Building RC Boat from Non-RC kit...

[birdie]

I bought myself one of these http://www.stanbridges.com.au/index.cfm/shop.p17563 today from Toyworld to get myself started in the RC boats... I went in to talk to the guys as i have a 27T 540 Motor and speedie left over from my Wheely King crawler (as i converted it to a Novak Brushless Crawler System), so i thought of building a a boat with it and the spare servo and radio gear i have...

I think the 540 will be probably too big for it... But i thought it would be a good starting point even if i just use the plans (upscaled a bit) to build a more suitable one at a later stage...

Now the boat comes with a motor... but no speedie... could i use the WK Speedie?

Anyone got any comments or suggestions?

[Daveo]

I think the wheelie king speed will work, the problem will be with cooling. the boat has a closed hatch wich does not allow good air flow. if you could rig up a water cooling system that would help, or traxxas uses a reall big heat sink on the villian. that boat according to the web site is 15 inches long. I think a 540 wit a direct drive will work good. Got to offshore electrics (http://www.offshoreelectrics.com/) they have lots of stuff for building boats there.