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Title: Re: My rowboat.
Post by: frazer heslop on August 02, 2019, 03:54:17 pm

See you on modder marra
keep well

Title: Re: My rowboat.
Post by: Stilldrillin on August 02, 2019, 03:14:50 pm

Quote from: frazer heslop on July 23, 2019, 12:23:32 pm

I remember talking to a guy at the Harrogate model show who had two skeletons in the boat it used a pic for control

This one, Frazer?

https://youtu.be/0nHn1WIIG2s

Title: Re: My rowboat.
Post by: frazer heslop on August 02, 2019, 11:15:05 am

Guess no link available
Ok I get the message
cheers

Title: Re: My rowboat.
Post by: Dr.Rev.DelmarMacReady on July 24, 2019, 09:03:38 pm

I like this boat- serene and quiet without the scream of a tiny electric motor. Very cool.

Title: Re: My rowboat.
Post by: Hero on July 24, 2019, 08:43:39 pm

Unusual and amusing. Thanks for the look.

Title: Re: My rowboat.
Post by: Steamloco on July 23, 2019, 12:53:34 pm

Totally different from any regular RC boat! Excellent control of direction, especially going from forward to reverse and back so quickly.

Title: Re: My rowboat.
Post by: frazer heslop on July 23, 2019, 12:23:32 pm

Do you have a link to the makers site for the electronics
I remember talking to a guy at the Harrogate model show who had two skeletons in the boat it used a pic for control
The original model was built for use in a film I think a Wind in the Willows type
Very nice work congratulation
cheers

Title: Re: My rowboat.
Post by: Roscoe on July 23, 2019, 07:41:52 am

That made me chuckle Tom, it’s pretty cool I could play it all day.

Title: Re: My rowboat.
Post by: Stoker on July 21, 2019, 10:55:46 am

Didn't mislead anyone Tom ... I just wanted to know how it was done. If just straight linkage from two transmitter controls, I would assume you would be a very busy operator, with the chance for a lot of confusion ... but still doable once you get your coordination down, much like tank driving!

However it is being done .... it is Very, Very COOL!!!

Title: Re: My rowboat.
Post by: Kmot on July 21, 2019, 01:24:56 am

I hope I didn't mislead anyone! There is an electronic controller that interprets the stick movements (fwd, rev, left, right) and then makes the appropriate action to the oars servo motors. It was designed and assembled by a gent in the UK and he named it the "Rowbot". It's a tiny black box.

But all the servo assembly, and control rods etc, you must build yourself.

I always wanted an RC rowboat, and was thrilled to build this one for myself. :)

Title: Re: My rowboat.
Post by: classixs on July 20, 2019, 05:19:39 am

So cool, thanks for sharing !

I assume that it is programmed, to be operated by a standard controller, with forward, reverse and left, right found on single pins...or do you have to work each oar separately yourself?

Title: Re: My rowboat.
Post by: Nick on July 19, 2019, 04:37:36 pm

Quote from: Stoker on July 19, 2019, 12:24:34 am

Good question Nick .... I'd like to see the operator in operation!

Yes we need a split-screen video showing the operator in action  ;)

Title: Re: My rowboat.
Post by: txlabman on July 19, 2019, 12:27:53 pm

This is so cool!

Thanks for the pictures and video.

Title: Re: My rowboat.
Post by: jerseysteam on July 19, 2019, 12:16:37 pm

Gets my vote for coolest thing I've seen in quite some time!

Title: Re: My rowboat.
Post by: St Paul Steam on July 19, 2019, 11:11:01 am

That is so neat Tom ,the Ingenuity of people never ceases to amaze me 😉👍

Title: Re: My rowboat.
Post by: oilfield_steam on July 19, 2019, 10:36:03 am

Driverless cars... why not rowerless row boats?

Nicely done Tom.

Title: Re: My rowboat.
Post by: jkbixby on July 19, 2019, 06:35:46 am

That's a great boat! Really agile but I'll bet it took some practice when you first started.

Title: Re: My rowboat.
Post by: IndianaRog on July 19, 2019, 05:31:17 am

That is awesome...what a great little performer on the water.  Bravo.

Rog

Title: Re: My rowboat.
Post by: Stoker on July 19, 2019, 12:24:34 am

Now that's something you definitely don't see just everyday!

How nice is that!?!?

Good question Nick .... I'd like to see the operator in operation!

Title: Re: My rowboat.
Post by: Nick on July 18, 2019, 11:40:18 pm

That is the coolest rc boat I have seen!!  8)

Is it hard to paddle?

Title: My rowboat.
Post by: Kmot on July 18, 2019, 11:06:36 pm

Handmade from a Midwest kit, with all scratch built linkages, etc.

https://youtu.be/qWdHGFU-FFA