Carol Moran

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What a great little tug! Always good to see a new ship hitting the water, Some barges would be a very cool addition... Tugs look their best when working.

eace: ps... congrats on the servo motor, Always better to raid the bits box rather then the bank account!

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Dumas does make an upgrade to their servo idea. It is a 4.8 volt motor. You can find them on e bay or get one from Dumas. If that isn't to your liking than any small motor will do. Your not looking for a speedboat just a nice scale speed for a tug. I hope this helps some.

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Thanks for all your encouraging remarks. Maybe I'll build myself a barge, but not sure if my little motor/prop has enough HP to pull much. Hope to find out in "sea trials" on our little lake this weekend. I do have a couple of old 6v and 12v motors, but they seem like overkill for this size boat.

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Carol Moran Sea Trials

Here's a couple of photos from Carol Moran "sea trials."

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Carol Moran Propulsion

Here's an update on propulsion for Carol Moran. The modified servo worked after a fashion, but didn't develop enough torque to overcome the shaft friction. I installed a large Dumas 6v motor and controller which I happened to have. Although this took up all available space (see photo), I now have power and speed to spare. Anybody have any plans for a simple barge I could build to tow?

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That is certainly a compact little installation. A shame the servo motor didn't work and I'm surprised as I use servo motors to drive my Revel u-boat through 10" shafts.

Anyway, as you say, you do need a bit of power in hand for those unforseen manoeuvres by other vessels.

As for a barge have a look at the Springer Tugs section of modelboatmayhem.com forum where I posted a series of pictures of a modern fuel barge which would be very straightforward to make.

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Carol Moran to the Rescue!

Here's a link to a video showing Carol Moran performing a simulated rescue of a much larger boat. With the 6v motor and 3-blade brass prop, she really has some towing power!

Rescue Tugboat - RC Groups

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Hi, im new to this forumn. I recently bought my first RC, which is this Carol Moran, but i ran into some (similar?) trouble with the modified servo. It spins slowly on a dry test, and in a bin of water it doesn't really turn at all, as in it turns so utterly slowly that it does not propel the boat. I read something about trouble overcoming friction with the fuel tubing but Chuck, could you tell me exactly what your electronics hookup is? Ive never used a motor before but it cant be too hard to figure out right?