Need Help

[Gale54]

I have a old 1/8 scale boat that a friend of mine wants to go fishing with. ( I know not a great idea) He wants to be able to go forward and reverse with the boat. I have never ran electric and have no idea where to begin with motor type size? Speed control? batteries? Not alot of money in the project. Thanks for any help

 

[larcor69]

are you talking like an 8th scale hydro? a Zipp Kits Tugster would be perfect

 

[TimothyJones]

If your trolling and a big one gets it, forward will be the only thing you want to do

 

[Gale54]

yes it is a 1/8 scale size hydro. 44 inches long. Any help on motor type?

 

[Gale54]

Thanks for all the help. Gezz guess I am on my own here.

 

[RaceMechaniX]

Don,

I am assuming here you want brushless. Look at 1/8 to 1/5 scale power systems from RC cars. Motors like the castle 1717 or similar should have enough grunt. If you want more than just a crawl in reverse you will have to run a solid shaft or a wire drive. Look for something like the Castle Mamba Max for a controller or any one of the rebranded clones from Hobbyking.

TG

 

[Larry Roberts]

Are you willing to trade for a mono ? Send some pictures

 

[John Finch]

A mono would work a lot better.

 

[Gale54]

Don,

I am assuming here you want brushless. Look at 1/8 to 1/5 scale power systems from RC cars. Motors like the castle 1717 or similar should have enough grunt. If you want more than just a crawl in reverse you will have to run a solid shaft or a wire drive. Look for something like the Castle Mamba Max for a controller or any one of the rebranded clones from Hobbyking.

TG

Thank you TG

 

[Gale54]

Are you willing to trade for a mono ? Send some pictures

I agree that a V boat would be much better however my friend is a hydro nut and wants this boat for some reason.

 

[Hydro Junkie]

If your trolling and a big one gets it, forward will be the only thing you want to do

This could get really interesting. A hydro doesn't have that much in the way of buoyancy so any fairly large fish may take it down. Hope there's lots of room for pool noodles and a way to hook a line to it that won't get tangled with the prop or drive shaft

 

[ron upton]

this sounds like a really bad idear with a hydro....don't know what type of fish u would be after but hook a decent large mouth bass and you wont see that hydro again soon