The Black Pearl P Sport Hydro 2017

[Shooter]

Yes, but only the insides.

[ray schrauwen]

Thx!

[T.S.Davis]

I'm actually looking forward to starting another of these. Thinking I'm getting the shakes with so many boats in AZ.

[ray schrauwen]

Have you finished the first yet or is it 1/2 way done?

[T.S.Davis]

The first one is done. Pretty quick too. Here's a pic before hardware went on it.
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Not sure if you can see it but there are aluminum spikes down it's spine. Sorta.

[Tamelesstgr]

Love the aluminum accents Terry

[ray schrauwen]

The first one is done. Pretty quick too. Here's a pic before hardware went on it.
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Not sure if you can see it but there are aluminum spikes down it's spine. Sorta.

That will keep them off your butt! Almost a battle bot....

[T.S.Davis]

It looks evil in the water. I call it the Dragon. We use to call my old Whip20 the Led Sled. That thing is still scary fast.

[Shooter]

The led sled is a true warrior. It left us all in the dust a few years ago, but something lurking below popped up and flipped her on the last turn. Terry, can I put the dragon on post #1 with the other boats??

[T.S.Davis]

I don't care Pete.

I need to fix the canopy still. I got a little too aggressive and rolled a buoy. With the KK fin you can really lay into the turn. Broke the blister free from it's mooring.

[T.S.Davis]

The led sled is a true warrior.

Tyler just asked if he could run the sled this season until we got his done. He said then I wouldn't have to rush and make a mess of it. hahaha Anybody got some bubble gum? Maybe some scotch tape?

I've got a cool canopy idea in my head for it. I may do something unnatural to the transom on it too. Still on the fence with that idea though.

[Shooter]

unnatural?

[Shooter]

Starting to look like a boat.

[785boats]

Hi Pete.
Looking good as usual.
A quick question.
Have you, or anyone else for that matter, put a 6s setup in one of these?
Not so much for extra speed, but mainly for a lower ampdraw setup.
I'm thinking of giving it a try with mine. Just not sure what kv motor to try. I've got a 4082 1600kv lying around. Too much do you think?

[Shooter]

That's a good question, and seems to be a fairly common one lately. No, I have never tried a 6S setup in this boat. We typically run 1250KV for 6S setups on the Q size boats, although some folks have successfully ran 1400KV in heat racing (6 laps + mill + penalty laps). I agree that the 4S setup is an amp hog.

I remember reading that you guys run (1) battery up front on the 4S setup for this class. The current draw has got to be absolute torture on that single battery. We run (2) 4500mah batts in parallel. This boat runs very 'wet' out of the box and requires very high speed to lift it out of the water. It was designed to stay planted and 'finish', but that doesn't help the amp draw!