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12-22-2023, 01:22 PM | #1 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Parker, CO
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| Amphibious Lurker (Sherp ATV)
A hell of a lot of fun! This is the King Kong RC Lurker kit. It's a scale replica of the full size Sherp ATV. It has a wild three-motor drive train that run through three differential gear boxes. Its a tractor steer, but doesn't require any programming or special controller. Any two channel RC unit will work. I built the kit in pretty much stock form but I painted a few things and designed and installed the LED lights. After breaking through the ice and trying to get out, it took on a lot of water over the transom so I decided to make a bilge-pump. I got this tiny 6 volt pump on ebay. Not sure what it's originally for. I designed a mount bracket for it in AutoCAD. I printed the prototype in green, but the final part I printed black. The bracket clamps over the side drive belt rail and holds the pump flat against the bottom of the hull (chassis?). I use some silicone tubing I had laying around to mount to the riser pipe. I also designed and printed the riser pipe. The pump is a little taller than the lower battery deck so I had to cut a relief hole. This lower deck is covered by the upper deck and can't be seen when running anyway. I wired the pump to the Aux channel using an RC switch module so I can turn the pump on and off from the transmitter. |
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12-22-2023, 01:58 PM | #2 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: Deep in the Everglades
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| Amphibious Lurker (Sherp ATV)
Sweet, love the Sherpa, a boat with wheels. Great running in the video , looked quite controllable in that water Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Last edited by mikemcE; 12-22-2023 at 03:36 PM. |
12-22-2023, 03:56 PM | #3 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Deep South
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| Re: Amphibious Lurker (Sherp ATV)
I like that a lot.
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12-22-2023, 05:38 PM | #4 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Parker, CO
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| Re: Amphibious Lurker (Sherp ATV) Yeah the video was mild because I was trying to drive and video at the same time, but I spent a lot of time out on the water. Im surprised how well the tires propel this thing.
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12-22-2023, 07:56 PM | #5 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Parker, CO
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12-23-2023, 08:44 AM | #6 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Deep South
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12-24-2023, 08:00 AM | #7 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2010 Location: The east coast
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| Re: Amphibious Lurker (Sherp ATV)
Have you seen that bilge pump working on you rig? Do you have a link for the pump? I'm looking for something like that for a project I have.
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12-24-2023, 09:13 AM | #8 | |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Deep South
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| Re: Amphibious Lurker (Sherp ATV) Quote:
I used one like this to cool a small 2gal pot still worm, for hobby purposes only, during covid layoff. Supplied power to it with a 2s lipo. It moved a decent amount of water from an ice chest of iced water. https://www.ebay.com/itm/26451131142...mis&media=COPY | |
12-26-2023, 09:26 AM | #9 | ||
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| Re: Amphibious Lurker (Sherp ATV) Quote:
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Yep, that's the pump! | ||
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