Boats Traxxas jet boat

[philmill]

This was one of my mad moments in R/C boating , i was given a Traxxas nitro V nice little boat with small nitro motor ran ok till the motor blew up , i did not have any spare nitro motors but i had a large jet drive unit and a spare 8s brushless motor from my fast electric boats , i had to make an aluminium transom its only a plastic hull with the thrust of the jet drive and 8 cells it needed making stronger


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I have fitted the reverse bucket and a 3rd servo , i can reverse the boat now but only up to 30% throttle ( any more it blows the reverse bucket off )

 

[Tony]

You made that bracket in the rear? That is clean. We must have video of this boat in action!,

 

[cml001]

Wow son! Yeah, get video!

 

[philmill]

Will try and sort a video i built this project for running up fast flowing rivers and streams you can use this boat in very shallow water , Jet boats don't have a great top speed but its very powerfull can climb small waterfalls and fast flowing water and they also turn very well ,

i last used this boat near my house on a small shallow river i did not fit an intake grille it has sucked some stones up and broke the impeller and bent the shaft , i have a tool room lathe in my garage so i will make a new shaft and brass impeller (old one was made of plastic)

 

[Stambo]

That thing looks awesome, including the reinforced transom. Nice work.

I agree with the other guys, you can't show us that thing without giving us video.
I have seen people warned by the admin for this behaviour.

I would love to get my hands on a lathe like that, I am so jealous.

 

[cn63bug]

That's some sweet machining!

 

[philmill]

Thanks for the nice comments , i will try and shoot some video once i get it back up and running again .