Wow what a find. Looking forward to the rest of the series! I went for a walk round my local lake the other day and saw a young lad and his dad playing with an RC boat. Being a quad flier myself I have fancied dipping my toe into boats at some point as well. In my small amount of research I saw this exact same boat on banggood and thought it looked like a good one for a possible fpv project over the winter. Once you've flown fpv you want everything fpv I get that and I do too! So fantastic news your doing this with the exact same boat I was thinking of doing it with so I will be watching this series for sure! Can't wait for the next one :)
@@Painless360 Will do! Thanks. Exited to see how you get a flight controller in there as well this is exactly the sort of thing I wanted to do as well even if its only so I can see battery voltage in my goggles. I would definately worry about running it flat and losing the thing otherwise
Float Controller. :D But aside from that, I recall that navigation with these is particularly tricky. That might have been a while ago, as Paweł Spychalski of iNav was recently experimenting with a rover. Worth checking out, looking forward to your take on this. :)
I bought volantex sr65 couple of weeks ago for myself and kids. Upgraded to 60A esc, and 3000KV edf outrunner. And used 5200 4S lipo, instead of stock one. Great fun when screams along and skims water :-))
Lee, if you are sure it doesn't already have a reversing ESC, you'd definitely want to put that on your list. With a boat on a narrow waterway with no easy access to the other side all the time, you're going to need reverse. That means putting the throttle on the elevator so you'll easily have forward/reverse.
Actually, now that I think about it, since you don't spend much time at all in reverse on a boat a switch would handle it fine leaving your throttle as it is.
Reversing the prop on a boat with a flexible shaft isn't recommend, I think because the twist in the cable shaft acts as a Archimedes screw pump when running backwards, flooding the boat.
Good to see you moving over to the dark side Lee. As you are a flyer may I suggest you check out a Dragon Flight 65, but be careful, they are highly addictive and rather difficult to master. If you don't/haven't sailed before the learning curve is shallow to get going and darn steep to master. I would LOVE to see you review one even if it was just for a one time adventure, I am sure Mike at Radiosailing.co.uk would make a kit available for you. Our sailing/racing hobby is an amazing social and sporting club and loads of fun. Surface RC for glider lovers.
Looking forward to the series great idea.would also love for you to do a micro powerfull build.we have built a couple for the group but they want to keep pushing the limits lol
The idea with a flightcontroller is interesting, you can do things like a virtuel anchor (loiter mode), an interesting thing if you put the a flight controller in a bigger boot( 17feet for fishing). You get at lot of possibilities... It looks like ardupilot has many options...
Would you consider having the FPV camera sitting on a small servo and address a channel on your Taranis to turn it? It is a great add-on to be able to see not only forward but to see where is your opponent if you racing. I have installed such setup on my micro crawler. Traxxalu on YT has many such installs (even two axis gimbal) on almost every single one of his vehicles.
Not easy to manage throttle command on your radio like you do it , normally you need to use the spring stick of the radio , at full power you will need to react quickly on the throttle, a pistol Rc would be more easy to use .
Keen to see your thoughts on protecting the electronics like the FC , vtx and camera in the event of an unintended dunking. The exposed camera is probably the primary concern.
@@Painless360 The last time I put an action camera on a boat I wrapped it in cling film. Stretched over the lens, it is completely invisible and being flexible, allows you to press buttons, etc.
Strange!.. I just bought the SR85 version,...using my Taranis x9dse too,....but how do I set up "Throttle reverse"...(Pistol grip has it already set up,..but I prefer my Taranis,..as I,m an old fart.
Well when you get around to the how of setting the winch servo on a sail boat please let me know ... thing came completely unspooled last time I tried it ... yeah boats can be fun built some back in the 70s wood hydroplane, even inflated the hills pretty but well performance with nitro engine just lack something ...take care
Get rid of that plastic prop, you will be amazed at the difference a good metal one will make!!👌🏻 I had a boat that would overpower the prop and bent it because of the softness of the material
I enjoyed this video. No real water areas in my area of the world. I enjoy watching you build stuff.
If you haven't already, make sure to grease the flexible driveshaft, most boats come with dry shafts and they need to be greased. Cool boat!
Always wanted one as a kid and to see how bloody good they are now is unreal.great work lee.stay safe as always my friend
Pretty nice looking boat, Lee! Really nice! 😃
Looking forward to the next videos about it!
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Wow what a find. Looking forward to the rest of the series! I went for a walk round my local lake the other day and saw a young lad and his dad playing with an RC boat. Being a quad flier myself I have fancied dipping my toe into boats at some point as well. In my small amount of research I saw this exact same boat on banggood and thought it looked like a good one for a possible fpv project over the winter. Once you've flown fpv you want everything fpv I get that and I do too! So fantastic news your doing this with the exact same boat I was thinking of doing it with so I will be watching this series for sure! Can't wait for the next one :)
Check out the playlist... ;)
@@Painless360 Will do! Thanks. Exited to see how you get a flight controller in there as well this is exactly the sort of thing I wanted to do as well even if its only so I can see battery voltage in my goggles. I would definately worry about running it flat and losing the thing otherwise
Float Controller. :D But aside from that, I recall that navigation with these is particularly tricky. That might have been a while ago, as Paweł Spychalski of iNav was recently experimenting with a rover. Worth checking out, looking forward to your take on this. :)
I bought volantex sr65 couple of weeks ago for myself and kids. Upgraded to 60A esc, and 3000KV edf outrunner. And used 5200 4S lipo, instead of stock one. Great fun when screams along and skims water :-))
Lee, if you are sure it doesn't already have a reversing ESC, you'd definitely want to put that on your list. With a boat on a narrow waterway with no easy access to the other side all the time, you're going to need reverse. That means putting the throttle on the elevator so you'll easily have forward/reverse.
Stay tuned ;)
Actually, now that I think about it, since you don't spend much time at all in reverse on a boat a switch would handle it fine leaving your throttle as it is.
Reversing the prop on a boat with a flexible shaft isn't recommend, I think because the twist in the cable shaft acts as a Archimedes screw pump when running backwards, flooding the boat.
I wonder if the 1500 throttle start point is because the esc has reverse already?
Looking forward to the rest of the videos , looks great fun 😀 👍
Good to see you moving over to the dark side Lee. As you are a flyer may I suggest you check out a Dragon Flight 65, but be careful, they are highly addictive and rather difficult to master. If you don't/haven't sailed before the learning curve is shallow to get going and darn steep to master. I would LOVE to see you review one even if it was just for a one time adventure, I am sure Mike at Radiosailing.co.uk would make a kit available for you. Our sailing/racing hobby is an amazing social and sporting club and loads of fun. Surface RC for glider lovers.
Thanks for the link!
jonathan Arklay those look cool
Looking forward to the series great idea.would also love for you to do a micro powerfull build.we have built a couple for the group but they want to keep pushing the limits lol
Looks fun. I was thinking about sticking FPV, iNav and an R9 receiver into a 4x4 truck and having some fun.
The idea with a flightcontroller is interesting, you can do things like a virtuel anchor (loiter mode), an interesting thing if you put the a flight controller in a bigger boot( 17feet for fishing). You get at lot of possibilities... It looks like ardupilot has many options...
Only used my Atomic once so far, very fast on 4s, turns sharp both left and right but easy to roll with no self righting.
Now that is awesome lee
Would you consider having the FPV camera sitting on a small servo and address a channel on your Taranis to turn it? It is a great add-on to be able to see not only forward but to see where is your opponent if you racing. I have installed such setup on my micro crawler. Traxxalu on YT has many such installs (even two axis gimbal) on almost every single one of his vehicles.
Not easy to manage throttle command on your radio like you do it , normally you need to use the spring stick of the radio , at full power you will need to react quickly on the throttle, a pistol Rc would be more easy to use .
Works great actually. Pistol grips are not everyone's cup of tea. Happy flying
Ben tu es partout lol
@@vatosgringos 😋
Keen to see your thoughts on protecting the electronics like the FC , vtx and camera in the event of an unintended dunking. The exposed camera is probably the primary concern.
Not a lot I can do for the camera. I'm considering that sacrificial...
@@Painless360 The last time I put an action camera on a boat I wrapped it in cling film.
Stretched over the lens, it is completely invisible and being flexible, allows you to press buttons, etc.
Just asking for one for Christmas I need to know if this thing works well after a year or so
Mine is still going strong. It helps to rinse, dry and protect the model after every use.... Happy flying
Great video! Maybe I will buy 1. Thanks.
INAV on a boat WOW what fun
What a fun title. :)
😂 that face you made 1:50 😂
Strange!.. I just bought the SR85 version,...using my Taranis x9dse too,....but how do I set up "Throttle reverse"...(Pistol grip has it already set up,..but I prefer my Taranis,..as I,m an old fart.
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Put a couple of strobetrons on it... Should see it ok in daylight with them.
Well when you get around to the how of setting the winch servo on a sail boat please let me know ... thing came completely unspooled last time I tried it ... yeah boats can be fun built some back in the 70s wood hydroplane, even inflated the hills pretty but well performance with nitro engine just lack something ...take care
If you can explain to me what signals it needs I can probably setup Opentx to send them...;)
Get rid of that plastic prop, you will be amazed at the difference a good metal one will make!!👌🏻 I had a boat that would overpower the prop and bent it because of the softness of the material
I'm planning a few mods and will add this to the list! Thank you!
INAV or Arduboat? 🤔 hum.. 🤔, 🤔hum.. 🤷♂️.
It s got a funny bottom
Fpv and crossfire......no canal will be long enough....🤣😂🤣😂
I knew I shouldn't of watched this!
Have been thinking of doing an RC car with xfire/ fpv
Great minds think alike...I thought if I Crossfired it,and tweaked the batteries....mine (SR85 version)might go across the Atlantic!😂
@@chrissofpv3017 let's do it!!!! 🤣😂🤣
@@gmivisualsjason3729 ..👍🍻😁🙏
Gentlemen. I can only apologise for pushing you over the top into another part of the hobby... ;)
@@Painless360 it's not me you should be apologising to.....my Wife has banned me from your channel and being one of your patreons!! 😂😂🤣🤣🤣😂🤣🤣
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I saw this video earlier because I’m a Patreon 😏