RE: wet motors

["Nick Hoke" <nhoke-at-nksd.wednet.edu>]

Huh? My motors are in the hull, with totally sealed axles to keep the water
out.

Stand by for pictures!



n!ck







-----Original Message-----
From: tanks-admin-at-rctankcombat.com
[mailto:tanks-admin-at-rctankcombat.com]On Behalf Of WJ
Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 9:48 AM
To: tanks-at-rctankcombat.com
Subject: Re: wet motors


Nick, have you decided to mount these motors outside your hull?   It seems
to me it would be better-looking and nicer mechanically to keep the motors
inside?!

Why waste energy, motors and looks for this?


> If you soak the motors in WD-40 first will they still rust if exposed to
> water?
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> 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.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: tanks-admin-at-rctankcombat.com
> [mailto:tanks-admin-at-rctankcombat.com]On Behalf Of Will Montgomery
> Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 6:20 PM
> To: tanks-at-rctankcombat.com
> Subject: Re: fording depth
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> As long as it's fresh water  it will cause no problems . It will just
> slow down the motors down a little bit. Run a motor under is a good my
> to clean out the carbon from the brushes.
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> Will
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> paul.2.needham-at-btconnect.com wrote:
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>> Hi all
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>> Am I right in thinking the motors in my KCM,s [ or any electric motor
>> ] will work ok briefly underwater ie fording a puddle as long as I
>> keep the rest of the electrics excluding the drive battery above the
>> water line ?
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>> So say battery + motors below mudguards , rest of electrics above mud
>> guards , means fording depth is up to mud guards ?
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>> regards Paul , not wanting to have to rescue a heavy and wet tank form
>> a small lake Needham
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