CC Racing Storm Cat

[oscarel]

Looks fantastic! Wondering if you can use a KBB seal setup with no tape.

Thanks! I'll have to look into that. It's all finished. Hopefully weather will hold tomorrow and I can get a couple runs in. I had to use a different esc, got water damage on MGM from last race so it was sent back for repair. I've had a Jeti 300 pro sitting in the cabinet for awhile and don't have any other HV esc's right now. So here's where it's all at for now.

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[james himel]

great looking build. love that hull. I can't tell from the pics but what size rod are you using on that steering linkage and is it bent? From here it looks like it could be a little heavier duty.

[oscarel]

Thanks, the rod is 4/40 and yes it's bent. It's pulling so shouldn't be an issue.

[oscarel]

Weight was 8.2lbs empty and 18.4lbs RTR.

[jhl1963]

You get a chance to run her? Curious! :)

[oscarel]

Not yet, been out of town and will be out of town again next week. Hopefully after that I'll get some time to play.

[oscarel]

Got a run in today, very happy with the results! Initially it looked to be running wet, but once it got going it loosened up quite a bit. Took a spill coming out of a turn but saw this on GPS and speed may not be totally accurate. Will get more running in hopefully next week.

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[oscarel]

Another run in today, speeds are holding in the low 70's. It was a little too calm today, with no wind the boat stayed glued to the water and it took a couple laps to get it freed up. Unfortunately on the 2nd run I hit something and tore up a good prop! So I'm going to try a 7014/2 375 PWW prop I have next week.

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[srislash]

She looks to be moving well Oscar. Sucks about the prop, do you know what you hit?

[oscarel]

She looks to be moving well Oscar. Sucks about the prop, do you know what you hit?

Thanks! No, not sure what it was. My guess would be a log because it spun out when I hit and the strut has a chunk out of it too.

[srislash]

Thanks! No, not sure what it was. My guess would be a log because it spun out when I hit and the strut has a chunk out of it too.

Dang dead heads, I tagged something Sunday too. It was small(real small), but at 99.8mph the rudder got a little ding.

[oscarel]

Ran the Storm in our first race this year and placed 2nd in open cat. I ran it with the PWW 7016/2 375 and didn't have a lot of prep time with it, boat was really loose and I flipped in the last heat, but managed 1,2,4 and dnf. The 4th finish I was in 1st place and cut a buoy. Next race is April 12th and I'll hopefully get a little more time to get things dialed in. Here's a graph from a test run before the race.

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[srislash]

She is using most of that controller there hey Oscar, thanks for posting it. It is good info. All temps were good and all?