I know a few places that are east of London rather than in East London. There is a club at Brentwood and a small lake further afield in Essex at the powerboat...
Hello to every forum member. Has anyone been recently to Mayesbrook Park because it is ideal for me Here is the Rangers details to find out if you can still...
The Rangers said the waters were too deep for model boats and might be dangerous - in a drought too. Going to take Neils advice and join the Brentwood MBC,...
Someone mentioned that some prop shafts need oiling and others don't? Anyone know if my 27'electric shafts need oiling at all and if so what kind of oil? John ...
... don't? ... what ... John, I am in the USA, Seattle area. I have a realative that worked for 10 years on the Budweiser fullsize Hydroplane team. Don't know ...
I have just uploaded an article on building a simple magnetic prop balancer using bits from your junk box and have published some pictures of Mike Collier's...
Can't remember where/which forum i read this, or it might be old age catching up but its the subject of rough water running. Being a bit of wimp I internet...
Hi John I find that trying to keep the boat upright in windy weather is half the fun and a necessary skill over here in New Zealand (it always seems to be ...
Hello all, As a newcomer to FE'S can anyone recommend a first project? Would a SLOOPY be an ideal starter.What motor would be recommended?Would an electric car...
Welcome to the group Dave. The Sloopy is quite an old design but was the most popular boat during the mid 1990s. At that time most people used a 19-22 turn...
Hi Neil I have just added some photos of my new hydro Ballistic model, did 102 km/ph on its second time out. any questions please ask. Graham Auckland New...
Hi Again Just added 2 more action photos. Also here is a link to a short video,I was going a bit tentative on the corners as the turn fin was bending out, have...
HI everybody we have been working on some new boats I added some new photos on my group. we have converted a nitro thunder cat for a customer to FE I will be...
I have noticed from the members list that a few of you have given your amateur radio call signs as your Yahoo ID. Would you like to meet up on the air to talk...
Hi I have just purshased the Speedline 1/6th (four foot six inches long) scale mouldings for the 1967 bluebird with a view to installing an electric ducted...
Hey everyone! I just started this hobby being that I picked up 2 of these mrp flatbottoms I know the're old, but I like them because they resemble my fullsize...
... Welcome to the group. I am not too familiar with this particular hull but porpoising can usually be sorted out by adjusting the centre of gravity (normally...
Hi, just bought a boat off ebay which goes very well. On the third outing the bruishless esc appears to have shorted out and smoke emitted from the 3s lipo....
For an aircraft style ESC I shrink some heat shrink sleeving over the whole assembly with about 1cm clear at each end of the PCB so that I can stick each side...