sea queen power plants
Hello Colin,
The Sea Queen I am restoring is about the same age as yours.
It has a Torpedo 850 fitted, and with 12v SLA's, it will plane - with the 'right' propeller.
Beneath the new wood that it's last owner added - to mount the Torpedo motor upon...
...are the original mountings for the rusty old Taycol Supermarine that was removed - unnecessarily !
Whilst restoring the model, I am lightening it quite a bit.
For example - the fitted handrails are from 6mm BRASS bar !
The cabin roofs are built up from 4mm thick ply - each weighs over 5 ounces !
As with my Fireboat - I will make new roofs - from balsa.
They are not structural - and do not need to be elephant-proof - like a Tonka ! 😉
Those two changes will alone reduce the hull weight by about 1/2lb.
When I am done, I shall be fitting a new Taycol Supermarine motor, suitably equipped with the necessaries for modern R/C operation.
The lower waterline will be remedied by adding extra battery capacity, if necessary, after adding that brass lump.
Keven. 😊
The Sea Queen I am restoring is about the same age as yours.
It has a Torpedo 850 fitted, and with 12v SLA's, it will plane - with the 'right' propeller.
Beneath the new wood that it's last owner added - to mount the Torpedo motor upon...
...are the original mountings for the rusty old Taycol Supermarine that was removed - unnecessarily !
Whilst restoring the model, I am lightening it quite a bit.
For example - the fitted handrails are from 6mm BRASS bar !
The cabin roofs are built up from 4mm thick ply - each weighs over 5 ounces !
As with my Fireboat - I will make new roofs - from balsa.
They are not structural - and do not need to be elephant-proof - like a Tonka ! 😉
Those two changes will alone reduce the hull weight by about 1/2lb.
When I am done, I shall be fitting a new Taycol Supermarine motor, suitably equipped with the necessaries for modern R/C operation.
The lower waterline will be remedied by adding extra battery capacity, if necessary, after adding that brass lump.
Keven. 😊