yoodoo Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 I have aquired a boar with no rudder but two screws.Now the way the boat steers is one prop turn faster than the other but I have searched the net and there is no ESC that can do this......or is there?? I have pondered with the idea of a single screw and a rudder but that would spoil the scale appearance.Can anyone shed light on this? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan_bench10 Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Your esc has nothing to do with that mate the Esc powers the reciever which in turn sends power to the servos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoodoo Posted August 29, 2014 Author Share Posted August 29, 2014 Your esc has nothing to do with that mate the Esc powers the reciever which in turn sends power to the servos No,an ESC is an Electronic Speed Control.It powers the the motors.A BEC ,Battery Eliminator Circuit powers the receiver in most cases,this normally is built into the speed controller although you can get external ones.I think you are thinking about nitro powered vehicles where they don't need speed controllers. Thanks for the reply anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasonoram Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 I have a similar problem with a bait boat. I have twin impellers but the control system seems to be bespoke for the bait boat. I have been told a ACTion P94 lite will do what you want it acts as a mixer, there web site is very good and it does show you the various layout of the bits needed. Just google action electronics you should find it Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoodoo Posted September 28, 2014 Author Share Posted September 28, 2014 Thanks Jason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGR Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 Just restoring a boat myself and come across the same questions. Take a read of this and look at the Mtroniks VTail Mixer for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamiyacowboy Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 Mtroniks Viper2 the above speed control will hand dual 27 turn motors , the above esc is fitted with four output motor pos and neg leads. http://www.mtroniks.net/cat/Boat-Speed-Controls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim4848 Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 Hope you don't mind me hijacking this old post but it sounds exactly what I want to do. I have a very old Monteleone boat from about 1975 that I want to customise. It has two propellors with their own motors. It was controlled via a long cable and it could be steered by pressing buttons on the handset. It didn't even have reverse so if it went too far and I couldn't steer it to turn round, I had to pull the boat back using the cable! My father did fit a switch to the handset which allowed it to reverse the motors. What I want to do is customise it so it is properly radio remote controlled. I have limited experience with an FTX Carnage brushless car and want to be able to use a similar set up on the boat. I would like to use the existing motors but don't know their power/voltages (yet) or even if they still work after 44 years. This isn't essential though and would be happy to use two new motors. I envisage using a transmitter similar to the one that comes with the FTX Carnage (a steering wheel and trigger). Steering with the wheel obviously and the trigger to go forwards, brake and reverse. Bearing in mind that the steering wheel would need to increase power to the appropriate motor as there is no rudder and I don't want to add a rudder. The boat doesn't need to go fast! I've heard that I need to be able to set up "mixing" but if this means having to buy an expensive transmitter, I may just scrap the idea completely. Could I do all this simply by purchasing the cheapest RC boat from Modelsport (the Volantex RC Tumbler for £35)? Or will I need two ESCs, two motors (maybe even buy two Volantex RC Tumblers?). Will the receiver need to be more advanced? I will try and put photos on here. Thanks in anticipation of any help Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim4848 Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 Photos of a 1970s Monteleone Torpedo boat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Peacock Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 In case anyone is still interested in this, it's easy to achieve with a hacked Flysky GT3B/C. Two normal ESCs, one in channel 1 and one in channel 2 then follow the guides for setting up DIG steering. Firmware and manual can be found at http://www.overkillrc.com/GT3B/GT3B-Firmware/0-6-1/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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