Brushless Fighter

[SJFE]

OK so I'm on vacation. Game on. Tonight I got the transom doubler in. I used a peice of 3/16th ply incased in devcon. Next I Reinforced both sides with 1/64 birtch. Now I had already glassed the bottom with some fine cloth in 2ton devon. I laminated it again with the birtch. I will thin out some more epoxy tomorrow and coat the surface of all the wood again. To insure a good bond I stacked some packs in the boat as you can see. Next I will be reinforcing the center of the hull just above the hatch for the motor mount. After that I'll mount the Octura strut bracket and skeg strut (currently on the black jack) and aline, bend and epoxy in the stuffing tube. Once I have the drive line in The carbon fiber plate floor can go in. One thing is for sure it's now stiff as a board. I will have all day and night tomorrow to work undisturbed. Gota love it.

[avengersteve]

looking good, i think you should make it to run all those cells!

[SweetZ28]

Looks good

wonder how fast it can posibly go before it blows out of the water!

[lferguson]

Are those Tenergy cells? If so what do you think of them? I was looking for some good but CHEAP 6 cell packs for my wifes boat.....

[Steven Vaccaro]

Tenergy = Junk!

I purchased a bunch of 6 cell packs at there dealer cost to resell. The 2000mah packs delivered were only 1000mah at 10-15 amps! There are better cheap packs out there.

[lferguson]

That really sucks..... well there goes that option. Looks like the wife will be waiting to hit the water after I get done with my Tunnel project. LOL I am going to need the $$$ first dang it.

[SweetZ28]

Here is a good pack for $29.00 GP3900 you can't beat it!

http://www2.gpmd.com/image/o/oric1237.jpg
http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXLWR4&P=ML

[SJFE]

I agree with Steven on the Tenergy packs. None of them will hold more than 2800mah...Iv'e never even used them but for 3 days in my touring car. I use them in the tug...I am going to parallel them now beacuse they worry me on long distance recoverys.

[ReddyWatts]

I think Steven has a good battery deal.

$24.95

http://www.offshoreelectrics.com/proddetail.php?prod=hrp-sp3600

[SJFE]

I rolled out of bed this morning and walked right down the stairs and plopped down in front of the boat. I had to pull the strut bracket off the Jack and clean it up first. After some prep work I lined up the strut and makrked off the mount holes. After I got it on It was out of square a tick. I pulled it and shimed it up. Shes right on the money now. Next was the motor mount alinment. I am headed back out now to thin some epoxy and brush all the wood down. After that cures I'll bend and set the stuffing tube. By tonight I should be ready to start messing with the esc, receiver and battery placment. Back to work.

[SJFE]

Thats the best price I have seen on a quality sport pack yet........

[SweetZ28]

SJFE why do you thin regular epoxy ? they make thin type 2 part apoxy from thick to like water I used it a few times when a fiber glassed a air boat i made once.

[SJFE]

Cant find it around here. Didnt think to order any. Makin my own is simple.

[SweetZ28]

O it don't matter both ways will work :-)

[SJFE]

The stuffing tube is curing into the hull now. I was suprised how eazy it was to aline and bend it. Believe it or not this is my first one:eek: . I have a couple hours to relax now. I will go cut the carbon fiber foor in a bit. If all goes well Ill have it 90% done by midnight or so. I'm keepin my fingers crossed.

[SJFE]

Yeah I used a ton of epoxy here but I'm leveling it out for the cf plate.

[SweetZ28]

Don't think that one will be leaking :-)

[lferguson]

Wow, Tom... that is some epoxy there. :)

[SJFE]

Yep. I don't think i'll be twisting that hull any time soon. Not like It's a boat I plan to keep anyway. From the get go it was a sale project. Another reason to make it strong.

[SJFE]

This is as far as I was able to get. I am not disapointed but I was hoping for a little more. I wound up using plywood for the battery tray. As you can see there is plenty of room for just about any type of pack. What works best is a 6cell stick pack. You have plenty of room to ajust cg. All I really have left is the steering linkage and electronics. I am not putting the cf floor in because it's really over kill @ this point. The hull is plenty strong. I have a feeling this thing is going to be a fun little boat. It may be tuff to part with:cool: [/COLOR]

[hammertime]

nice work as always

[SJFE]

Thanks hammer. I really want to get back on it but I have a house to clean:( . I may steel an hour later on and get some of the electrics in.