TFL Hobbies "Popeye" Hydro: P-Sport Hydro

[ron1950]

May I ask you the reason for re-bending the stuffing tube?

Well with th larger motor the angle was way off so had to get that right tryed everything i could think of before doing it Its not hard to do its just laying in there then j b weld it the angle u need Now iam worried the cg may be too far back But have to wait and see

[LiPo Power]

Just in case...
Is never enough.....
And second on Ron's opinion on the top of that...
Also, floatation, floatation, floatation.... :-)

May I ask you the reason for re-bending the stuffing tube?

[tlandauer]

No Problem.
Only 1P allowed here in Australia for racing.

Thanks!

Well with th larger motor the angle was way off so had to get that right tryed everything i could think of before doing it Its not hard to do its just laying in there then j b weld it the angle u need Now iam worried the cg may be too far back But have to wait and see

I see, thanks for the heads up as I too want to drop a bigger motor.

Just in case...
Is never enough.....
And second on Ron's opinion on the top of that...
Also, floatation, floatation, floatation.... :-)

Yeah! Love that JB Weld job, looks great, I will copy that as well and remember to add floataion!
Thanks guys!

[ron1950]

wish my yellow boat didnt have all this writing all over it lol my own fault as monica showed me pics of it before shipping .....now got the flex cut to right lenth..(alwasys a good thing) modified the motor mount with a drill to get better motor angle still lol.....had to sand the rudder so it would fit between the rudder brackets and swing freely...mock up the t180 position and battery placement...looks as if battery will have to be way forward to get decent cg....only real problem so far is that 2 or 3 of the set screws are missing// makes it harder to complete...lhs had the set screws so that's all over...

[ron1950]

now set up the esc and find a place to put the rx and I guess ill be done

[785boats]

Ron.
In mine there was a small RX tray to the right of the motor under the deck. Is there not one in yours? Also there was some foam cut & fitted in each sponson. I would have thought they all come like that.But extra foam is still needed.
Here's a couple of pics of the layout in mine. You can just see edge of the balloon around the RX at the edge of the deck in the first pic. The second one shows the RX & the foam.

[ron1950]

well I am back on the road again so cant look at it now but if there was a rx tray I never saw it lol....glued a small 1/4 plywood slab to the floor and velcroed the mr3000 rx to it....wont get a chance to run it till the 24th .....

btw if u are using the stock motor mount and running a 40 mm motor like the 4074 or nue 1515 u will need this http://www.offshoreelectrics.com/pro...d=ose-80600-RC

and u may need a short water cooling can as there is not much room between the braceing

[flraptor07]

Monica says mine will be done 10/20 I got the green one with no lettering except the TFL logo on the rear, All hardware 40mm motor mount, no electronics. I'm Going bulletproof on electronics, Swordfish 220A ESC and Neu 1515 1y 2200kv motor, Savox SW 0231SG waterproof servo. should work good for my first P Sport Hydro.

[ron1950]

sounds good flap where do u run in fla?

[flraptor07]

Ron.
In mine there was a small RX tray to the right of the motor under the deck. Is there not one in yours? Also there was some foam cut & fitted in each sponson. I would have thought they all come like that.But extra foam is still needed.
Here's a couple of pics of the layout in mine. You can just see edge of the balloon around the RX at the edge of the deck in the first pic. The second one shows the RX & the foam.

How do you do the leads through the side of the hull for your + lead?

[flraptor07]

sounds good flap where do u run in fla?

Well I just started with RC boats not to long ago, I'll be running @ Ackerman park with West Fl Model Boat Club and I test @ Bennett park in Bradenton

[ron1950]

cool I am a member there also....ill be down there in dec hopefully....I know some others in the club that are going to get this boat so will be fun...

[Doby]

Here's a shot of Roberts at speed in a corner..and a few others.. Just realized these pics should have gone in the P-Spec thread...oh well, nice pics anyway!

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[tlandauer]

Monica says mine will be done 10/20 I got the green one with no lettering except the TFL logo on the rear, All hardware 40mm motor mount, no electronics. I'm Going bulletproof on electronics, Swordfish 220A ESC and Neu 1515 1y 2200kv motor, Savox SW 0231SG waterproof servo. should work good for my first P Sport Hydro.

Monica told me the same thing, but I didn't think of telling them that I plan to use a 40mm motor ( 4074 or Neu 1515 1y), just e mailed her now and hopefully it is not too late.
Your plan sounds really good!

[Doby]

A Dremel is your friend...easy to make or enlarge some holes to accommodate the larger motors...I did that on my P-Sport version.