to avoid over planing..by some trial and error methods..
almost complete..

now..time to paint..i still remember the prestigious yellow of the same gull wing car..but i cant find a same yellow of that..so i added some kum kum powder along with a little talcum powder to enamel paint, to get a smotth sheen finish and intense yellow color..

all in same color..
windows from drawing paper..seasoned, and painted in aluminum paint..

rear..
and hull with po red base..

super structure in detail..with window attached..

with decals..

various angles.

door opened..
front view..

showing finished dampers..
wait for drying..

the navigation lights were made out of chubby L E D s, painted to mask, in 120 degree..
the bollard is made of, brass welding rods..

at pool side..
and canal..

she is amazingly stable..nothing is added for stability..

now..the time to go..after qualifying round, service crews re tightening the wind shield screws..to the torque..
start to sprint..

now..face up..she is too fast even at half throttle..so, today i am alone while shooting the videos..so afraid of overshooting in to shores and bushes..cant control the high speed machine alone with camera in one hand and Tx in other hand..still i managed to shoot some video..almost less than 50% throttle..she is flying..really a awesome machine..
here you can see how simple it is to make a lovely craft..its all simple..and exciting.. :thumbsup:

sure here is the video..http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxOTJqL0MOA

Beautiful build, as usual.

It is an amazing feeling to see the boat stand, in pic. GW-36, with my handwriting on it sitting on your work bench, 2359 kms from here!

Yes..sure VC Sir..i consider it as a grace..and i have  a humble request to you once again that, please reserve me three more same big kits for me as it arrives.by that i will complete as four individual racers..Sir, its a kind request. :salute:

sorry..missed this photograph due to my slow connection..
sprrrrriiiintttt.......... :thumbsup:

hi mate.
well................ yet another excelant build ......as usual........
the boat looks very stable at that speed............... you could put a smaller motor in and save that one for a bigger build ;)
nice video....and you did not even 'drop ' the tx or 'go into the bushes  ;D ;D ;D
looks realy amazing   {:)} :hatsoff: :thumbsup:

regards
don

Thank you Sunk Sir..i will fix a less powerful motor on these..its too overpowered..will shift for big crafts more than 3 feet. i started the MS 562.it will be one with twin props.i already planned to go with twin identical receiver, twin battery packs, twin ESC s, and one reworked TX.i have lots of reworked motors at 6 volts. thanks for the valuable advice.. :salute:

hi mate
why twin reciever?
if you want to control the motors for steering you could put a v-tail mixer  and gyro on . [ may not even need the gyro I am not quite sure how the v-tail mixer works,,,,,,,,,,buy controls two servos/esc. ]
regards
don

Sir, sure, but my idea follows..by adding two identical receiver i can make a motor differential,by reworking slightly on TX, makes a mixer, to control two motors with a same stick.with some reworks on ESC, we can simply alter the speed of the two motors independently,with the direction control stick.so,in a turn, for example to port side, the motor belongs to star board side runs faster, and motor at port side runs less.so a thrust deviation is generated.makes craft to turn instantly.can also do with one receiver, with two sticks of TX by removing the spring of the second one.but with two, i can add a comparator unit, so, can save battery a lots.and also can add more functions like wipers, light, horn and many.comparator, because i am willing to use my reworked brushed motor on that craft..

hi mate.
sounds good..................
perhaps a schematic to show what electric alterations.
regards
don

sure Sir, i will share all of my works in detail..thanks once again..

 :salute: :salute: :salute: :salute: :salute: :salute: :salute: :salute: :hatsoff: :hatsoff: :hatsoff: :hatsoff: :hatsoff: :hatsoff: :hatsoff: :hatsoff: {:)} {:)} {:)} {:)} {:)} {:)} {:)} {:)}..........great work.

roopesh sir we have to make a race between your two models bluemorph and gullwing......it will be amazing....

Gokul, its sure.. :thumbsup:and must find some one to shoot the video..