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magpie · 10-12-2006

Sorry to inflict the board with more on my BB but here goes:

I took the Blueback out today after fitting a new rudder that I made for it and a general re-tune of it’s gear, and it went beautifully. I ran it close to flat-out for 45 minutes and tested the Lipo. It still had 7.4 volts and I can run it down to 6v before the low voltage switch cuts out the ESC. I’ve had an hour out of it before too. I’m very happy with the setup that I put in this one. The Lipo, Subtech belt drive and Mtronics ESC are a good combination and it has a standard servo on the rudder too, which is a big improvement on the micro I put in her initially which stripped a gear on the first run!
She’s a good little boat. Here’s a video of 6 minutes of her at it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aowme26Z7i0
Jason

10-12-2006	#39 (permalink)
magpie Scale Model Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Melbourne Australia Real Name: Jason My Models: I build yachts, Tugs, and subs-Type7-Blueback-LA... Visit magpie's Gallery Posts: 186 Images: 28	Sorry to inflict the board with more on my BB but here goes: I took the Blueback out today after fitting a new rudder that I made for it and a general re-tune of it’s gear, and it went beautifully. I ran it close to flat-out for 45 minutes and tested the Lipo. It still had 7.4 volts and I can run it down to 6v before the low voltage switch cuts out the ESC. I’ve had an hour out of it before too. I’m very happy with the setup that I put in this one. The Lipo, Subtech belt drive and Mtronics ESC are a good combination and it has a standard servo on the rudder too, which is a big improvement on the micro I put in her initially which stripped a gear on the first run! She’s a good little boat. Here’s a video of 6 minutes of her at it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aowme26Z7i0 Jason