Twin SV Powered Cat

[Brushless55]

Good stuff Jesse thanks..
a Mystic would be sweet.
I do like the looks of this one..

the hull to me looks kinda like a bigger MM

[RandyatBBY]

I have the Jessy James and it would be a little big for what you are wanting to do. I run mine on 10S2P and it is a rocket. Have you thought about the Scat Cat 33?

[crabstick]

As for hulls, my philosophy is be sure you really like to look at it. Handling is key, but if you don't love how it looks......

That is why I have balsa cats - can't afford the mystics or HPRs yet. Why not build a 36" balsa cat? you can modify the interior to take two motors (I have added a twin motor bulkhead to the plans).

I actually go for performance first, looks second, ugly boats can still win races :P
I once built a Balsa cat with light glass over it, and man, was it fast, til it blew over at 50+ mph and ended up as splinters, I built a replacement for that boat out of ply and then won the club champs with it, I now wouldn't build out of balsa for FE,

[Jesse J]

Fair enough - Lucky you to be racing... can't wait to be in an area with a club (or be in an area long enough to establish one). I will be making them out of light ply, great stuff foam and heavy glass in the future; I haven't had one rupture yet (but I may not be achieving the speeds you are Matt).

Thus illustrating another point - objectives.

[Brushless55]

I have the Jessy James and it would be a little big for what you are wanting to do. I run mine on 10S2P and it is a rocket. Have you thought about the Scat Cat 33?

The Team Believer is 36" long and should work great
the Scat Cat looks like I would have a hard time getting twins into it..

[rearwheelin]

Good stuff Jesse thanks..
a Mystic would be sweet.
I do like the looks of this one..

the hull to me looks kinda like a bigger MM

The Team Believer has identicle sponsons as the Sprint Cat the difrence in the two is the upper half. Handling is almost the same, only aerodynamics over the hatch is diffrent. I would go with the T.B. , pleanty of build room for a twin, S.C. you will wish your hand were smaller !

[Brushless55]

another reason I'm leaning towards this hull is the extra room to place twins in..
should be much easier to work on..

[rearwheelin]

another reason I'm leaning towards this hull is the extra room to place twins in..
should be much easier to work on..

A-lot more room, a truely nice catamaran.

[Brushless55]

Ok, I think I'm about to pull the trigger on a hull..
I waiting on a couple emails of a few boats I have for sale, and then, POW!

[tiqueman]

What hull did you decide on?

[Brushless55]

Looks like it will be the Team Believer..
I want to do a Caterpillar theme like my UL-1
I'm thinking where the dark blue is that will be black and where the light blue is will be yellow..

[RandyatBBY]

The Team Believer is 36" long and should work great
the Scat Cat looks like I would have a hard time getting twins into it..

I have been pondering just that with several boats. One of my customers brought in a 28 inch hull to build for him. this was my answer. I put a wedge under the motor mount now I can get the the bottom screws with no problem to remove the motor.




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[Brushless55]

looks good Randy!

[RandyatBBY]

looks good Randy!

Thanks, it is the first step in building something that works good. I am going to do something similar with my SC33 when I get to the build of the twins hull. I also have a HPR 06 that I am going to put in twin 1527's that need something stronger but accessible.

[Brushless55]

got some goods ready!
anyone guess my speed with this setup in the Believer?
not sure what a good prop would be to start with..