RC Airboat

by RobertA30 in Circuits > Remote Control

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RC Airboat

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This is my RC airboat ( It's still in progress, it has no rudder and has to have the supports glued on the base, a foam kick board). The motor support is Lego with a wood motor mount glued on .

Mount and Flotation

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The supports are Lego bricks, girders, and pins. the mount is wood with four computer screws it's glued using plastic safe glue, it will be glued onto a kick board for flotation

Electronics

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For a battery I used a large lithium battery it's blue. The motor and ESC where off an old airplane that crashed, so was the servo and receiver. The motor is a black brushless motor attached to a silver spindle with a grey 10 by 9 propeller.

Steering Mechanism.

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The rudder is made from plastic sign board, The servo is on the top of the boat.

A piece of music wire connects the servo to the rudder. The rudder is attached with cloths hanger wire.