TFL Hobbies "Popeye" Hydro: P-Sport Hydro

[ron1950]

you trying to raise it up or lower it more?

[tlandauer]

you trying to raise it up or lower it more?

He is trying to raise up more so he filed the hole towards the prop shaft. So the hull will ride bow up more. That's as far as I can tell from looking at the picture.

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[lenny]

Tim looking a lot better now,
I think when you move the strut up higher it will run even smoother for you.

[Jlov]

Im hooked I have to get one of these now !!!

[tlandauer]

In hooked I have to get one of these now !!!

e mail Monica, kwl@tflhobby.com
She is great to deal with, but TFL is currently in Germany for the 2014 Toy Fair.

[tlandauer]

Tim looking a lot better now,
I think when you move the strut up higher it will run even smoother for you.

Thanks, I am getting there slowly.

[Brushless55]

Please let me know when someone hits mid 60's with a PSport setup in this hull

[Doby]

He is trying to raise up more so he filed the hole towards the prop shaft. So the hull will ride bow up more. That's as far as I can tell from looking at the picture.

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Currently i run both of my Popeyes with the strut as high as it will go and it seems to be the "sweet" spot.

Nice and stable, not running wet at all.

I'm just experimenting to see if even higher is a "sweeter" spot.

I also modded my 2 turn-fins to allow for a bit more adjustments as well.

Unfortunately, I'm still 2 months away from seeing any water that is not in a solid format. So to Ron and Tim...... (you get what I mean)

Global warming....yeah right

[rickwess]

Global warming....yeah right

You know it's been a atypically cold winter when you spot this on your roof. What a magnificent bird! Living in Southern Ontario, it's normally a rare sighting.

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[flraptor07]

You know it's been a atypically cold winter when you spot this on your roof. What a magnificent bird! Living in Southern Ontario, it's normally a rare sighting.

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Beautiful Bird, we have a lot owls down here I've seen what we call Barn Owls down here about 2ft tall when sitting in the tree. we also have Horned Owls and Screech Owls too but no Snow Owls

[Doby]

.....but no Snow Owls

Probably something to do with the lack of snow......

[ron1950]

actually I saw on the network news that snow owls are showing up way far south in the us and they don't know why...they look cool though...now what is this about hard water? if it gets any colder here in east tx (supposed to snow here tonight) we will have some hard water to play on also....

[flraptor07]

Hull Mod Pics

I did a hull mod on the Popeye that helped a lot to keep these things from packing so much air. I'll explain how I did it after the pics. DSC02376.jpgDSC02377.jpgDSC02379.jpgDSC02380.jpgDSC02381.jpg

[flraptor07]

Here's a Video of after the hull mod. even running some rough spots it gathers itself up pretty good now. Most of the times it was out of the water 4 or 5 inches it would have been blown over before, now it settles back down. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkeoe...ature=youtu.be

[flraptor07]

How I did the hull mod.

If you look on the inside of the hull where the cutouts are, you'll see a chanel. You'll need to block off the front side of the chanel on each side, I just used tape. Then I took 1 1/2oz mixed of Zap 30 min epoxy and 1/2oz of milled fiberglass, mixed it all up and poured each chanel. I set the hull so the chanel was full to the top at the front side and tapered to nothing at the back side. You'll have to judge how deep you need to make it, I did each side seperate. After the epoxy set I used a carbide burr usually used for aluminum (Coarse fluted) on a die grinder and basicly routered the sections out, I went back strait to 2 1/2" then angled to nothing at 3 1/2". On the rear end of the cutout I angled the taper to the outside to help funnel the air out from under the hull. After the Die Grinder I hand sanded with 220grit paper, if you're careful you can do this without hurting any paint except right where the cutouts are. As you can see, all I need to do is touch up the paint on the cutouts. Hope this helps you guys, feel free to PM me any questions you may have.