Namba328
04-01-2016, 08:49 AM
TheBuildRc.com sent me these two sworder outriggers for free to test and review and give a honest review on these boats, just part of the products that they carry. When I received these boats I was astonished by the craftsmanship and quality of these boats. They are full fiberglass hull with solid carbon rod boom tubes and they have a really nice laser cut wood motor mount and radio gear tray that is already setup to accept almost any standard size servo. These boats also come with all machined aluminum hardware that is the best I have seen come from China. They are very light weight but very solid and rtr they both ended up almost 1/2lb lighter then the boat I currently race. Which not only made me excited, but made me want to strive to make these two boats run as fast as possible.
Now there was some modifications I had to do. I had to add wider ride pads onto the bottom of the sponsons due to the stock ride surfaces being too narrow. I honed the strut to a larger diameter to allow a .187" or 4.76mm flex shaft to fit to accommodate the power of the 2030kv aquacraft motor we used in my district racing. I also had to carve the stock wooden motor mount so that my motor would fit due to its size and cooling jacket. I also had to add a 90 degree bracket to the right side sponson to allow me to mount a turnfin of my choice, which I used a aquacraft turnfin from a ul-1 superior hydro which I took off my current boat. How I mounted the bracket is I drilled through the sponson and epoxied in two pieces of brass tubing that was slightly longer then the thickness of the sponson where the bracket was going to be mounted so that when I tightened the mounting bolts it wouldn't squeeze the sponson it would squeeze the brass instead. I also have since removed and added a more conventional style strut and will post my results after I get to test it.
But all and all these outriggers are a very good option for someone who is looking for a affordable option to go race outriggers and I have plans on building these up as a pltd hydro and a full phydro and racing them here locally and hopefully at the 2016 Namba FE Nationals this year. To be honest I was able to do almost all of the modifications within about 3 1/2 to about 4hrs worth of time and that was taking my time and trying things before making them permanent.
If you want to go check these out here's the link: http://thebuildrc.com/rc-boats/arr-without-motor/31-6-rc-ep-frp-epoxy-fiberglass-sea-arrow-arr-racing-outrigger-boat.html
Once again they have lots of other products so go check out what they have and I will post results of the conventional style strut testing asap.
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Now there was some modifications I had to do. I had to add wider ride pads onto the bottom of the sponsons due to the stock ride surfaces being too narrow. I honed the strut to a larger diameter to allow a .187" or 4.76mm flex shaft to fit to accommodate the power of the 2030kv aquacraft motor we used in my district racing. I also had to carve the stock wooden motor mount so that my motor would fit due to its size and cooling jacket. I also had to add a 90 degree bracket to the right side sponson to allow me to mount a turnfin of my choice, which I used a aquacraft turnfin from a ul-1 superior hydro which I took off my current boat. How I mounted the bracket is I drilled through the sponson and epoxied in two pieces of brass tubing that was slightly longer then the thickness of the sponson where the bracket was going to be mounted so that when I tightened the mounting bolts it wouldn't squeeze the sponson it would squeeze the brass instead. I also have since removed and added a more conventional style strut and will post my results after I get to test it.
But all and all these outriggers are a very good option for someone who is looking for a affordable option to go race outriggers and I have plans on building these up as a pltd hydro and a full phydro and racing them here locally and hopefully at the 2016 Namba FE Nationals this year. To be honest I was able to do almost all of the modifications within about 3 1/2 to about 4hrs worth of time and that was taking my time and trying things before making them permanent.
If you want to go check these out here's the link: http://thebuildrc.com/rc-boats/arr-without-motor/31-6-rc-ep-frp-epoxy-fiberglass-sea-arrow-arr-racing-outrigger-boat.html
Once again they have lots of other products so go check out what they have and I will post results of the conventional style strut testing asap.
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