elictric motors

[John HarveyParticipant @johnharvey28677]

Hi can you help …….. i have built a monster boat at 2.1 mtrs long …its based on a sealine motor boat with fly deck……..i need to know what engines  would be good for this….electric motors are what i had in mind but i need 2 with a lot of power

The props are 11inch and the blades are 75 mm  thanks jh

[Paul Millers 1Participant @paulmillers1]

John,  you could try Phil Locke. Phil and his mate Ian rework buggy motors to run off 36v for the speedline 1/12 scale Severn Life Boat, I have just purchaced a pair for mine. There is a vidio of his Severn on 48v going at a hell of a lick, hope this is of help.

[JC Uknz 1Participant @jcuknz1]

You could also look at windscreen motors off older cars which will work off 12v batteries, freinds I know use the 7.2Ah batteries that I use to power their boats … we recycle the batteries rejected by communications gear.  Some [most] are AOK for model use.

If you want to go petrol then there are the weedeater motors [30cc and 22cc]which we use to power our quarter scale jetboats but you would need a gearbox to split the power into the twin props?  Our boats when properly tuned go faster than older members can handle

[John HarveyParticipant @johnharvey28677]

thanks for that  i will look into it  i will get in touch if i get stuck  thanks again jh

[John HarveyParticipant @johnharvey28677]

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