I mean motor rotation might be backwards. The plugs are color coded but I should know better than to trust that those are correct.
or the motor could be starting too fast, or the motor might not be fast enough for the pump to reliably prime (I've had/seen/made both). a soft start using an esc sometimes helps as well
This is a case of I have been distracted with other things warship related like rebuilding Phills NC, instead of closely supervising Andrew. It was an old 550 motor, seemed to pump just fine once it did get going. My guess is the rpm was fine. Given its age a motor swap wouldn't be a bad idea though. I hadn't thought about using a esc for a pump to help with starting before. Hmmm might have to do that for my upcoming super duper dreadnought build.
When I first put my pumps in I wired them backwards. In one pump I only got a 6" stream the other pump didnt pump anything. I would start there.
Phill has the Westfalen now, but when it did prime it would get up quite a bit higher than that. It just didn't seem to want to prime reliably. If it isn't a polarity issue then it is a slippage issue, either the motor shaft on the impeller or the motor shaft is slipping inside the motor itself. The latter is rare but given the age of the motor anything is possible. I tightened the impeller set screw and it didn't seem to slip or be stripped. So I would change the motor and then see what happens.
North Carolina, much heavier to lug around!!! Edit: She should be working properly this weekend. If nothing else I will take her out and let everyone shoot her up.
In all this excitment I totally forgot we have Merchant ships. Oh boy, this is going to be an epic battle.
We do? I'm hoping to have the Maru ready, but its no guarantee. Does Phill have the fond du lac ready to go? Are there any others?
I dont know. The last I heard of the Marchants was that we had two coming... yours and Phills but that doesnt sound like the case.
I'm going to do my best to have the Maru ready, but at this point its never run for more than 5 minutes and never anywhere under power that wasn't my bathtub - so I can't guarantee how well it will work come Sunday. I haven't talked to Phill about the Fond du Lac, so I only know he's thought about it from the one mention he made of maybe getting it ready - he may or may not have it ready. You could call him and find out I imagine though.
Maybe we can convince some of the new guys to build and run merchantmen? I just weighed my NC hull. Empty except for the rudder servo and drive motors she weighs in at a healthy 15 lbs!!! Loaded she makes weight but just barely. I think I just might need to get started on that smaller ship sooner rather than later.
