1/16 shovel nose issues

[befu]

I like!

That looks neat, might have to go that way wiht the paint.

name: Mrs. Plum Crazy! (since my wife wanted the color instead of Miss)

Hopefully my rudder gets here soon.

The Rc is potted in epoxy, speed control is potted in epoxy, only thing I haven't done anything to is the servo. Need to try the corrosion X and see if it slows the servo down, might have to go with the 3m conformal coating on the servo board otherwise.

I was just looking at it, did I put the water pickup on the wrong side being I will be turning right? Turn fin will go under the hull like the original, no big sharkfin hanging off the side!

Brian

[befu]

Rudder came in

Well, yesterday the rudder showed up. Looks smaller than I thought it would be, we will have to see if it works. Remember, not for race, just for fun!

This morning I made a turn fin and it is ready to go! Went with a clip down hatch cover, so we will see how it goes. Need to go out and run it. Speed should be somewhere south of 70 or 80 mph. South as in, 40 or 50 mph! LOL!

I can fit two 3s-2200 batteries in it (2p), but will try it on one first.

Figure I will start with a y531 prop. It matches the purple!

[befu]

Ran it and crashed

Well I got back out with the boys today to run thier crackerboxes and took the new 1/16 hydro along.

Tried it out with a 2s-2200 first on the y531. Took off from a stop with no problems, nice and slow speed, but it seemed like the front was riding low, transom high. Left front sponson looked like it was pushing water, but it ran fine.

Brought it in and dropped a 3s-2200 -20c battery in it. Ran it again. RPM's picked way up and it took off! Still running wet in the front, transom hopping some. Ran about 4 laps at partial throttle and then opened it up along the front straight, close to shore. About 1/2 way down the front it submarined..... deep! Took about 7 seconds to come up, had to reassure my son it would come back up when he asked, not sure if I sounded all that confident. It came back up floating perfectly flat, that is why it surfaced so slowly I think. Drove it back into shore full of water.

This time I put a 30mm plastic prop from OSE on it and ran it again. I also moved the battery back about 3/4" and it did much better. The driver on the other hand.... Crashed it hard! Full speed into a 2" steel pipe sticking about an inch out of the water. I was way to close to shore, look at the damage. At least kevlar is tough!

No data yet, will get that soon enough.