M12 maritimo

[bonewar]

J.m.

Thanks for the picture.

Mate i have 2 in hull pickups in 1 of me SV27.

Down the pond ,1 of the water tubes let go , and with in 2 laps of about 100m

the boat was full of water. I now glue the water tubes to the nipples.

Safer that way!!

No need for the external water pickups as the in hull pickups work very well.

Also i like to keep the transom of my boats very clean.

Bonewar

[old guy]

hows that trap door coming along lol
Old guy

[bonewar]

Old guy,

Thanks for the idea on the tunnel wing.

Its just the thing i needed to finish off the wing.

Sneak peak!!!

Bonewar

[bonewar]

Esc , capacitor wiring

OK ,

Got busy today,

First off, I soldered the caps to some 10awg wire .

I've changed the size of the caps(2200uf) after talking to Castle.

Better to use this size for my application.

Then i soldered the rest of the wires to some new lengths of 12awg.

Then i added the caps to the wires .

I will run one set of +- down each side of the ESC for my lipo connection.

Added the motor connectors also.

Just waiting on the strut , Then i will glass in the motor mount and add the drive line

to this beast.

Bonewar

[Jeff Wohlt]

I think I found you the strut you need to fit that beast. I will pm you.

[bonewar]

Thats great news Jeff,

It's the last piece of the puzzle.

And i am sort of at a stand still with out it.

I couldn't resist your bearing strut for this project.


I FINALLY finished the ESC connectors .

Took me a hole day to sort it out.

Bonewar

[HYDROJERRY]

the soldering you did is super nice excilent work man

[Jeff Wohlt]

No doubt....what watt iron will do that big stuff?

[bonewar]

Thanks Jerry,



Jeff,

I use 2 soldering irons.

They are made be WELLER, 1 is a 40w iron and the other is a 80w iron.

I use the 80w iron on the big stuff and the 40w on the small jobs.

Bonewar

[HYDROJERRY]

Man i use a Weller 140/100W and cant do it anywhere near how you do and im a welder at work so i would say you got some crazy skills but anyway nice work

[obrien008]

Nice work, that thing is looking sick, im having trouble heating up my parallel connectors for my esc too, guess im gonna have to go get a bigger iron aswell, but keep up the good work bro

[bonewar]

Jerry,

The Weller iron i'm using is a 80W 240V, i think they get up to 900F.

That is enough heat to solder most joins.

No trick to getting a good join.
I apply a little flux to clean the area , get the wire real hot and apply the solder close to the tip, that way i know it's flowing throw the wire.
Wet sponge to cool the job.
Then i file the excess solder off for the prefect join. Also a clean solder tip helps.
Rubber paint to seal the job. Done!!


Thanks Obrien,

Yer i think its going to turn out pretty sick to mate.



Bonewar

[HYDROJERRY]

Maybe thats it i havent been useing the flux,,,

[bonewar]

Update

OK,

This is where I'm up to with the build.
I've started to prep the side of the boat and added a bigger chime.
The extended chime is for turning and looks ,
With these Maritimo's they tend to slide out in a corner when trying to apply power.
This is why i have added the bigger chime , to help with the slide out affect at speed.
Also added a very small 7 volt fan up front for the esc .
Just waiting on my strut and then i can finish the back of the boat and paint her.

Bonewar

[tiqueman]

Looks awesome Rick! Doing the chine like that doesnt cause it to roll in a turn? I know that works on V hulls, just never seen anyone do it on a cat? Did a nice job on it though, as usual.