MHZ Racemaster build

[Make-a-Wake]

Motor and Servo mount are now immovable!!! I always wanted to do this to a raw but nice fiberglass interior..................

I mixed together 8 oz. of epoxy and poured it in!! I tilted the boat so that one side of the bottom was then horizontal, tipped it a bit here and there to move it where i wanted and then carefully let it sit with that side of the hull flat. Gravity spread it out very evenly.....................then it got HOTTER than the dickens!!! So much epoxy curing/bonding at once...............Didnt do anything to the hull though.

After it dried hard I did the same to the other side and then to the front as well.

Now i have what i would estimate to be a 5mm layer of clear, smooth, brick hard epoxy that the motor and servo mount are completely embedded in. Looks really good!! The hull weighs a bit more now but it feels so solid!

The pic below of the Manufacturer name is actually the name imprinted in the fiberglass and the thick epoxy layer over it!!! :D

You can see in the first picture how far the epoxy comes up the base of the motor mount.................its that thick on the whole bottom now

[srislash]

Very nice.That'll firm her up and put a little weight in the bottom.

[Make-a-Wake]

Batts came in today!!

Going with 8s2p via 4 x 4s 4000mah 40c Flightmax packs, 2 in series then paralleled.

With the batts in this location the COG was 28.9%.................still dont know what ESC i will use and where. Most likely a SF240a HV..............i can yank one out of another boat to fit it and test it out...................may do that. Also need an rx pack in there somewhere.

[Alfa Spirit]

Make a Wake what about the Castle Creations Hydra ICE 240A XL. This is the same range price than Swordfish 240HV

http://www.rcplanet.com/Castle_Creat...10-0086-00.htm

[Make-a-Wake]

Alfa, I'm gonna try a Swordfish 240a from one of my other boats to test it out.................I may go with the New 130a Turnigy HV if i think it can cut it..............

[Make-a-Wake]

OK.....................all ready except for the Pearl white paintjob......................gonna run her here in a bit

Even with the plain yellow body it looks great, the reason i bought it was because of the sexy lines....................oh, and it supposed to handle excellent.

BTW.............this porker weighs in at 12.4 lbs!!!

[Rumdog]

Sexy!
Check out the hv escs fightercat has in sale. 16s 200 amp.... Cheap!

[Make-a-Wake]

How much??????????? I'm running a 240 Swordy hv in for the maiden, but sheesh, its huge in there!!

[Rumdog]

$112.00!!

http://fightercatracing.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=87&category_id=48&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=1

[lenny]

$112.00!!
http://fightercatracing.com/index.ph...emart&Itemid=1

I see 154.00.

[Rumdog]

I see 112.75
Any maiden run news?

[Make-a-Wake]

I see a maiden vid!

This is the very first time in the water..................i set up the cog to just back of 29%..................nailed it i think..............maybe go 29.5

My 10 yr old son took the vid, not bad really

I ran out of Lake real quick on the straights and never even got to full throttle

0:43 is the closest I got to WOT

This motor sounds mean....................different than any motor i've heard before!!!

[bruiser77]

Nice work! That thing sounds great! Is that a TP 5692 from Hobby king or fighter cat? What kv? Thanks, bruiser

[Make-a-Wake]

Nice work! That thing sounds great! Is that a TP 5692 from Hobby king or fighter cat? What kv? Thanks, bruiser

Its the 70 dollar 5692 1000kv from Hobbyking on 8s2p....................nice motor so far...............Cant wait til i can open her up!!

[bruiser77]

Perfect!! Got two 780 kv in my cat thats under construction. Will finally get to see what these motors can do! Thanks again make a wake, Bruiser