Remote control lego boats/ships

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Hello all!

I am starting a new project soon , once I get a big enough ship hull, to create a remote control ship! I am just wondering whether the sun would intefer with the IR remote control, and if it does, how would I control it?

[Brickdoctor]

I doubt it. Plenty of people run their PF MOCs outdoors all the time.

[Follows Closely]

I would be more concerned about making it float. How are you going to do that?

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I would be more concerned about making it float. How are you going to do that?

http://www.yogee.com.au/lego-7994-city-harbor-p-658.html

Meet the container ship, a quick trip on Ebay should sort that out. I will then add only the necessary powerfunctions bricks like battery box,motors etc and if it looks like it can hold quite a bit more then I will create an actual ship design (or just put Brickbeard's bounty on top and pray for the best ;)

[Brickdoctor]

http://www.yogee.com.au/lego-7994-city-harbor-p-658.html

Meet the container ship, a quick trip on Ebay should sort that out. I will then add only the necessary powerfunctions bricks like battery box,motors etc and if it looks like it can hold quite a bit more then I will create an actual ship design (or just put Brickbeard's bounty on top and pray for the best ;)

Brickbeard's Bounty will be much too top-heavy. And BTW, you might want to invest in some universal joints for propulsion, since water and PF electronics aren't the greatest combination.

[Ralph_S]

Been there, done that, got the T-shirt

It isn't pretty, but it was fun!

Cheers,

Ralph

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Been there, done that, got the T-shirt

It isn't pretty, but it was fun!

Cheers,

Ralph

Much appreciated, can you tell me what Power Function pieces you used?

[Ralph_S]

It was a quick and dirty build. We'd had a barbecue with a few beers and felt like doing something a bit silly after we were finished eating . We used two M-motors, a large battery box, a single IR receiver and a remote control (obviously). The reason why we used two M-motors was because we used them to drive two props, which by driving them at different speeds gave us (some) directional control without the need for a rudder. We prevented water from getting to the motors by driving the props through a chain drive.

The biggest issue that we had was that we didn't have a suitable prop. The ones we intended to use didn't work. Perhaps their shape/ the speed at which we drove them isn't actually suitable for use in water. Without getting too technical, while they may be nice scale replicas of a real propeller, this actually means that on the smaller scale they are unlikely to work. Instead we used bugger props, which -frankly- looked a bit ridiculous. they also picked up rather a lot of weeds!

DSCN3335 by Lego Monster, on Flickr

The

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It was a quick and dirty build. We'd had a barbecue with a few beers and felt like doing something a bit silly after we were finished eating . We used two M-motors, a large battery box, a single IR receiver and a remote control (obviously). The reason why we used two M-motors was because we used them to drive two props, which by driving them at different speeds gave us (some) directional control without the need for a rudder. We prevented water from getting to the motors by driving the props through a chain drive.

The biggest issue that we had was that we didn't have a suitable prop. The ones we intended to use didn't work. Perhaps their shape/ the speed at which we drove them isn't actually suitable for use in water. Without getting too technical, while they may be nice scale replicas of a real propeller, this actually means that on the smaller scale they are unlikely to work. Instead we used bugger props, which -frankly- looked a bit ridiculous. they also picked up rather a lot of weeds!

DSCN3335 by Lego Monster, on Flickr

The

Very clever, all I need is another battery box and IR reciever (Used the other ones on my Emerald Night)

[Milan]

halfpenguinhalflego, take a look at THIS, too.

Regarding running PFs outside on the sunlight, they may show shorter operable distance (distance between controller and receiver), than when operated indoor.

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halfpenguinhalflego, take a look at THIS, too.

Regarding running PFs outside on the sunlight, they may show shorter operable distance (distance between controller and receiver), than when operated indoor.

Ah very nice, I also found out that the current hull I have is too small I made a test and it nearly sunk in the tub! Lucky I grabbed it before any damage was made.