Simon's 30"mono build

[tylerm]

haha, not good bout the chamber simon.

[Flying Scotsman]

Simon, very nice looking boat. On the self righting, you may have to add weight on the flood chamber wall side ..battery...lead. My ToysPort Triton requires this. It will look lopsided in the water at rest but will centre under power.

Douggie

[Simon.O.]

I got a hole in the weather to run it today after a pile of lawns that needed mowing.

The new lift strakes on the bottom make it fun.
On the straight it sits flat but dry, on a knife edge of the keel. The smallest rudder input will heel the boat over and that tells me that is is running high on the keel.
A little lifting but no serious signs of blowover yet.

Corners ?? Well there comes the fun.
A loose wide bend can be taken at wot but if I pull it in tighter then it begins to skip. It will not hook and spin just skip a lot as the turn gets tighter.

It is now a hoot to hold it at wot and see how tight I can pull a turn and keep it steady on the water. A mix of throttle control and steering will give me what I want.

Back off for the tight turn and run wide and loose for a wot turn.

I'll sort the flood chamber another day. For now I have a rough weather boat and will use it a lot over the winter.

The Cg is now at 27% and I am running a pair of 2S 5000 20C zippy packs in series as the Flightpower 4S pack I used two days ago has had enough.

[norbique]

Hi Simon!

It soudns interesting. Could you make a short video to show how it perfoms on the water?! :)

[lomdel]

... with all of your projects running simultaneously, I would really like to see a pic of your workbench / workshop Simon ...

[Simon.O.]

Here is a suggestion that was sent to me in a PM

just a thought would a ride pad make it a bit better give it a bit of width to ride on then maybe add a small skeg considering you made your own strut

Thoughts and ideas ??

Lombard, I'll e-mail you a few shots soon.

[Simon.O.]

From this discussion.
http://forums.offshoreelectrics.com/...ead.php?t=7653

I will now cut the bottom of this hull and step it.
The principle here will be to keep the keel line as is and the strut may not even have to move at all.
It is possible that the motor mount and other internal structure will remain unaffected and this can be a quick nip&tuck to the hull bottom.
If the motor rails etc need to be moved then that is fine too.

There are two reasons I will do this step project on this hull.

1. It is not fast enough at present. The setup is 7XL + 4S + m440. I just get 40mph so far and while it is fun to run, l would like a bit more, maybe 50 ??
I know it would be easy to change the power train or prop but I want to alter the hull. It is a lot cheaper to do hull work and I want to know how steps work

2. The step project on the Cat taught me a lot and I want to further my knowledge of hull design into stepped monos.

I have coloured on the hull bottom where I plan to do the cuts. The "blue" area will be removed and then I will re-skin the bottom to produce the steps.

This is the plan. 1 step at 40% and the 2nd at 20% from the transom.

[CornelP]

I'll be watching this, as I also want more from my wildthing...
Maybe it would be an idea to try adding some thick balsa to the first 50% of the hull, to get a more traditional step (whole width of the hull)... it is easier to remove than fill the holes....

[Simon.O.]

I'll be watching this, as I also want more from my wildthing...
Maybe it would be an idea to try adding some thick balsa to the first 50% of the hull, to get a more traditional step (whole width of the hull)... it is easier to remove than fill the holes....

I had already thought of that and dismissed the idea as it would raise the whole hull profile and make a lot of work for me to get the wire/shaft setup sorted again.
It is as much wood and glue to go the way that I am intending.

I do like your way of thinking Cornel.

[CornelP]

Thank you, same here...

[G Doggett]

You just can't resist butchering a perfectly good hull can you mate.

Might see ya at the Quarry Sunday AM if the weather holds off.

Graham.

[crabstick]

wouldnt hold your breath on that weather Graham its meant to turn to 25knots for saturday, 10 for sunday.

I have a big game of paintball i have organised on saturday, but sunday Im going to run my cat (your old cat) out here at by my place, at high tide its only about 4 feet deep for about 100 meters out, also have my jetski for a rescue vessel if needed. TRUE OFFSHORE!! haha bring longlite or victory out for a run. If the wind is a southerly the beach remains protected. Theres even a rock that you can walk up on that elevates you 2-3 feet above the water. There will be enough water to run from about 1:30 - 4pm as the tides are huge at the moment. Might post it up on our forum. im happy for people to come over to my place to rinse the boats afterwards, its about 400m from the beach

[Simon.O.]

You just can't resist butchering a perfectly good hull can you mate.

Might see ya at the Quarry Sunday AM if the weather holds off.

Graham.

You are right Graham, I enjoy cutting in and then makeing alterations.

Here are a few pics of progress. It should get wet at the weekend. The weather up here on the Shore is always nice.

[crabstick]

interesting, looks very.... odd :P

[domwilson]

Interesting design and concept. How do you think the low speed and cornering characteristics will be?