Gnasher Posted April 8, 2007 Report Posted April 8, 2007 I have an old homemade radio controlled 'bait' boat that is used as to 'cheat' when carp fishing, the trouble is that it seems that i have bust it by allowing water to get into the electrics when playing with it in the bath!!! (true!!!). I have bought a new speed control, but i seemed to have cocked the wiring up, as the speed control lights up, but no power is being transfered to the motor, but the motor will run with direct power. I have a small futaba pulley that gives it direction, but these are tempremental as all the wires are put in the wrong place! Any1 got any knowledge of radio control boats that can have a look at it for me? Many thanks Dan Quote
djredrupp Posted April 8, 2007 Report Posted April 8, 2007 iv had a couple of rc boats that iv buit! mby i could help if you could post a picture or two! what has failed? stearing or power? futuba pulley? (or servo? mby) hope i can help Dan Quote
Gnasher Posted April 8, 2007 Author Report Posted April 8, 2007 pulleys are hit and miss, and the up until about an hour ago it would go forward and not in reverse. Now the motor only goes when in contact with direct power. heres a few pics of my wiring ball up! Quote
Gnasher Posted April 8, 2007 Author Report Posted April 8, 2007 4 Believe it or not, it actually looks quite good when the lid is on!!! Quote
djredrupp Posted April 8, 2007 Report Posted April 8, 2007 What is the servo to the right of the steerage servo? something to do with carp delivery? Pretty standard to check all contacts, i.e. chocolate boxes. Also try different receiver ports, as often these may fail. With the ESC, is there not any specific programming functions, (i.e. hold a certain button for x seconds)? i suspect that like you said, there is a wiring problem with the ESC, as the motor works when you hardwire it. hope this helps, as this is all i can see! Dan Quote
Gnasher Posted April 8, 2007 Author Report Posted April 8, 2007 What is the servo to the right of the steerage servo? something to do with carp delivery? spot on mate. it drops a hopper full of bait. I think i will see if i can take it to a shop or something as i dont have a clue! Quote
Bob F Posted April 9, 2007 Report Posted April 9, 2007 If you can bring it over to Blandford I will have a look at it for you, Dan. I will not be able to work on it straight away, but if you can leave it with me for a few days I'll give it a good look over. BF Quote
Gnasher Posted April 10, 2007 Author Report Posted April 10, 2007 thanks Bob, next time im your way i will give you a call to see if your about so i can drop it off. Quote
that's_a_biggin Posted April 11, 2007 Report Posted April 11, 2007 throw all those bits of wire away and put a seagull on the back .. Quote
Manic Moore Posted April 11, 2007 Report Posted April 11, 2007 Does the reciever work ok. Are the servos working? Have you tried different ports of the reciever? I used to do a bit of radio controlled gliders and still have a box of bits in the garage. You are welcome to pop it over one evening see if I have anything that might help. I'm in Ringwood Regards Gordon Quote
Coddy Posted April 11, 2007 Report Posted April 11, 2007 throw all those bits of wire away and put a seagull on the back .. That wont help as it will eat all the ground bait! Boats get a little unstable with flapping wings Coddy Quote
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