This time I'm trying something new, making an RC superyacht with depron or foamboard. This yacht model is quite big, about 160 cm or 63 inches length and 11 inches width. Because it made out of foam material, it needs about 3 kg ballast weight to fill the water ballast tanks. At first I was trying to utilize 2 broken servo as its power plant, but abandoned because one of the motor have lower speed than the other. I ended up using inrunner brushless motor with 50A boat ESC. I only use 9 gram plastic servo to drive the rudder. This model really came to life after adding interior details and LED lights. Why I'm using foam board, because I'm a lazy person, I imagine how hard and long hours to cut that plywood, sand it, add putty and sand it again, thanks, maybe next time. If you like this project maybe I will build again another yacht but with 3D printer.
Specs :
1. Length 1600mm / 63 inches
2. Width 280mm / 11 inches
3. Weight without ballast 1675 gram
4. Ballast needed 3000 gram
5. Waterline 85mm from the bottom
Electronics
- Inrunner Brushless motor
- 50A Boat ESC
- Battery Lipo 3S 2200mah
- 9 gram servo (micro servo)
- 13x 12v LED
Materials :
1. 5mm + 3mm Foamboard/ Depron/ Polyfoam
2. 3mm Plywood / PVC foam board
3. 0.1mm Mica Plastic
4. 20% Black Film
5. hot glue, UHU glue, CA glue
6. Oracal 651 vinyl sticker
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