Coopers delta force 41 build

[Cooper]

Well I got the itch for a build. I'm mostly a cat man but decided to build a mono. I am planning on making this a sport wave jumping ruff water boat.

[Cooper]

I started working on reinforcing the hull. I'm glad I bought this and not a china replica. It does seem well built and fairly strong. Only reason I'm reinforcing is I'm planning on some good bashing with this when the conditions are not so favorable to be running the cats.

[Cooper]

This is just getting the inlay positioned.

[Cooper]

Always have to have help in the shop!! Don't know if any of you remember me building the MADD Catt but the mad cat is back helping me build!! Well enough for tonight and letting the resin setup.

[Xcesive8]

Looks good!
What setup?

[Cooper]

I have had some tp motors looking for a home for over a year now so I decided to use them,
5692 1200kv
Castle ice 240 speedo
1/4 drive line
Speed master hw
And am working on building a flood chamber

[iridebikes247]

your cat sleeps on top of a corvette? thats awesome lol. i look forward to this build. think im building a df41 in a few weeks, rough water these things are just amazing they remind me of the whitewater kayaks in profile and the way they look running through rough stuff. You'll be blown away by the performance of this thing dude they flat out rip.

On the german boards people have been really happy with the tp motors and find the leopards are incomparable to them.

[Cooper]

Yea, I gave in and just put a bed in the roof of the car, at least he is there bothering and mocking me and not on the table knocking all the parts and tools off:)
Thanks , and I like to hear good things like that about this boat. I'm really trying how to get a flood chamber in and have the trim tabs and turn fin. I think I can work it, going to have to make some parts but I think I can make it work. I just want to be able to really sit back with a beer and no biggie if it flips-

[Cooper]

I cut a piece of plate carbon for the transome. I don't think it was really needed as it is pretty beefy already but it will be smooth for hardware. And the chamber wall. It will be covered on outside with carbon cloth and the inside seam along hatch opening will get a strip of fg to secure better at hatch opening.

[Cooper]

This is letting the resin set up. The cloth overlaps the hull and deck. This will also help tremendously with reinforcing hull.

[Cooper]

Installed the stinger and rudder. The stuffing tube is just laying there while I get the motor mount lined up with tube.

[CornelP]

What will be the width of the channel? For a boat this size, you should have it at least 1" inside the hatch opening... The easy way to tell is to tape some weights in the boat, as close as possible to the weight of the components you will use, put upside down in the bathtub and see how much weight you need to turn it. This will give you the volume of water you need to start turning, hence the width of the channel...
This is how I've done it on a 30" boat:
http://forums.offshoreelectrics.com/...urbochopper-30

PS: oops... too late... you were posting the last pics when I was writing...

[Cooper]

Yes that is the best way, but for what I wanted to do I just going to add some weight inside chamber. With my components there isn't much room in there. I did have the idea of using the chamber wall for part of the motor mount. Any hardware securing motor could be accessed through vent holes in the hull side. It's been a bit of a quick build and I want to hit the water soon. Hopefully just a couple strips of lead will be enough.

[Cooper]

And about half inch needs to be cut out on the back yet. In the pic , looking from the back the hole will be a good bit larger.

[Cooper]

Well had her out today, after starting with a 457 (little too much prop) then a 450 still had some motor roll so had ended with a 4814. Have some funny video to follow.