17-08-2011, 06:36 PM
Thanks for reading my post guys!
As to the props getting fouled, while I was down at the pond, another guy had a twin motor speedboat, which was going great guns, then came to a halt. Another modeller used his own boat to nudge the stalled one back to the shore, where it was found to have a plastic bag wrapped around the props. He removed the bag, found that the fuse had blown, fitted a new fuse but the boat didn't repond. The recently acquired £70 speed controller had burnt out.
As to the range of radio signals, it's easy to forget to fully extend the aerial. My son's is an ageing radio 27 MHz crystal controlled radio, but most are now on much higher frequencies, and are synthesised.
Most at the pond had waders just in case they needed them, but I take a rubber ball attached to a fishing line and reel fitted to a short length of broom handle. If you throw the ball over the boat (provided of course it's wthin throwing distance!) you can then reel it in. At least, that's the theory!
Boys will be boys.
David
As to the props getting fouled, while I was down at the pond, another guy had a twin motor speedboat, which was going great guns, then came to a halt. Another modeller used his own boat to nudge the stalled one back to the shore, where it was found to have a plastic bag wrapped around the props. He removed the bag, found that the fuse had blown, fitted a new fuse but the boat didn't repond. The recently acquired £70 speed controller had burnt out.
As to the range of radio signals, it's easy to forget to fully extend the aerial. My son's is an ageing radio 27 MHz crystal controlled radio, but most are now on much higher frequencies, and are synthesised.
Most at the pond had waders just in case they needed them, but I take a rubber ball attached to a fishing line and reel fitted to a short length of broom handle. If you throw the ball over the boat (provided of course it's wthin throwing distance!) you can then reel it in. At least, that's the theory!
Boys will be boys.
David
