Any Radio Control Enthusiasts here??

[ezcome-ezgo]

Build a 50" boat and tell us about it.

 

[Kartorbust]

Wonder if a 50" boat from ABS would be too large to make in a 3D printer as a single piece? Longest Deep V hull I find are 30" or there abouts. You planning on a nitro engine on something that large or dual brushless motors?

 

[Nosandwich]

Build a 50" boat and tell us about it.

No...apparently this is Buy It Yourself RC boat forum.

 

[KingCobra]

I found links with RC boats manufactured as large as 70". What to do, what to do.....

Wonder if a 50" boat from ABS would be too large to make in a 3D printer as a single piece? Longest Deep V hull I find are 30" or there abouts. You planning on a nitro engine on something that large or dual brushless motors?

I doubt it would be cost effective as it could take 5 spools of plastic line

 

[Kartorbust]

So you'd burn through over 5000 feet of plastic for one boat? https://www.matterhackers.com/store...Bf1Hi8x9OcBVoJqp3DLciDY0czzIK5kBoCq8IQAvD_BwE

 

[KingCobra]

So you'd burn through over 5000 feet of plastic for one boat? https://www.matterhackers.com/store...Bf1Hi8x9OcBVoJqp3DLciDY0czzIK5kBoCq8IQAvD_BwE

Hmmmmmm, not too shabby!!

 

[Bwdeaton]

So you'd burn through over 5000 feet of plastic for one boat? https://www.matterhackers.com/store...Bf1Hi8x9OcBVoJqp3DLciDY0czzIK5kBoCq8IQAvD_BwE

But you need ABS which is more difficult to print than PLA. PLA wouldn't do well for a boat hull since it is easily biodegradable and would come apart more easily when exposed to elements. A printer large enough to do it in one piece is also going to be cost prohibitive. It would be cheaper, but more labor, to build a foam mold in the shape you want and then build your own fiberglass hull from it.

 

[Kartorbust]

I noticed that it did say PLA. I did type in ABS and I clicked on that one not thinking too much about it.

 

[KingCobra]

That's ok, we'll market them as 'one pass boats'! After the first pass, we'll just watch them slowly melt into the water...... It'll be fun......

 

[Kartorbust]

Lot more expensive but they do have ABS. https://www.matterhackers.com/store...GGYkNfsv2Pc3NIKw2IpMimyezHKVv12RoC7P8QAvD_BwE

 

[KingCobra]

I can't find this cool boat anywhere!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nbhyp5aGdb4

 

[Kartorbust]

I can't find this cool boat anywhere!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nbhyp5aGdb4

Looks like an RC Zodiac boat. Can't find that exact boat, but the Zodiac rcs do exist at least.

 

[ezcome-ezgo]

Fascinating! Twin engine loud toy. I wonder if Evinrude licensed them to use their name? Speculation? Odds?

 

[Kartorbust]

Could be a custom job and they don't know about it. Ford, GM, Dodge license out some stuff for RCs mostly in the form of car and truck bodies, so it's possible Evinrude did okay this. Will say that Evinrude does make a great boat engine.

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