My take on the Top Speed 3 Conversion/Build

[tlandauer]

Looking good Tim.. With the steering cable on my VS-1 I used Loctite 638.. On the ball link or just plain clevis you can use either but I would use the ball link you can make more adjustments with less bind..

Jim, thanks man, I really dig your VS1, I like that tunnel actually more than the TS3, but wanted to have a FG hull plus the price at Tower Hobbies was ridiculously low. I looked at your photos more closely now and I see what arrangement you have for the steering cable. Yeah, I was thinking the same thing with the 638 Loctite. Thanks for the tip!

[kendt]

[QUOTE=tlandauer;509874] 6s and t180ESC! Which tunnel are you running? Must be blazingly fast!

Its a ts3 as well. It took some serious head scratching to get a t180 in it. I hope to be testing it this weekend and if all goes well I may be able to get a vid of it running.

[dirtnsnowrider]

Nice to see you start the TS3 build. I would be very interested in the overall weight of the boat when everything is installed with batts. I will have to re-weigh mine as I have forgotten. If the weight is not too much higher than my lay up I might go this route with my TS2 I am working on.

[marko500]

Its a ts3 as well. It took some serious head scratching to get a t180 in it. I hope to be testing it this weekend and if all goes well I may be able to get a vid of it running.

Never mind the vids of it running. I want to see pics of how you fit the T180 esc in there. My son has a 32" Woodstuff and I wanted to put a T180 in it but there was no way I could get it to fit.

[tlandauer]

Nice to see you start the TS3 build. I would be very interested in the overall weight of the boat when everything is installed with batts. I will have to re-weigh mine as I have forgotten. If the weight is not too much higher than my lay up I might go this route with my TS2 I am working on.

This is also my concern: I have a feeling that it's going to be a bit heavy. I got no time to build this weekend, but hopefully next week would make some progress. The length of my battery dictates that I remove the fuel tank platform, so with everything on the hull, it is a lot heavier than your TS3, I am sure.

[tlandauer]

Its a ts3 as well. It took some serious head scratching to get a t180 in it. I hope to be testing it this weekend and if all goes well I may be able to get a vid of it running.
Its a ts3 as well. It took some serious head scratching to get a t180 in it. I hope to be testing it this weekend and if all goes well I may be able to get a vid of it running.

I like to see vid of your tunnel running and how you managed to fit the t180ESC in it as well.

[siberianhusky]

Lookin ok for rain until this afternoon, hope to see this thing hit the water today!
LOL bringing 3 boats today, not going to be a spectator/retrieval guy! SHould have known better than to bring one brand new boat to the pond.
If this thing runs like the HotShot 7.5 it will be scary fast!

[tlandauer]

Any videos yet?

[tlandauer]

So the work goes on: the box is too narrow for the cable to enter from the back, it might be my miscalculation, but I had to improvise to circumvent this issue:DSCN3793_3979.jpg DSCN3809_3994.jpg DSCN3808_3993.jpgDSCN3796_3982.jpg DSCN3800_3985.jpg

[tlandauer]

DSCN3814_3999.jpg, I used CA on the tabs as it will be fast and clean.DSCN3818_4003.jpg DSCN3827_4012.jpg, checking for cable clearance for battery:DSCN3816_4001.jpg, next I installed blind nuts under the servo tray support. I want to be able to lift the whole thing out for maintenance, not just the servo, too many a time the little wood screw strips the wood!DSCN3823_4008.jpg

[tlandauer]

next shows sealing the wood with epoxy. I like how the color and wood grain is bought out :DSCN3825_4010.jpg DSCN3830_4015.jpg.
The open space in the rear portion is not flat, had to use wood blocks to support the box. DSCN3843_4028.jpg Using this unusual inboard CC monster motor to weigh down the gluing process!DSCN3844_4029.jpg. CF thin strips on both of the walls to act as lid stop and reinforcement:DSCN3848_4033.jpg

[tlandauer]

This shows the funky wood rails that is embedded in the hull from the factory, they are not even straight, oh well, $89 bucks from Tower, made in China, what can one expect?!DSCN3859_4043.jpg, attaching the box finally: DSCN3860_4044.jpg .
Light weight suspended ESC mount: ( had to come up with a fancy name,) DSCN3863_4047.jpg, DSCN3866_4050.jpg, it is high enough for the battery to slide under should the COG dictates that position.
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[tlandauer]

Internal layout. The lateral beam of the ESC supports the cable tubes as well as the wall of the box! DSCN3870_4054.jpg DSCN3872_4056.jpg DSCN3873_4057.jpg DSCN3875_4059.jpgDSCN3887_4071.jpg

[tlandauer]

About 95% done:DSCN3888_4072.jpg DSCN3883_4067.jpg DSCN3884_4068.jpg DSCN3894_4077.jpgDSCN3890_4074.jpg
One thing was not expected: this particular UL-1 motor has its wire exit at either 1-2 o'clock or 7-8 o'clock, depending how you rotate the motor in its mount, I could not get the wire on the other side because at that position the wires would be bend in such a way that they will have unequal length thus precludes the possibility to mate with the ESC wires, this is the best I can do, I have to look into my bins to see my other UL-1 motors' wire exit---must say I have a few of them and they all exit at the "correct point"
Thanks for looking, sorry about the long windedness!
Cheers!

[kendt]

Any videos yet?

The last time I had it out I had a couple issues and didn't get any real good runs. Those dam plugs on the back of the transom leak like crazy on mine. I have since corrected the issues and swapped out the motor for a dr mad thrust 3674.

Im hoping to have it out in the next cple days.


Great job on your build. I like how your cables mount. May have to steal that idea for my hotshot 45.