Yep.... Here's my new build....

[olwarbirds]

Well I haven't ordered anything new in the past week so I guess I won't have a new build to post just yet. Wait. Nevermind, I have a bling rocket to build.....

HaHaHa, you have the addiction bad brother, welcome to the club!...good idea on going with offset rudder, even with your milling your thrust cone like Slohd pointed out is going to get disturbed, significantly affecting your speed.....DJ

[kfxguy]

How about some standoff type pieces to offset the rudder? That's some super drag in the thrust cone...

Like this......

[SloHD]

[Norwest]

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[kfxguy]

I see you changed the strutter to offset.

Good eyes!

[kfxguy]

My first couple of tests in seeing if the hatch was water tight didnt fare well. After trying a few things to help the hstch seal better, I finally figured out it was just too flexible even with an added layer of carbon and epoxy. I ended up adding a strip of cf plate about .060 thick on each side. Its super stiff now.the best part? I completely submerged it in the bathtub (lmao) for over 30 seconds and not a drop got in. Im happy with that.

heres the hatch after stiffening

[Fella1340]

Boat turned out great, saw the maiden and you must be happy. Just an observation but how the heck do those massive rudder standoffs survive any period of time? I picture them doing all kinds of crazy thing at speeds. It's quite the lever! I see it all the time so they must be Ok. Seeing them on the smaller boats exaggerates the look I guess. At 70 mph though...

[kfxguy]

Boat turned out great, saw the maiden and you must be happy. Just an observation but how the heck do those massive rudder standoffs survive any period of time? I picture them doing all kinds of crazy thing at speeds. It's quite the lever! I see it all the time so they must be Ok. Seeing them on the smaller boats exaggerates the look I guess. At 70 mph though...

It runs nicely. Had some receiver issues but other than that it was great. Suprisingly nothing got hot with a 2650kv on 4s. Those standoffs are stiff. Very stiff. I tried bending them on the bracket and they don't even flex.

[ls1fst98]

great looking build! im building a fg version with twin leopards. i want to see the vid of this baby

[Norwest]

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[kfxguy]

2650 x 14.8 =39,000rpm. - No wonder motor got hot. 3S would have given you 29,000 rpm. 2075 x 14.8 =30,000 rpm. When you figure things out, don't forget the efficiency of motor and guess what, they don't give out that #?! Good ?!!

You must have misread my post. I stated Suprisingly "noting" got hot which I left out a letter to say nothing got hot. Motor or esc didn't get warm. 40k rpm is not alot. I run 40k rpm all the time :)

[kfxguy]

great looking build! im building a fg version with twin leopards. i want to see the vid of this baby

Here ya go buddy.....maiden run, small prop...


Mini river cat maiden voyage: http://youtu.be/JgdDTQUI45E

[Fella1340]

I got a tp 4050, 2390kv motor going on a genesis and 4s is just the start. Rpm is good!

[ls1fst98]

Here ya go buddy.....maiden run, small prop...


Mini river cat maiden voyage: http://youtu.be/JgdDTQUI45E

looks like its running very well. gets me motivated to finish mine! i have so many going at once. wife gets mad haha.

[Norwest]

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