Project Miami Vice!!!! now playing

[skidooguymxz550]

my boat finally showed up!!!

this is going to be a very quick build, i'm hopping to have her done by the weekend

heres the specs
-super vee 27 motor and esc combo
-14ib 4200's
-theemed to look like the 39' mti form the movie
-all bby hardware

for this weekend she will be running on a fieago 14xl on twenty cells. its a long story

here's the boat:



and heres what the finished product will look like

[saleens7]

so your the one who randy was making that extra long rudder for..

cant wait to see how it works out

[skidooguymxz550]

the rudders extra long? i didn't order it that way but now that i look at it is pretty long.

should work out real nice... at least in my own mind

[saleens7]

i remember seeing a thread over on RRR where he was making that same rudder for a custom order....

[skidooguymxz550]

hmmmmm.... wasn't me. must be his standard now

[Jeepers]

COOL A BBY Scat Cat 26!! I am building one for my dad, probably a 9XL 12cells!

[Jeepers]

can you post a close up of the rudder assembly?

[skidooguymxz550]

can you post a close up of the rudder assembly?

sure can. i'll throw a pic in with the update tommorow

[skidooguymxz550]

ok. i got the strudder mounted and the motor mount in. my blow torch is up north so i'll do the tube then. i'm going to put the servo mount in and get her painted up..

just the yellow and white will be painted. the decals have to wait till i get my own motor

[Jeepers]

Nice thanks for the pic of the rudder assembly!
whats the blue stuff on the hull?

[skidooguymxz550]

no problem. the blues stuff is tape from the super glue process. it's all sanded down and painted now.

i'm waiting on my yellow to dry so i can shoot clear coat

[skidooguymxz550]

the paints done so i snapped some pics. i just layed down the first coat of clear. i plan to do three coats of clear.



i still got to do the servo mount and cut a hole for the stuffing tube. probally going to be up till 1:30 to 2:00 gotta get her done though

[skidooguymxz550]

well i got her running and she runs pretty darn good. very fast and stable in the straights. turning sucks but my wiehgt balance was way off so thats understandable.

i had one blow over but i was running full throttle into the wind. she rode her prop right before the blow.

what i don't understand is why the motor was getting so hot. i was running a fieago 14xl with a 42mm prop on 20cells with a water in a abs boat and she would barely pass the 5 second test. this boat doesn't shoot a rooster like my other boat. is the prop to deep? would that cause the overheating?

i love the look of this boat as it bounces over small boat wakes along the beach. it's cool look to see how real it looks and hear people ask "is it gas?"