I guess you’re right there, but I’m just throwing out what I’m planning ahead. But I think first “port of call” would be the frigate. It’s a twin prop and has been a runner. My dad bought it from his friend last year, but acquired it without any electrics. Am I ok to assume I can use any of my car transmitters and recievers for boats?

Thanks Martin, fancy seeing you here! I’ve got a few brushless and brushed setups for cars, so I could try one of those out in the diva. I don’t really understand how a twin motor setup works though.. My dad’s has two escs and brushless motors. Can I use one esc? Or should I splash out on a powerful setup for the frigate? It might just be easier if you guys could tell me how you would set the boats up and I could start looking for equipment from there?

Thanks for the link Dave, exactly the information I’m looking for. The boat is 51″ in length and beam is 9″.

Ok, I plugged my car reciever in to the boat, set it up and everything works. The props counter rotate too. It’s been in the bath (only just fits) and seems to be working very well. One question have though guys, what type of oil/grease should I put down the tubes to the props? I have white grease, should I syringe that down each one? Sorry for the million questions, I was getting ahead of myself and I thought my dad had bought this as a project shell, not realising it was pretty much ready to go!..

Thanks Ashley, I certainly don’t want to add pollutants, but a drop of oil might be the way. Would a 3in1 type oil suffice? My main concern was wearing parts or damaging anything through not being lubed.

Edited By stewart rogers on 08/05/2016 21:29:12

Sounds like a plan to me, I’ll check them out. I’ve got a lot to learn about boats