TFL Hobbies "Popeye" Hydro: P-Sport Hydro

[ron1950]

yes it does ...next time ill know enough to ask for the moon lol

[flraptor07]

Got word from Monica, they are going to install the 40mm motor mount ring! Seems TFL is really quite on top of their game.

So far all the dealings I've had with TFL and Monica have been topnotch! Definetly the best overseas company I've dealt with!!

[ray schrauwen]

So I have to modify my PTSS for LSH and or P-Sport Hydro to make it legal for the nats? Very major bummer

Cool. The only reason I ask is because everyone assumed that the first gen Phil Thomas Stealth hull was legal in NAMBA, but it turned out that it wasn't. I didn't want anyone to have a similar surprise with this.. especially if they are planning to bring one to the NAMBA Nats in June.

[ron1950]

didn't darin do a build on a pt hydro to make it legal for namba? as I remember he added bulsa triangle to the back sides to make rear wider ...

[ray schrauwen]

Someone did, still looking.

[Doby]

So I have to modify my PTSS for LSH and or P-Sport Hydro to make it legal for the nats? Very major bummer

I wouldn't be moding anything yet Ray..I just PM'd Terry for some clarification.

[ray schrauwen]

It's not a big hassle, the boat is gutted anyway but, thank you once again!

I looked up Mike Ball's thread on modifying the hull, rules ya know

[flraptor07]

Got Email from Monica today, my Popeye is done and ready to ship!! Got pics too and it looks great, just as I ordered no decals except for TFL logo on the rear deck https://mail-attachment.googleuserco...BgUn0rbnWJEkkc

[ron1950]

hey flrap I don't have google account pics didn't work for me

[flraptor07]

hey flrap I don't have google account pics didn't work for me

Let me see if I can put them in a different way, I just copied and pasted from the email.

[Darin Jordan]

Version 2 of the PT Stealth 30 is NAMBA Legal. It was the original version that wasn't. Transom bottom was about 1/2" too narrow.

[785boats]

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

Hi.
The leads are the safety loop that we must use for racing here in Australia.
I epoxy a piece of 3/8" timber with two holes in it for the female bullets, under the deck. Two holes drilled through the deck to match.
The female bullets, with a short piece of wire and a connector to suit the battery on one & the ESC on the other, are epoxied into the timber protruding through the deck a bit.
The actual loop is a short piece of wire with a male bullet on each end.
Here's a pic of the loose bits.
The other piece of timber & brass tube in the pic is just a water outlet.

[flraptor07]

Let's see if this works for my Popeye picsRIMG1218.jpgRIMG1220.jpgRIMG1225.jpg

[Darin Jordan]

Let's see if this works for my Popeye pics[ATTACH=CONFIG]106665[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]106666[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]106667[/ATTACH]

The boat actually doesn't look too bad from an appearance standpoint. Can you post some pics of the bottom?

Also, some dimensions I'd be interested in seeing:

1) Tunnel width
2) Pickle-Fork Depth (tips of sponsons to leading edge of center section)
3) Transom width at it's narrowest point
4) Tunnel Depth at rear-most of ride-pad
5) Distance from aft of ride pad to the transom
6) AoA
7) Dihedral angle
8) Tunnel break location

[Doby]

Hey Darin:

I can measure #1, #3, #4,#5 for you when I get home tonight....As for the others...might need a diagram to figure out what you mean.