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Is there a seal on the motor shaft? No - it relies on the bearing to keep water out of the motor.ĭoes it have a volute? I'm going to give it this one. A heck of a failure for a pump advertised as 'brushless'.Īre the brushes at least carbon? No - just copper It looks like there was an excess of grease on the brushes that caused poor commutation. I did an autopsy on the pump to see what went wrong. The pumping was 0.43 gallons per minute, down from the 0.6 gallons measured with a less restrictive outlet. It ran reliably, drawing o.4 amps under load and around 0.15 Amps unloaded. It continued to be erratic and use a lot of current. Since I'm not one to give up without a little trouble shooting, I filled the ship with water and ran the pump for a while.

I put a watt meter on it and it had very high no load current. The first time I hooked it up the speed was very erratic. Just out of personal preference I added 2' to the bow.So the pump has already failed. Pic 1 has the Indiana wheelhouse on top of the Ky cabin and I agree that it is out of proportion. The aircraft dudes would call this a 'cartoon' scale.

If you don't like those proportions then you just don't like the kit design which is ok. As far as wind, for a non competition boat what big deal is the wind? And FWIW pics 2 and 6 show the KY wheelhouse and Ky cabin. As long as the boat doesn't roll too much in a turn the taller cabin should be no issue. The weight of the additional cabin is minimal and can be offset with ballast which I have probably already done with twin motors and batteries.

#Tugster rc zipster full#

I grew up on the Ohio River back in the 50's and watched these full length cabin tows run the river. The appeal to me was the full cabin with wheelhouse. My suggestion? Lose the cabin in it's tall form. Sound Sailor's pic 3 is very pleasing to my eye. A tall long cabin will more than likely make the hull decidedly wind-set. Sound Sailor gave good advice regarding taller profiles. To my eye, pics 1, 2, & 6 show a cabin structure out of proportion (height-wise) to the hull. In picture 'D', I just haven't glued on the 60 degree goose neck, it's a single smoke stack. In pictures 'A' and 'B' I really haven't figured out what kind of smoke stack I want to use, stock or something a little different. Take a look at the tugster, from Zippkits Forum: RC Scale Boating. Zipster 0 Newbie Members 0 9 posts Posted February 1, 2011. RC Universe discussion forums for RC cars, rc trucks, rc airplanes.

#Tugster rc zipster manual#

Marui Hunter Manual By Zipster, Januin Marui. I have taken quite a few pictures though. Marui Marui Hunter Manual Sign in to follow this. In case you were wondering, I was considering doing a build on this one but it's not a really popular model. No prizes here, I just need help with your opinion I'm kind of leaning towards one, but another looks pretty good too I'm not going to say which ones here but rather ask the opinion of those who happen to look over the next few days. I can't really make up my mind which really looks the best.

#Tugster rc zipster how to#

I thought it was about time to put the Tugster together but have run into a dilemma, just how to put the final kit together?īelow are a series of possible combinations of the 'normal' Indiana pilot house arrangement and the Kentucky pilot house with different arrangements between the two. At the end of this Fun Float I was fortunate enough to win a Zipp Tunster along with the Kentucky pilot house, and an ESC. Back in early May, 2016, the Indianapolis Admirals held the 2nd annual Fun Float in Avon, Indiana, this year also inviting the local flying club and electric car club for which there had been a new track built by Hendricks County at the park.