Lake Adventure With Radio Controlled Electric Tugboat

I motorized a Tuggy sandbox last year, then the state told me it's not a legal boat! So Instead, I made it an R/C toy, that just happens to tow other boats! We took Tuggy out for a trip on the lake recently and it works great to tow around multiple kayaks!
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[@VariXx]

Alternate title: "The origin story behind Minnesota DNR's remote controlled watercraft size limit"

[@zerodoinkthirty0]

😭😂😂😂

[@Vtarngpb]

Gabe, when you do decide to take on the Mississippi, you should definitely build yourself a “miniature” sand barge, complete with sand from sandland, folding lawn chair, cooler, and umbrella! 😂😂😂 🏖️💺🍺

[@rubenskiii]

Honestly, Sandland could probably pull of getting a real one.

[@nathanlewis5682]

Next episode of saveitforparts. Build a RC submarine to look for the wrist watch that fell in the water.

[@saveitforparts]

I actually have a homemade ROV submarine, it's just slightly broken too :-P

[@wadeduvall7026]

@@saveitforparts Of course.

[@mikemainer3009]

Excellent! LOL!

[@PU7MZD]

Nice to see Little Timmy/Tommy/Billy/Bobby happy and healthy just sailling around

[@TheCaptainSlappy]

He got my sub. Creepy dumpster kid though. I do want to see him do some bobber fishing. RIP WATCH.

[@paul-vw2ey]

Im Pretty Sure, 👍 hes Called Jimmy not Timmy

[@Stories_on_the_go]

Great to see you care more about Little Jimmy by ensuring that he is wearing a life vest, than your own!

[@saveitforparts]

I have a fanny pack life vest thing, not the best if I hit my head but it satisfies the legal requirement :-P

[@ookamitsubasa]

Love the satellite antenna videos, but for some reason Tuggy fills my heart with joy

[@kameljoe21]

Tuggy is cool. Seen some other videos where people build them as well. One day someone with some fiberglass skills is going to build a full size tuggy with a big motor on it and it will be wicked cool!

[@DreamState71822]

Best FUN r\c I have seen in a long time. I mean yeah most r\c vehiclees are a blast to use but this one would just be the childhood to adult vunhaver that absolutely covers all things childhood backyard fun thrown on to a body of water. I really did enjoy having a sandbox to play in 50 years ago.

[@athf226]

This feels like the loophole in the episode of King of the Hill where they delivered propane by towing propane trucks since they didn't have the required licenses to drive the propane trucks.

[@paul-vw2ey]

🤣🤣 Imagine being Pulled Over, by **The Water Police** and You See **Little Jimmy** 👹 is **The Senior Sergeant** Piloting Tuggy the Boat. OMG, I Would Take Off at 💯Mph

[@superdoesthings]

**Ha ha** 😂🤣😅 That🫵 is🙊 so😝😜funny🤣😂😅😅

[@CandyGramForMongo_]

Beer is my trolling motor. 😂

[@jesperwall839]

😂🤣🤣

[@UnitSe7en]

One day Americans will learn how to pronounce different letters and the rest of the world will finally learn the difference between trawl and troll.

[@saveitforparts]

Fun fact I used to troll (fishing) commercially, and knew some people who trawled. And yes they're pronounced differently :-)

[@hyperverbal]

The watch is so close to the shoreline you could make something to find it 😉

[@davelister796]

He should be able to dumpster-dive an old metal detector, if he doesn't already have one. 🙂

[@mindshelfpro]

Go make a video of finding your watch and other metal detector finds in the lake!

[@antoineroquentin2297]

Remote controlled submarine!

[@squishthecad]

At this point i wish there was Tuggy merch. Would appreciate to see more of this "boat like not boat structure"

[@cwtrain]

"The electronics box is not on fire, which is always a plus." You are technically correct, the best kind of correct.

[@kenneth6731]

You took Meshtastic on a Plane. Take it on the lake! Tuggy node lol. Sorry about the watch, Thanks for the fun.

[@LazloNQ]

A little magnet fishing will get your fitbit back.

[@nathanlewis5682]

@LazloNQ call up Dani Dip. He's here on KZbin. He does those magnet fishing vids.

[@discingaround]

This channel is SO fun and random. Half the time I have no idea what you're tinkering with or what equipment does what, but the way you just have fun with it all is pretty entertaining. Thanks for showing us some great imagination and laughs.

[@erichaan770]

That first time you layed on the horn killed me 😂

[@kartwood]

Are you going to recover your Fitbit?

[@Freddisred]

It would be great if he put a little salvage crane on the tugboat

[@ns219000]

Ain't no compliance, quite like malicious compliance! 🤣

[@user-jt5vm3mi1w]

Glad you had fun

[@Electronzap]

Very cool, I'm also Minnesotan. Haven't been on the water in decades, but have been wanting to expand my electronics hobby into making large remote control boats.

[@Rouverius]

Cool, a relay based H-Bridge. Nice! F in Chat for the Fitbit tho. Yikes!

[@Tech-NO-City]

That watch went exactly where it belongs.

[@dmacpher]

RCTestflight collab coming soon? 😂

[@KRich408]

The creative ways to circumvent stupid laws 😂😂😂😂 building a remote tug instead ❤

[@k.o.0]

Gabe, as an RC guy, your ESC will fry unless it is properly cooled. Air cooled works for planes, but for boats that have it sealed (yours in the ammo box) you need to attach the ESC to a metal water cooled jacket with one side inlet behind the propeller to bring the water in. You will need to lower your ammo box, otherwise the water will have to fight the height differential. Happy it worked this time but beware it will fail due mosfets overheating.

[@swrekcfest]

Nice workaround with the tugboat 😂 👌

[@bigron761]

7:10 put a grainy black&white filter on and you've got the Loch Ness Monster.

[@Mosfet510]

Good to see zombie boy back at the wheel! 🤣I bet you'll notice that the voltage will sag a lot less over time with the lipos's, and the esc for a brushed motor can handle a lot more than the relays, and it uses pwm for speed control, so they stay fairly cool/warm and shouldn't bbq. I have a Flysky i6x, it's does a great job and isn't expensive, if you want to change remotes. Good video, looking forward to the others 👍

[@SulfuronBGS]

Hey Gabe, sorry about the watch! Been there, done that. I know that horrible feeling of dread when you lose something expensive far too well. Lol.

[@xyzabc4574]

I still think the DNR is full of it too. Also fun to think that if they had just let you do your thing, Tuggy might be collecting dust in a ToDo pile by now.

[@PeteWord]

Really fun video. Tuggy towing you folks is hilarious.

[@TSGEnt]

Keep the battery charged with solar panels! The horn toot was pretty cool. The DNR(?) is full of it. They are programed to collect dollars.

[@UnitSe7en]

Speed controllers have a safety lockout to prevent you powering up at full throttle. Generally you have to bring the throttle to zero or perform some sequence of stick movements before it will accept input after powering on. Read the instructions that came with your speed control.

[@cj-8800-i]

Maybe legal, the best kind of legal

[@_Doguru]

Looking forward to seeing this happen on the Mississippi River 🎉

[@kneel1]

lol RIP the fitbit. That worked amazingly well! Thanks for yet again another video reminding me that I am, in fact, not smart, and that I should be doing totally different things with my life!

[@saveitforparts]

I'm not smart either, but I can duct tape random junk together!

[@RinoaL]

This is a classic video.

[@rubenskiii]

Dude i respect your upload schedule so much, holy cow every video is great. Warm greetings from the Netherlands🇳🇱.

[@antoineroquentin2297]

That works surprisingly well!

[@abuuba653]

Well done! Enjoyed the video very much. Go Go Tuggy Tugboat!! I remember those.

[@x_CrossHair_x]

Safety first.. (At least Tuggy Won't Drown).. Wearing a Life Jacket. 👍

[@jcepek59]

Love that "tug cam"!

[@gentlemanhk]

Sorry for your Watch, but maybe is good occasion to build some fancy search submarine!

[@SawdustSoftwareSiliconChippy]

Awesome. I would like to see a Halloween special, with the Zombi child. Think it would be a great seasonally inspired project 😆

[@michaellichter4091]

Such a remote-controlled toy boat is really a fine thing. The doll looks a bit like Chucky, I always hear "Chucky boat." Those are very nice batteries, they have the right capacity for the boat. If you connect both in parallel, it should last for many hours to chase the sea monster. The prices for LFP cells are currently dropping, so there should be affordable batteries on the market in the future.

[@scottw.8614]

If THIS video doesn’t go viral with 9.9 million views, then we know KZbin isn’t working properly!!!! Awesome episode!

[@RobsNeighbor]

I love the boat videos! Our dinghy is down at the moment hoping to get on the water soon!

[@willtheham1]

Super cool! Now strap a TV on there and watch some north korean tv! 😂

[@TradieTrev]

You are pumping out the vids mate!

[@georgeblair7129]

Love your creepy pilot!

[@ace_life7079]

It is so cool, dude.Just keep going.I love this stuff

[@ace_life7079]

Tuggy tugboat t shirts please

[@mrnevinmathews]

funny how the mannequin has the life jacket and gabe does not 😂

[@p-196]

Now, you have a Water Train

[@bryan1957-y5o]

2:02 on the algorithm pic, I thought you were on the water with a sweetheart ,lol

[@saveitforparts]

The whole family went out, including our zombie dumpster son 😂

[@The0retical]

Malicious compliance is my favorite type of compliance.

[@bensmith4563]

I prefer non compliance in this kind of situation

[@DetroitMicroSound]

Lil Johnny. 🤣

[@stephano6793]

I think your watch was recoverable....

[@mikemainer3009]

Didn't think you could top your talking outhouse, but you did. One thing you might wantbto consider is a charge controller so you can monitor you battery level.

[@TheMorningIWokeUpDead]

second time today I laugh my ass off. It would be horrible if the tuggy went rogue .D

[@kuglepen64]

New episode: Unmanned under-water search and rescue vehicle.

[@DonnyLA]

Absolutely awesome vid Gabe 👍 nice one 👍 I wonder what would happen if you hooked up 4 motors to a boat and overclocked it to destruction? How fast could it go?

[@saveitforparts]

Might try two trolling motors on a kayak. They aren't really designed for speed though, more for torque/thrust on heavy boats, so I'm not really sure about top speed.

[@superman60201]

Now 3d print a benchy and use that as your tug.

[@Alex2OC]

Trolling the System 😂

[@Israelischer_Bobfahrer]

Magnet fish for the watch! Would be a nice video :D

[@fotografm]

Brilliant !!!

[@_mrcrypt]

That looked hella fun, you guys! 🍷🤣🏴‍☠️

[@RNMSC]

So for stearing you were using a relay switched h-bridge, and may be using that again, perhaps with higher capacity relays... (Mentally trying to remember if we use a capacitor or resistor (or combination which doesn't sound right) to reduce arcing, which might affect functionality.)

[@bunnysparklzbunnytime5117]

I was out in my canoe today peddling along thinking about adding an electric motor to turn my paddlewheels. I wonder if doing that you could consider that a trolling motor

[@F1rst0raft]

Doesn’t surprise me one bit that MN DNR want you to register it. You have to register a stand up paddle board for Pete’s sake.

[@suomi35]

Now use your submarine robot to go get the watch back!

[@superdoesthings]

Great video! I would love to see you try to get a signal from NOAA’s newest weather satellite, NOAA 20 or jpss-1

[@wooopdiwoowoo2247]

bro i truly love you

[@Cameronsutubes]

Need to get some battery clamps stop the wires getting to hot . WIN !

[@saveitforparts]

Yeah I had clamps for car batteries, but the fancy Lithium batteries use a different size terminal!

[@napalmholocaust9093]

Might negate your kayak registration by having them not powered by a person. I've read about it for sails in the watercraft book my state puts out.. I can't add one without paying the higher regular boat registration vs the almost nothing one for "human powered only".

[@gamestechvideos]

Wire the two batteries in parallel to just get more capacity and not needing to switch them yourself.

[@saveitforparts]

I kind of like the remind that it's time to switch batteries, that way I know when I need to turn around!

[@MAGGOT_VOMIT]

Tuggy is awesome!! Welp, Hurricane Milton was a nothing-burger. Dang it!! I wrote my name on my leg for nothin'!!

[@DelanAbbas]

Press F to pay respects to the watch

[@DelanAbbas]

F

[@Vtarngpb]

F

[@lambo_drives]

5:35 (psst Gabe you don’t need to worry about that now) 😢 RIP watch 😢

[@stepdg]

You've been on fire lately!

[@LazloNQ]

Maybe this could be a poopy tuggy!?!?!

[@YuNherd]

I vote for his name Little Chuck 😉

[@LifeontheWater]

this is gonna be big

[@EvoWatches]

Who’s the camera man?

[@bootinnj]

change out the zombie kid for a christmas tree/turkey/apprpriate holiday deco and then give it an anchor with anchor control and some remote sensing operations such as a remote weather station windspeeds temp humidity and the such as or a live cam of the lake. or even better an underwater cam for fish in the river/lake. all kinds of cool stuff to do with a remote on the water station platform you have created

[@zaprodk]

The speed controller needs to be calibrated for minimum and maximum throttle. Without this it will not arm as it would be dangerous if you powered it on with throttle enabled. The manual for the ESC will tell you how to do calibrate it.

[@zenmark42]

I'm surprised you could keep the video on track after losing the fitbit. I would have immediately started fishing for it.

[@gogglesfpv7986]

yes! dude thank you for this!

[@kaboom4679]

Used to be in most places that small craft below a certain horsepower rating were exempt from registration . Then they got greedy AF .

[@Badg0r]

Another great video

[@KD2HJP]

Tuggy!

[@LazloNQ]

So if you ride on your radio control boat, then it has to be registered?

[@saveitforparts]

Apparently!

[@ve3meumc704]

Better the fit bit in the lake anyhow. Tuggie 3.0 FTW

[@jameshackett9992]

Needs a puff puff smoke machine funnel

[@sparky5860]

Bummer about your watch…. But a major success on the boat… Cool video…..

[@Grundlecheeze666]

I feel like the zombie in your boat

[@davelister796]

Do you need to register with the DNR a battery operated snow mobile?

[@cole2023]

Rescue the Fitbit