R-42 Twin Beast

[Apophis]

Looks awesome Shawn, I'm sub'd to all your builds and look forward to getting a message that there's an update. Looks real good buddy

[iridebikes247]

Amazing, this boat will look incredible on some of the lakes you've shown me pictures of.

[srislash]

Amazing, this boat will look incredible on some of the lakes you've shown me pictures of.

When I was up at this one in May I was daydreaming of it. This campsite is about 25ft up off the water. About the best perch I have seen in awhile.

Looks awesome Shawn, I'm sub'd to all your builds and look forward to getting a message that there's an update. Looks real good buddy

Good to have you on board Shawn.

[tlandauer]

Beautiful !
I have been too busy to go to the lake, wanted to dial the Intruder in, but I hear from Properchopper that the weeds are kind of out of control.
Your beautiful R-42 will look spectacular with this back ground. Photos please when you run there.

[srislash]

Ok, summer fun is over and this is traditionally build time for me, so I am putting efforts forward to getting this build back together and then complete.
So this is my latest mounting



I will start with long struts and a long extension rudder. Then I'll try a short extension on the rudder and see how it changes handling, then short struts and so on. All this on the same hull, kinda experimental.

[Fella1340]

Looks awesome Shawn, perfect theme. Love those Maple leaves man, a proper Canadian theme.

[srislash]

So the long struts are on, flexes cut to fit, stuffing tubes in with all the goodies(like oilers), and motors mounted. Note the sparkle shiny finish on all parts

[iridebikes247]

Those the long speedmaster struts? I picked up a set for my nomad few months back, nicely made. The amount of adjustment you have is pretty unreal with struts on a twin cat. Looks great as usual.

[srislash]

Those the long speedmaster struts? I picked up a set for my nomad few months back, nicely made. The amount of adjustment you have is pretty unreal with struts on a twin cat. Looks great as usual.

Thanks Mike, yes Speedmaster throughout.
I need to pick my next goal on this. Should be cap on ESC's but the radio gear layout intrigues me .

[srislash]

So the radio gear is all strategically placed in a foam block which lives under this cover



I changed up the whole CF cover plate with some birds eye birch. I figure it goes well with Andy's awesome glass/stringer work AND the paint scheme. Another piece shall take up the center tunnel area covering the batteries partially. Just waiting for a couple key pieces for mounting it and would like to get the middle packs somewhat located after a run or two first.

The veneers are laid up with FG cloth and Kevlar to get them rigid.

[Fella1340]

Great choice with the birds eye maple, it just looks right. I have a softness for burls of all kinds and plan on using them on my whiplash whenever it decides to build itself. I look forward to seeing how the rest turns out. Great job man!

[srislash]

Great choice with the birds eye maple, it just looks right. I have a softness for burls of all kinds and plan on using them on my whiplash whenever it decides to build itself. I look forward to seeing how the rest turns out. Great job man!

I think I am ready for water on this one Jeff. Wahoo

[iridebikes247]

Re-read the thread from page 1, I forgot about how much work went into the hatch and how clean that came out, the paint makes it look amazing.

I gotta say this is one of the coolest builds I've seen, the amount of work + unique factor while ending with a factory finish is totally different from what people usually end up with. Lot of envisioning going on in a project like this. I want to custom build a hatch now lol.

Great job bro, this weekend you think you'll get to the lake?

[srislash]

I think I will, I just set my shaft rotations(always get those backwards) and flexes are lubed. I have to go do a job on one of the small islands here but should be back Friday. She is ready to go!

[srislash]

Btw thanks Mike for the compliments, this one was a real passion for me. It has a lotta options to test, tune, and experiment with.