Carbon fiber cheetah build

[ray schrauwen]

Sorry about your loss my friend. You'll need some healing time.

Loving your work, keep at it.

[kfxguy]

i'm probably just going to order the battery trays from fighter cat because not sure what size i will need unless you recomend other battery trays that will work?, look foward to see what you do with that strut i'm still confused on it (: lol.. love that motor mount very clean!

I had a death in in my family tuesday. Someone close to me. I've been dealing with that, so the boat has been on hold a couple days. I did look at the trays, the sponsons are so wide that the last one I built I made my own trays out of cf sheet. I'll probably end up doing that, I'm not sure. The long battery trays they sell could fit but they won't go from side to side.

[bayareaheli]

I did reinforce the transom with more carbon, and the front of the sponsons with chopped carbon fabric like you mentioned i don't know how well it is but it feels more solid :)

[bayareaheli]

I'll figure the strut bushing out tomorrow night. I had planned on making my own trays in my cheetah but this one i dont know. It's a long story attached to this build and I've had to come out my pocket for parts because this build for this person was supposed to be a shocker. He didn't want to wait any longer and had me start on this after I had ordered parts for a different boat....so I had to reorder parts for this one. So the battery trays I ordered aren't really the right size but they may work. I'll check...

i'm probably just going to order the battery trays from fighter cat because not sure what size i will need unless you recomend other battery trays that will work?, look foward to see what you do with that strut i'm still confused on it (: lol.. love that motor mount very clean!

[kfxguy]

Thats a clean cut Travis, keep it coming ordered all my parts and watching this build closely so i can build mine :)

what do you use for your battery trays, also any idea on how you are going to do your strut bushing? thats where i'm confused :D

thanks for all the details and part numbers aswell.

I'll figure the strut bushing out tomorrow night. I had planned on making my own trays in my cheetah but this one i dont know. It's a long story attached to this build and I've had to come out my pocket for parts because this build for this person was supposed to be a shocker. He didn't want to wait any longer and had me start on this after I had ordered parts for a different boat....so I had to reorder parts for this one. So the battery trays I ordered aren't really the right size but they may work. I'll check...

[bayareaheli]

Stuffing hole cut

Thats a clean cut Travis, keep it coming ordered all my parts and watching this build closely so i can build mine :)

what do you use for your battery trays, also any idea on how you are going to do your strut bushing? thats where i'm confused :D

thanks for all the details and part numbers aswell.

[kfxguy]

Stuffing hole cut

[kfxguy]

Thanks fellas. Man I dunno, I've got several boats to build for myself before I can worry about something else. Lol

[bayareaheli]

Awesome Travis that motor mount looks clean!

[flraptor07]

Lookin' awsome Travis, as usual! You need to do a drag boat with DJ and I when you get done with all these other builds for other people. It'll be time to build one for yourself by then!!

[kfxguy]

Turned out pretty nice.

[kfxguy]

....and I like them too...

The JB will look nice when done. Did you keep a blob off to the side so you can tell when it's setting up? I just want you to be able to get the tape off when it's cured or almost...

Maybe you know what yer doing already...

Yes sir, I time it. 4 hours and it's time to peel the tape. I use a gram scale to get my mix perfect every time

[ray schrauwen]

....and I like them too...

The JB will look nice when done. Did you keep a blob off to the side so you can tell when it's setting up? I just want you to be able to get the tape off when it's cured or almost...

Maybe you know what yer doing already...

These motor mounts are the shiznit

[kfxguy]

I learned something when doing the daytona and applied it here. I heat up the jb weld a little till its kinda runny, then brush it outward to get a cleaner effect. When I peel the tape, it's going to look nice.

[kfxguy]

Ray should work well with the watercooled lipos ....Travis I got too see one of those new motor mounts today, Sean got one. They are definately the way to go. Looking good as always brother... DJ

These motor mounts are the shiznit