Re: wet motors

[Bill Hamilton <seeker-at-phoenyx.net>]

On Wed, 9 Jun 2004, Nick Hoke wrote:

> If you soak the motors in WD-40 first will they still rust if exposed to
> water?
>
I'm pretty sure if you soak the moters in WD-40, they'll rust whether you
expose them to water or not.  It's a water-based lubricant designed to get
into and break up rust.  It's not a sealant.


> There are a lot of warship modeling clubs around where the players/hobbyists
> shoot at each others' warships (several feet long scale models) with bb guns
> in the ship's turrets. They make their hulls intentionally thin so enough
> rounds
> in the right places will sink a ship, I guess the game is no fun if there's
> not
> boats sinking. I've looked at the websites and it seems that water damage
> to the electronics inside is no big deal, they just patch the hulls, get out
> a hair dryer to dry the inside, and send them back out into battle.
>


My understanding on these is that all the electronics are in a waterproof
box within the hull.  Nothing electrical gets wet unless something goes
particularly wrong.  However, there are plenty of people here who know
more about the hobby than I do, seing as this hobby was invented by a
group of RC warship people.  :)


-Bill Hamilton