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1988 Warthog R/C conversion
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01-24-2021, 11:36 PM
Joecollection18
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Can you safely waterproof just the battery and motor and let everything else get soaked if it was greased up really well first? Like, mount a small otter box with a couple of axle holes drilled into it with some rubber grommets and grease to prevent water intrusion?
If so, then it seems like running it with an open bottom (the area above the tracks being cut away as it is in one of your pics) with a few good-sized weights glued down in the middle would be a good start. Just let the water in freely while using a thin/wide sealed air bladder just under the rear floorboards and a second/larger one filling up the nose. That would give you the ability to adjust the depth of submersion at least a little, should hopefully keep you from capsizing at all, and would definitely prevent a bottom-of-the-sea loss if ever capsizing were to occur. Dirt intrusion would be a big problem after that I guess but mitigation should be possible with a few housings screwed in here and there.
Any of this useful?
thanks, yes that is an option.
if I could build foam inserts that fill all the negative space inside the lower hull... clean and complex shapes espousing every nook and cranny ... any water intrusion between the lower hull and under the beige tray (the large beige part with the rear floor and seats) would not be an issue. the motors and gearboxes would need some sealing.. feasible but more work.
theory is good, reality is... hard to execute cleanly. having pools of water permanently above seals is a constant risk should they fail. water always finds a way in eventually...
right now I am using the battery as the weight to keep the vehicle stable.
4x Aa or 7,2 nimh pack under the rear floor. the gearbox and drive motors are laying flat in front/middle floor. CG and stability on land and water is great and exactly as desired... for now
(forgot to document)
the other choice is to fuse/glue the vehicle upper and lower hulls. the junction line is barely above water line. water will come inside if that junction is kept the way the toy is.
so i fuse the body halves, and cut the upper deck. the upper deck, the hull upper surface becomes a large plate that is bolted down onto the hull.
easy, straight forward, splashproof... and can add a gasket easily.
what is difficult is the integration of the rear side doors and a newer outline inside jogging around. hatches, engine hatch and square hatch .
this solution would ensure a much better sealed hull so I could venture in somewhat rough water, aggressive splashes without fear of water intrusion.
as a kid, i remember that the warthog problem was that the splashing of water. even if floating well, as more water made its way inside, it would create a sloshing pool inside and that would induce ugly listing and then sinking.
the warthog is getting clear polycarbonate windows (shown in videos) so that splashing water won"t be an issue. it was a lot of work but it's fairly well integrated
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less talk and more show: videos showing what I got here:
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https://youtu.be/VX16wICPG7U
https://youtu.be/t3mHARPfFSE
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