What did you do to your boat today?

[rol243]

Paul, you only need a tub of builders bog and a vice to straighten up the flexshaft and a good 3 inch nail for the motor shaft fix. just joking mate.

[785boats]

He! He!
Yep. The hole & the cosmetics are simple enough But where do you get new rotors for a TFL SSS 4092 1650kv motor?

[rol243]

Paul, would you have to buy another motor or can you get the rotor seperate ?

[785boats]

I'm hoping to buy the rotor separately. I guess it would be wise to put a set of bearings in it too.

[rol243]

can r/c boat bitz help with sss parts ?

[fweasel]

I'm hoping to buy the rotor separately. I guess it would be wise to put a set of bearings in it too.

I was just about to reply with that same advice. I suppose it was lucky the shaft sheared before the collet. Had the break occurred in the flex, the internal collateral damage could have been much worse.

[785boats]

Actually guys I did send Joe at RCBB an email asking if he can get one. Just waiting to hear back from him.

[ray schrauwen]

If you can't get a rotor let me know. I might have a Leo rotor that might fit.

[CraigP]

Yowzers! That’s a nuger whampie there! I’ve never seen a motor shaft break, looks like shear carnage... looking at your pics, do you have aluminum skins on your sponsons? I put aluminum on my hydro too! You don’t see that very often either

**This is response to the pics posted of the hydro with the broken motor shaft thread #120**

[CraigP]

Bath tub test :)


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Come on, hit the throttle! Isn’t there a little voice that would like to? That thought runs across my mind every time I set one in the tub. Do you do the “waterfall test”? BTW, you’re boat is beautiful!

[785boats]

If you can't get a rotor let me know. I might have a Leo rotor that might fit.

Thanks ray. I'll keep that in mind.

Craig.
It was definitely a solid hit.
The underside of the sponsons you see in the pics are only painted with aluminium paint.
Here's a picture of the top side, and the sponson of the ML Boatworks kit that speared it. Tough boats aren't they.

[CraigP]

So the impact broke the motor shaft? If that’s the case, then I’d say very tough boat! Did your boat sink?

[CraigP]

Sealed Hatch Vover for DF29

Yesterday I finally built the sealing into the hatch for my DF29 Mono. This was the only boat left that needed hatch tape, which I seem to have a pet peave about. The problem has been that the hatch cover is very flimsy. The boat is thin too... So I had the build a re-in forcing frame around the outside of the hatch cover, so it won’t bend. You need uniform pressure around the closed cell foam rubber for it to work. I built the frame out of light weight basswood, marine epoxied it in, then sealed with clear coat. The adhesive on the tape is pretty weak stuff, so I augment the bond by applying rubber contact cement first. The hold downs are 6-32 blind nuts with the darts bent back flat. I made some plates to fixture the nuts in and give more glueing area for retention. Now it needs the bathtub test with the “waterfall”!

[785boats]

Luckily the boat landed upside down (downside up at this end of the world) So there was hardly any water in it.

Nice work on the hatch. I dare say that the waterfall test will be 100% successful.

[CraigP]

Water test was successful! It’s ready for some lake time... Paul, what kind of hull is in your ID picture? Would that be considered a rigger, Hydro? It looks like a four-point hybrid, very nice! I would love to mount the batteries in those sponsons, get that weight spread out... is this a kit you could recommend to me?