What Makes a GREAT hull????

[Spot Me 2]

I voting for a nice cat. Maybe like an MTI.

[Mich. Maniac]

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[Mikey P.]

Ok guys. I've had a little input here for each hull. I can tell you I will not be doing a scale hydro. There will just be too much work into them and the price would be outrageous. I will do motor mounts and rx boxes. I will not be doing shovel nose's either. Not because I don't like them!

So it comes down to a cat, a mono, or a rigger.

I honestly believe the cat would be the easiest to from a design standpoint. Then the rigger. I think a rigger may be my best bet at making the ultimate light weight racing hull. However, I will need your input including every admirable detail of the perfect hull. What legnth, width? How should it be offset? Where shold the motor mount be? How should the sponsons be shaped? And so on.

I want to make this boat for you.

So here's my first detail I'll begin working on. What shape should the sponsons be? Legnth? And should I fill them with foam or leave them hollow and extremely light weight?

[C.Smock]

you didnt make any points about a mono...

Have you decided on a rigger??

[Flying Scotsman]

Off the cuff, one that does not sink!!!

Douggie

[Ub Hauled]

I agree, let's start by unveiling the type of hull that will be made

[Mich. Maniac]

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[Mikey P.]

The truth is, a mono design is daunting. I think making a competitive mono design would be difficult, at the least. In all honesty I think it'd be a krapshoot. I'm not too sure I want to take on "good" a mono design from scratch.

[Mikey P.]

I really like where you are coming from but at the same time I feel everyone is gonna give different specs. Also I just wonder if scale would be the way to go with your first hull design and manufacture. You could pic a hull, get some measurements and then scale it to that instead of "free styling" what you think may work rather then what has been proven to work just on larger scale.

I believe that what works in normal scale does not exactly work at r/c scale. The rules are sometimes exact opposites. And the weight of normal vehicles is sometimes what makes them work. Realtively speaking I think scale r/c is just too light to work the way the real vehicle was intended to work. So scale is out of the question.

[Mikey P.]

Let's talk about cat design!!! It looks like the cat's getting the most votes and I know absolutely I can make an awesome cat design!

[Mikey P.]

Ok so I've decided. Catamaran it is.

Now for your input.

I need your opinions.

How long? How wide? and why?

Remember I'm starting from scratch here. the prototype is going to be made of a solid piece of bass wood. Once it's rough shaped I'll begin posting pictures.

[Spot Me 2]

I say right around 30-34 inchs long. Just my vote.

[Diegoboy]

28.2" long
10.4" beam

Because it's wider, which is better
Those measurements are based on 19% smaller than the H&M M1 supercat.
Bigger than the M1 Supercat S, Smaller than the M1 Supercat

[Mikey P.]

sounds good to me. Seems to be a good electric legnth.

Should I make it wide like a sprint cat or skinny like the off shore scaley's?

[Mikey P.]

28.2" long
10.4" beam

Because it's wider is better

That's kinda specific. Will you tell me why?