DIY RC boat - DIY outboard motor

[@MakerFabio]

www.thingiverse.com/thing:5472509

[@edwardvanhazendonk]

Thanks for sharing, very nice project, kudos on mixing engineering and electeonics. Your son had some very nice time sailing the boat!

[@MakerFabio]

Eheh, yes he gets bored of same toys, so I have to build more

[@AdaPadaKisnePada]

This video gonna boom.

[@MakerFabio]

Hehe hope so, thanks

[@squinja7000]

Absolutely awesome build and how to video! I will subscribe to learn more rc ideas 😊

[@MakerFabio]

Many thanks

[@PurpleNova9]

what a great idea im defiantly making this

[@MakerFabio]

Thanks Let me know the result

[@coryrandolph8501]

This is great. Can you add the file for the anti-ventilation plate you mentioned in the video? Also you mentioned using a 1106 brushless 4200kv motor, is that the same bolt pattern?

[@MakerFabio]

Hi I m now out for holiday Next week i ll check the bolt pattern dimension and let you know And also check on the pc for the anti ventilation plate

[@Landonismo]

wow very cool!

[@carterdavis5176]

This could probably be improved using a motor with a smaller circumference and taller stator

[@MakerFabio]

Thanks, Correct, i already purchased a 1106 brushless 4200kv motor

[@ronliebermann]

Nice project, but these motors are notorious for getting waterlogged. In Thailand, all the boats on the river place the engine on-board, and then run a twenty foot long driveshaft down to the water. No seal, nothing to fail. They put a joystick on the entire V-8 engine block to steer the boat. No rudder either.

[@MakerFabio]

Hi I love the thailand mud motors , so essential. I will build one sooner or later. But I wanted something looking like the motors we have here in Italy. Is now 6 months Im using it at least 3 times per week and the motor is still running smooth with corrosion x and nautical grease. So i really like it and i think is reliable. If it will eventually fail in 1 year (maybe nust the bearing ) i will replace it

[@ronliebermann]

@@MakerFabio Your motor looks great! Keep up the good work. I don’t have enough patience to do what you’re doing!

[@beerforyourhorses3812]

​@@ronliebermannLong tail boats are only fun for a few rides. They are exhausting to control and not every efficient. A mercury outboard will destroy any Longtail mud motor. Outboards are the future in electric and super charged v12s that can bring a 63ft boat to 80mph. Something a mud motor cannot do. Mud motors also need lots of maintenance.

[@ronliebermann]

@@beerforyourhorses3812 Good points. But remember that batteries don’t have much energy. The energy density of gasoline is fifty times higher than a lithium battery. That won’t change anytime soon. And if you add water injection to an engine, the energy density of gasoline is a hundred times higher than batteries. There’s no comparison. With water injection, Detroit engines could easily get eighty miles to the gallon.

[@dextersxxxxlab]

The idea of having motor, receiver and servo all in the same unit is very smart. This way you can power any floating thing within 1 minute into a rc boat. Well done!! Just some idea to make the motor print stronger. Slice the motor over the symetric center line. Now you can print the left and right half separate and glue them together later. This way all layerlines are in the right direction ( over the length of the motor body) and give a much stronger result

[@MakerFabio]

Very good Idea, thanks Maybe i will struggle a little with cleaning support in the center hole , the one for servo. But it is internal so even if it come not too clean it s ok I ll give it a try with a new small 1106 motor i just purchased

[@dextersxxxxlab]

@@MakerFabio Hi, last weekend I did make your outboard the way I told you to by printing two halfs. Works perfectly. Glued together. Works very good and is very strong this way. I had some "problem" with the hole for the tiller arm being blocked by support But with a drill that has been solved quick. The rest of the support will just break away as normal. And If you want you can also make area's in cura were support will not get printed. To do this you first need to tell it to make support. And then you can add little cubes from the menu that you can scale and move. these need to be placed on area's you don't want support so if a hole needs to keep free of support make sure you add a cube that will be bigge than the total volume of the hole and make sure to position the cube in a way that the total hole is inside this cube in 3 directions.

[@coryrandolph8501]

@@dextersxxxxlab Can you share the 3d files in thingyverse that you used.

[@coryrandolph8501]

@@MakerFabio How did the 1106 motor build go?

[@MakerFabio]

@@coryrandolph8501 hi, link in the description, only the ventilation plate is missing because i printed it later

[@c42cly]

Great, I want a small outboard for my rc sailing boat. What prop are you using, or is it a 3d print? What Amps for speed controller?

[@MakerFabio]

Hi All details are in the description

[@maxsfishkeeping1876]

can you have a you make a boat with outboard with a biggger brushless motor

[@MakerFabio]

It could be an idea to scale it up. But at the moment im working on other few projects, soni don t know when i ll do it

[@maxsfishkeeping1876]

@@MakerFabio thank you for replying do you things in cura the slicer can you make it bigger

[@MakerFabio]

@@maxsfishkeeping1876 sure , you have the scale option for each axis Then you can use standard servo instead of micro servo And a bigger motor like a 2212

[@frugu]

bea, sei veneto per caso?

[@MakerFabio]

Yess

[@MakerFabio]

Veneziano

[@alessiom]

Hi, can you ship in Italy printed part? I'd want receive two. thank you

[@MakerFabio]

Ciao Alessio Ti consiglio di scaricare i file step da thingiverse (link nella descrizione) e dartele stampare da un amico, un negozio che vende stampanti 3d , o shapeways. Io sono scarsetto a stampare e non ho mai voglia di andare a spedire la roba

[@alessiom]

@@MakerFabio grazie, chiedevo perché non ho amici che possono stampare

[@MakerFabio]

@@alessiom certo, capisco (effettivamente potevo fare a meno di citare quella opzione) Allora consiglio le altre due opzioni proposte

[@alessiom]

@@MakerFabio grazie

[@rooblegiron9080]

Hola buenos días

[@MakerFabio]

Hola

[@gabpisto680]

Se hai bisogno di aiuto con i disegni in 3d scrivimi 👍

[@MakerFabio]

Grazie pisto! Pensa che mi skno messo a fare dei disegni 3d orrendi per scatole porta sintetizzatore e mini ampli per basso, con fusion 360. Tanto tempo e risultato cosi cosi. Poi per fortuna ho conosciuto un tipo gentile che mi fa i tagli laser in amicizia