Next build: 37" Komodo

[HYDROJERRY]

A gate key?? offical member?? Her in the Carolinas we just jump the gate and if the ''Offical members" show up grab your crap and run like hell!!!

[srislash]

A gate key?? offical member?? Her in the Carolinas we just jump the gate and if the ''Offical members" show up grab your crap and run like hell!!!

The boat club leases off the natives and the lake is still a mile in from the gate.

[srislash]

Yesterdays progress: I finished up making barbs on my tubes as I am running 4mm ID tubing



I installed the water outlets,tubes and antenna mount



Got the tubes epoxied in



And this morning got the intakes cleaned up



Hopefully tonight I can glue the tabs for my hatch bolts/pins.

[Jason4636]

Hey Shawn have you ever ran that kind of water inlet? Just wondering how well it works. Looks like the build is coming along nicely. Looks good

[tagasagwan]

That's okay Shawn. Slow but nice build! Compared to me, you're a fast builder! Lol!

Seriously Now! We want vids of the Komodo running! Bwahahaha!

[tiqueman]

Im so proud of you

Jason, I run that kind of inlet on a lot of my boats. It doesnt flow quite as well as a rudder pick up, but still cools well enough to not worry about it. Ive got it on boats from 40 to 75 mph with no problems

[Chrisg81983]

Shawn kooks good, but just make sure when u do the water pickups to make sure the brass comes flat to the bottom of ridepad. Then you proceed to firm teardrop taking down the front of brass while leaving the back alone. You can even slichtly round the front of brass to help water enter. If tgese are done correctly they will perform flawlessly, and mine work better than rudder pick-up's. I hooe I explained this clearly if not let me know.

[srislash]

Shawn kooks good, but just make sure when u do the water pickups to make sure the brass comes flat to the bottom of ridepad. Then you proceed to firm teardrop taking down the front of brass while leaving the back alone. You can even slichtly round the front of brass to help water enter. If tgese are done correctly they will perform flawlessly, and mine work better than rudder pick-up's. I hooe I explained this clearly if not let me know.

Thanks Chris,I studied yours and Kent's before attempting mine and I will be opening them a little with the new $20 Dremal bit.For now they are only cooling the ESC's but not sure about the future.Still keeping options open.

Im so proud of you

Jason, I run that kind of inlet on a lot of my boats. It doesnt flow quite as well as a rudder pick up, but still cools well enough to not worry about it. Ive got it on boats from 40 to 75 mph with no problems

Hehe,thanks Scott.

[nata2run]

Yesterdays progress: I finished up making barbs on my tubes as I am running 4mm ID tubing



I installed the water outlets,tubes and antenna mount



Got the tubes epoxied in



And this morning got the intakes cleaned up



Hopefully tonight I can glue the tabs for my hatch bolts/pins.

Shawn, you making mould's for Vampire Teeth? what tool did that?

[srislash]

Shawn, you making mould's for Vampire Teeth? what tool did that?

I did that with this bit Kent - http://www.dremel.com/en-ca/Accessor....aspx?pid=9903
I think I'll tear drop it a bit more yet.We'll see,I'll test it as you did.

[nata2run]

give me 5, ill do some graphic for ya, you only need one cut

[nata2run]

Hope this helps...

Cut_teardrop.jpg

[srislash]

Hope this helps...

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Haha,That is the bit I have here for the next step.LOL Thanks for the graphic bud.

[nata2run]

No prob, good luck. Do it little by little and dont press too hard. I used tape on each side of the bore incase the tool slips and scratch the hull.

[Chrisg81983]

Hey how come I didn't get a pretty little pic in my build thread lol thats the same bit I used kent it is the perfect tool for the job