Hi Antony

 

A lot of big questions here so please give us some time to get all the answers together,

 

Paul

Forgive me for recycling this answer :-

 http://www.modelboats.co.uk/forums/postings.asp?th=23852 and I would add

Google search the name “John Cundell” and look at the Amazon links.

 

Exhibition season is starting.Ask someone to have a look inside their Revell Snowberry.

 

Yes! there is bound to be one or two.

Radio Control in Model Boats (Fourth Edition) By John Cundell ;
 available from our “featured retailer”  Hobby store (look right)

 is selling this tome for a tenner.   Should answer all and any questions. HOWEVER I should imaging very light components are needed for the Snowberry. (available in any good r/c type modelshop).  Ashley.

Antony

 

I’m in the process of converting a Revell Snowberry at the present time.  I found that a Google search on RC conversion Revell Snowberry produced a number of articles, some on the motor, prop etc, some on improving the detail of the model.

 

Don’t know if I have the battery size, prop, motor right yet until I get it in the test tank (paddling pool) in the Summer (or at least a warm Spring).  I have used a Futaba RX and Action ESC, Power Distribution Board etc as these are quite light.  I must be mad as I am trying to get 2 of the guns to rotate etc.  One of the articles on the net used a 6volt 4 amp lead acid battery and sailed ok so I am hoping the hull will take a reasonable amount of weight and the superstructure is quite light.

 

I think that some of the bits in the kit will need to be amended slightly or beefed up to take the rigours of getting a model to the water.

 

Tim

  Hi Anthony, regular forum readers will be remarking how quiet it is from the Plymouth end of the scale. As a self taught radio modeller, I advise you to go about your task in a logical and methodical way It helps to understand the tools you have to work with, and to start you off, I will tell you that the devices that operate your controls are called servo’sThese devices faithfully follow the moves the controller  9you)makes on the control sticks on the transmitter  THese can be either the rudder or the throttle. I assume you know the operation of those two, so I won’t insult your intelligence by reducing this to words of one syllable. Each servo has a movement of approximately 90 degrees in each direction, and you can couple the servo arm to rudder or whatever by a mechanical link which could be a piece of wire or a piece of wood with a coupling at each end to transfer the movement. For a throttle, you have a range of commercial speed controllers available through good model shops or mail order through adverts in  a quality magazine like Model Boats if you would like a copy of my simple guide to radio control, send me your e-mail address in a message by clicking on message member at the base of my article. I can also send many useful drawings if you have any problems.

 Good luck……………………….Mike  Davidson