waterfallin' crawlin'

redrustbucket · Post by **redrustbucket** » Tue Sep 05, 2006 6:09 pm

crazydave wrote:Damn, that thing works good.

I like the waterfall thing. You could get the wife all involved. "Yeah babe, its a zen garden, we'll get some bonzai trees, it'll be great , really peaceful and stuff."

yea, that's funny cause when I showed my gf the vid all she had to say was I like the waterfall...

hue35 · Post by **hue35** » Tue Sep 05, 2006 6:15 pm

redrustbucket wrote:
crazydave wrote:Damn, that thing works good.

I like the waterfall thing. You could get the wife all involved. "Yeah babe, its a zen garden, we'll get some bonzai trees, it'll be great , really peaceful and stuff."
yea, that's funny cause when I showed my gf the vid all she had to say was I like the waterfall...

Dames.

redrustbucket · Post by **redrustbucket** » Tue Sep 05, 2006 6:22 pm

I'd like to waterproof one to do some deep water crossings and junk. Maybe dip the board in epoxy or something. The motors are trickier, not sure what to do with them.
I built the waterfall so it didn't have any deep spots to submerge it in an inadvertent roll. Even so it quit on me once when it got too wet. Luckily letting it sit in the sun to dry out for a while cured the problem.

WASTELANDER · Post by **WASTELANDER** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 7:44 am

I'ce vid of your rig man great jod

ph2t · Post by **ph2t** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 8:51 am

WASTELANDER wrote:I'ce vid of your rig man great jod

WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU TRYING TO SAY?

yes, it was worth shouting......

SHAUN · Post by **SHAUN** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 11:59 am

I'ce I this some kind of new word or something , I'm going to make up a new word too , chauh ya later.

SuperFly · Post by **SuperFly** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 12:04 pm

redrustbucket wrote:I'd like to waterproof one to do some deep water crossings and junk. Maybe dip the board in epoxy or something. The motors are trickier, not sure what to do with them.

Do you have to do anything? I break in my Mini-z motor in a cup of water, they run fine submerged. Different kinds of motors, I know, but seems like it would work.

honda_s2000 · Post by **honda_s2000** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 6:50 pm

Yea motors run perfect submurged , just make sure you oil them out afterwards , so they dont rust up. But you should be sweet otherwise.

Try using plasti-dip on the PCB , Maybe that would work ?if not you could always put the PCB in a balloon and silicone seal it shut around the wires

there's a thread about it somewhere.

Maxximum Attack · Post by **Maxximum Attack** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 8:30 pm

redrustbucket wrote:I'd like to waterproof one to do some deep water crossings and junk. Maybe dip the board in epoxy or something. The motors are trickier, not sure what to do with them.
I built the waterfall so it didn't have any deep spots to submerge it in an inadvertent roll. Even so it quit on me once when it got too wet. Luckily letting it sit in the sun to dry out for a while cured the problem.

Don't even have to go as far as plastidip or balloons, you can just melt candle wax all over the board and you'll have it waterproof . Like they said, the motor and the batts are cool underwater, just not the board (you've noticed).

betty.k · Post by **betty.k** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 2:00 am

even a couple of thick coats of waterproof paint will do it (like enamel).

WASTELANDER · Post by **WASTELANDER** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 5:06 am

Shaun you can't talk i ment to say NIce video of your rig. thats it

hue35 · Post by **hue35** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 11:20 am

WASTELANDER wrote:Shaun you can't talk i ment to say NIce video of your rig. thats it

Guess what, WASTELANDER? You're on my shit list. You make SHAUN look like a fuckin' genius, which is great for SHAUN, but sad for you.

If you don't have anything useful to add, then don't make a post. And, if you do make a post, read it 5 times before you hit "submit"... correct all the typos, and look up any words you aren't sure of (that'd be all of them). Maybe even have your baysitter have a look at it before you hit "submit".

redrustbucket · Post by **redrustbucket** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 11:34 am

hmmm, i appreciate all the tips... buddy of mine was telling me they've got liquid electrical tape at home depot... should do the trick for the board, looks like it's time for some boggin'

redrustbucket · Post by **redrustbucket** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 11:59 am

SuperFly wrote: I break in my Mini-z motor in a cup of water, they run fine submerged.

i read this earlier and knew i had done the same thing but it didn't quite click... finally i realized when i had done it, 17 YEARS AGO!!... building my clodbuster i had to break in a set of Trinity Monster Horsepower motors... thought it was crazy at the time dipping $100 worth of motors in water

damn i feel old now, that was my second r/c and the first one i bought and built myself... i've been buying parts lately to rebuild it again, hopefully a sweet tubed crawler

Bird · Post by **Bird** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 2:40 pm

redrustbucket wrote:i've been buying parts lately to rebuild it again, hopefully a sweet tubed crawler

Cool... so I won't be the only one here addicted to 3/16" steel brake line...