The Black Pearl P Sport Hydro 2017

[ray schrauwen]

Nice work. Learning a lot.

[Shooter]

Oh, come on Ray, you've built plenty of these things!!!!! You ain't learnin nothin!!

[ray schrauwen]

Well, the stuffing tube needs to be redone in my Whip 40 so, I mess up drivelines once in a while. I've never done that collet thing before.

[ray schrauwen]

If I change it would it be better to go down to 3/16" instead of the 1/4" I used?

[Shooter]

Yes, I would change it to 3/16. 1/4" is overkill IMO for Q. As you know, I'm a bit of a strange bird when it comes to stuffing tubes. I prefer teflon exclusively, and I run thin silicone oil. This setup is very low friction, very forgiving, and no mess, when done properly.

[Shooter]

I'm going to stick-build the nose this time. The other boats have all been shaped from a solid pc of basswood. Hopefully this will save some weight.

[bozo586]

i should start building mine anyday now!
finally feeling better!

[Shooter]

Glad to hear, John! I told your son you were "starting" to get grumpy.

[bozo586]

yup! the stroke really didn't help-i wasn't very happy and scared of things to come. but now it's on with life.

[detox]

I'm going to stick-build the nose this time. The other boats have all been shaped from a solid pc of basswood. Hopefully this will save some weight.

I see you are making some nice improvements to your hull...lower height, stick built nose. I really like the Aquacraft UL-1 nose cone best. Will your nose contour fit it and the hatch?

Can you put more taper toward stern for a really streamlined look?

Your hydro hull is the best on market BTW...great job!

[Shooter]

Thanks! I agree, this size/design is tough to beat for full P power. The smaller boats just don't have the stance to maintain stability beyond 60mph in race water. I'm not sure if the UL-1 will fit. I have a UL-1 nose. I'll size it up tomorrow. What do you mean by more taper/streamline?

[detox]

Lower the stern height...is there enough room to shorten the stern height?

Maybe you can also lengthen the distance tip to stern to 34" exactly... just by adding length to rear of boat behind sponsons.

[Shooter]

It looks like the UL-1 nose fits a 0.80" round in the front, while the Pearl has a 1.00". Picture on the right is the finished Pearl, picture on the left is the UL-1 nose.

So, to answer your questions,iIt would take some custom work, but it COULD be done.

[Shooter]

You would have to use the original UL-1 hatch though. The Pearl hatch has much too large of a diameter to fit the UL-1 nose. The UL-1 nose might look a little small on this boat though, it's quite a bit larger than the UL-1.

[Shooter]

I finished the steering link today. The servo mount location is designed for a straight shot to the rudder when using speedmaster hardware.