HJ's Mini Geico Cat,,,

[befu]

Awesome Jerry!!! Looks great man. Did I hear it bouncing the Proboat???? Must be a Geico thing.... Im almost ready to begin working on mine again.

I hope so, Jerry is putting you to shame man. I think I heard he was talking trash about you on some of the other forums.... Something like hydrojerry rules, Tiqueman drools or something similar. I not saying he said "your stingers were drooping", but I am not not saying it either!



Ha ha ha, just had to pop in this morning and cause trouble! We are all looking forward to your twin build man! Good luck.

Brian

[tiqueman]

Awesome Jerry!!! Looks great man. Did I hear it bouncing the Proboat???? Must be a Geico thing.... Im almost ready to begin working on mine again.

[marko500]

I need to rework that mold and redo my former so these are available to others. Good cheap way to make a small cat.

Hey Befu, if you do end up making and selling these definitely put me on the list. I have all the hardware and electronics out of my smashed up Velocity mini cat just waiting for a hull like this.
HYDROJERRY I've been following this thread and your boat looks and runs fantastic. Great job.

Mark

[peells]

I hate getting water in mine were you using hatch tape? I find if I do not get mine taped doen good enough in the front I take on water plus a bit comes in from my flex shafts (I really hate that) so on my new build I went with the 1/8" shafts and .098 cable hoping the smaller dia. cable would help keep out water.
I also found out that where the teflon tube slides into the strut after the grease is displaced water sneeks in there so I am going to epoxy around the front of the strut and on the teflon tube just a tiny bit I tried silicone and that helped but I did it after I greased everything up so it didn't stick as well as I had hoped. well enough for one day.

[HYDROJERRY]

You no i love it,,ok on the measurement so now i gess my cog is all off but thats ok, alittle tuning no prob,,,it was on the 3s 1500 20-30c,,,im going to order a 430 for it...yeah i hope people get intrested maybe you make alittle cash!!!!

[befu]

Awesome!

That is way cool man, good job! so that was with the 27mm prop still? 3s or 2s?

Oh, when you measure COG always measure it from the end of the sponsons and also call that out, otherwise you will get everybody asking if it is from the sponson transom or the rudder transom. People measure if from the end of the ride surface, so call out the distance from the end of the sponson. Just a heads up.

What battery, what capacity? that is way cool. I need to rework that mold and redo my former so these are available to others. Good cheap way to make a small cat. You just put the capper on a great weekend for me man, thank you!

Brian

[HYDROJERRY]

Thanks pete and yes i had a good time but was freezing and i hate the cold but i tryed to move the strut up at one point but quickly moved it back and i tryed that plastic prop and seemed to be better for like afew seconds cuz thats what it took to bend the blades but ill order a new 430,,,,the strut i think i got it from ose store,,its been a long time but i like it,, now if i can find the water problem i mean she was full up to the bottom of the motor mount,,,

[peells]

As far as I can see you must have made an adjustment at some point after the first run you made because on this last vid you went back to the original prop it looks as if you are real close to trimmed if not trimmed you did a good job on set up and it looks like you are going to have a lot of fun. Keep it up HydroJ.

[peells]

where did yo get that prop holder? R2hobbies? BTW it looks like you had some fun!! much better trhan last run

[HYDROJERRY]

Well im no pro on CG for sure but i think its about 6 1/2 or 7'' from the transum but i plan on cutting out some of the foam from under the nose and move the batt further forward,, and i got the strut as neutral as i could and as level with the bottom of the hull as i could... see pics

[HYDROJERRY]

And another!!! http://vimeo.com/17269127

[HYDROJERRY]

I will get the pics up soon but heres the new vids and yes the plastic prop made it half way around and didnt brake but bent the blades back!!! Enjoy The Fun... http://vimeo.com/17271196

[Gerwin Brommer]

Can you show us a picture of the actual angle of the strut ?
And where is your C.O.G at , now ?

[wparsons]

Honestly, I think that plastic one is going to break first run.

I set up a mini rio with a 2040 3600kv inrunner on 2s and it's running a metal x432, coming in stone cold after every run. I don't see any reason why your bigger and torquier 28mm motor wouldn't spin a 32 or 35 mm prop easily on 2s, especially since there should be less drag with this cat than with a mono.

[peells]

Yeaa give it a try but dont be suprised if it breaks (plastic just isn't that tough) but give it a try and before you launch take pics of the set up up close so I can see how you got your prop angle (we) now go have fun