Bancroft PT-596 Patrol Boat - RTR

[RSRN]

Good afternoon Rascal,
Just checked my boat and the ESC is in the position you noted,appearing in the nicad position. How do you actually change the position, how do you move the jumper. Also do I need to notify the company of this for warranty or the like. Thanks very much for your advice

Michael

[Rascal76]

I have talked with Motion. They don't have the manual for this speed control. I was told to set it to LiPo but I have no input on that as the ESC was already damaged.
We are running LiPos, I have to believe that the jumper should be set to LiPo.
The other one is still a mystery to me. I can say that except for the speed control frying out the boat controlled property while it ran.

Alpha are you out there. Any input on this one?

All that being said I would advise all of you to pull out the ECS and check and report the way yours is set up out of the box.
The ESC is held in with a wire tie and Velcro. Just cut the wire tie and pull it out. the Velcro is plenty to hold it in there.

[Paulh]

Hey Rascal. Ever get an answer on that speed control? Do I need to pull that thing out before running this rig?

[Rascal76]

Does anyone know what type of grease is in the prop tubes? Its this purple stuff and there's a lot of in in there.

[Paulh]

I had to do some gun repair and straightening with blow dryer. Picture wire for antenna.

[Paulh]

#2 picture hanging wire works pretty good for a temporary whip antenna. I had some in my junk drawer.

[RSRN]

I'm also missing the whip antenna. Also is there any point to a motor run in session.

[Paulh]

I am missing the straight whip antenna as well.

[Rascal76]

I pulled the speed control out of the PT to get a look at it.
Looking at the jumpers it looks like they are in the wrong positions! (At least to me!)

The top jumper is set to the right. The diagram shows that it should be the left for LiPo batteries.
I am correct on that?
The bottom one is to the right in the "RC" position.
The left position is for "ESC"
I'm not sure which is correct for the bottom one.
If I was setting this up from scratch I would have picked the ESC position.

Can someone check this for me?

Thanks

Rascal76

[Rascal76]

Hi all. Just got back from running my PT for the first time.
Looks great on the water. Unfortunately it looks like the ESC failed after 4:00 minutes of running,
The battery was fresh. The motors were not hot. All internal connections look OK.
Good thing I had the trusty fishing pole along.
I just got off the phone with Motion and they are sending out a replacement.

Great looking boat on the water.

One thing of note is the lack of access to the rudder linkages.
You can access the servo but not the linkage that connects the three rudders.
It will be a real trick to get back in there if necessary.

I seem to be missing a straight whip antenna that is supposed to be on the left side of the cockpit.
and yes the droopy gun barrels.

I am looking forward to getting a crew on it and I find the camo paint scheme interesting.

Rascal76

[pdansalvish]

I was very happy to see the battery that came with my PT Boat was a lipo. I was concerned it might have been a Li-ion.

[pdansalvish]

I also model railroading. The trick I learned from the hobby was to use isopropyl alcohol. But we immersed the models in it. Little hard to immerse this one. But, maybe after a good soaking it will work too. Never seen that testers product. Will have to look for it the next time I go to the hobby shop. Thanks for the help guys....

[PTCC66]

patmat2350-That would definitely remove the numbers but will probably cause the hull surface to be affected a little.In my case I’m probably going to paint the entire hull at this point so it won’t matter.They should give people an option an not apply the numbers at the factory and supply a decal sheet with smaller numbers.Still a really nice model.

[patmat2350]

Maybe try wet sanding with 600 grit.

[PTCC66]

-pdansalvish-used this on the hull decal/tampo. Good news and bad news .It will take off the number with a little effort but if you work on it long enough it will start to mar the green finish below not badly but it is visible. If the area is going to be painted over I don’t think it would be a problem. That’s how I’m gonna do it.

[pdansalvish]

PTCC66,

Thanks, my repaint is going to occur in Nov/Dec. I only have one more month of boating weather left in MD. So, I plan to run as much as possible. I have some geese that need to be torperdo'ed.

[PTCC66]

pdansalvish-I am going to try something tonight to see if I can get the decals off easily without sanding them off. I will let you know how it goes.

[muffinman]

wonder when the next batch will arrive.

[pdansalvish]

PTCC, I plan on repainting mine to a more scale appearance. Just wondering can you take a guess on how hard it will be to remove the decals.

[PTCC66]