Dual Centrifugal Pump RC Boat 3D Printer Model

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Summary

Basic hull design 300mm long, prints in three pieces. The pumps are printed assembled and glued together with acetone. Final mounting is up to you but I chose to use a clamp style mount on the end and seal around the intake and output with hot glue. The boat can also be used with any type of RC boat propulsion on the market of the appropriate size.

Boat hull bottom will be coated in marine epoxy, primer, paint, and clear coat to make it stronger.

Impellers are designed to be press fit and glued to a 3mm axle with 3mmID 6mm OD bearings and a 3mm ID 6mmOD rubber groment to keep water out. Then with a 30mm pulley at a right angle to a 10mm pulley on the drive motor which will drive both pumps.

The Pilot hole on top of each pump is for a water nipple to be added at a later date for water cooling to the motor, esc, and battery.

Update 4/21/14: I apologize to everyone who has been making this that the top files were incomplete. I have added the last file (Top2.stl) and will be posting pictures of my build soon. Weather is starting to get nicer here so might be able to even get some action vid as soon as I can get to the lake.

Update 11/6/13: I ditched the belt drive pumps because there was to much draw on one motor and the belts were hard to keep on the pulleys at high speeds. I designed a direct drive version which uses a 34mm bolt pattern standard with most 28mm brushless outrunner mounting plates. The shaft of the outrunners was removed and a brass one inserted to help with cooling and provide a longer shaft to reach the impellers. Also added a 3 piece top design to the boat which was glued on and a cover will be made at a later date.

10mm_pulley.stl 77.1KB
30mm_pulley.stl 1.1MB
Back_hull.stl 449.3KB
Belt_Drive_O_ring_housing.stl 578.9KB
Belt_Drive_O_ring_housingLeft.stl 578.9KB
Center_Hull.stl 484.0KB
Direct_Drive_Top.stl 3.4MB
Front_Hull.stl 479.2KB
impeller3mm.stl 562.9KB
impeller3mmLeft.stl 562.9KB
Left_Direct_Drive_Top.stl 3.4MB
motor_mount_point.stl 113.2KB
mount_1.stl 191.1KB
Revised_Pump.zip 1.7MB
RotorCoverLeft.stl 134.6KB
rotor_cover.stl 138.9KB
Top1.stl 613.3KB
Top2.stl 2.8MB
Top3.stl 1.5MB