traxxas villan build

[20psinow]

you know the stright shaft is still on my mind.. i have not got anything yet for hardwear but $10 for a shaft and $70ish for the sv27 hardwear, the straight shaft is sounding good.. still finding the little time i have to work on her right now to day started to epoxy the lower transom wood in so ill have one on top and bottom then the next 2 are going over the top of them.. its still up in the air but i really like the sv27 hardwear but the shaft is so cheap and ez...

[j.m.]

You want the leading edge of the rudder even with the drive dog.

The bottom should stick down below the prop, basically as much as possible while keeping the hinge and control line above the water.

The shaft sticking out the back will function just like a strut, but would not be adjustable. This design is found on many European mono hulls.




These are basically how the villain would be set up with the straight shaft.

Jon

[20psinow]

well j.m. where do you mount the motor?

[j.m.]

Forward, basically as far as it can go.

[20psinow]

sweet now that i know that i can kinda look at how im gonna lay things out.. well this is the progress today still need to let the epoxy cure befor i do anyting with it but the next pice will be on tonight i hope..

[bwells]

Thanks for the reply Jon. I was way off on the rudder location. For some reason I was thinking bottom of rudder, not front, Thanks

[20psinow]

wile im thinking about it if i do the set up on page 1 with that motor and esc will this battery work for me? parkzone (PKZ1031 11.1V 1800mAh 3 cell li-po with a continuous discharge up to 15C (27amps)) i found it in my box of crap from a plane that i crashed last year and i think if i get some deans plug i could use this battery? i dont think it well provide a long run time but i was going to run 14.4 ni-cd (2-6 cell packs 2000mAh)...

[j.m.]

You can use that battery if you want to light your boat on fire.....

You can run your nicd packs in parallel, speed will be lacking but you won't be stressing the batteries.


The ply doublers are looking good! You will want to fill in the corners though.

Jon

[20psinow]

that my plan, wanted to fill the corners in to make it look good and the gap in the center of them.. going to start on the other bottom one tonight/right now and then to firday on the top and sand it down and clean them up then this weekend going to glass it!! and my parts are going to start coming in... going with the 4mm shaft and baby flex cable..

[20psinow]

You can use that battery if you want to light your boat on fire.....

You can run your nicd packs in parallel, speed will be lacking but you won't be stressing the batteries.


The ply doublers are looking good! You will want to fill in the corners though.

Jon

if i run them in parallel i it will only be good for 7.2v right? i ran the stock motor that i had from the boat and put 24v to it and wow... she lasted 3min or so unloaded then let some smoke out then loaded it with a pice of rubber and maybe 30sec latter let more smoke out and and froze up lots of fun at work today..

[20psinow]

so i got home from work and mixed up some epoxy and did the top part of the transom then filled in some of the gap on the bottom wood still need to go over when the epoxy drys and do some sanding and epoxy the gap between the top and bottom wood.. but more pics for ya guys..

[Make-a-Wake]

Hey Buddy............been talkin' to you on youtube......Mine is an old Villain IV but its basically the same..........I went with a Feigao 1445kv XL, direct drive, 4mm shaft, graupner flexshaft 5mm to 4mm, turnigy 120a esc and 2 x 3s lipo...6s. Got a big rudder sitting behind the prop..............works very well. Here are a few pics. I'll be running my X442 tomorrow morning. BTW i went to a long cooling jacket................

[20psinow]

really you have the same setup that i will have.. i like the servo mount you made, i need to find something that will work on mine. thinken about maken a radio box that im able to move back and forth to adjust CG.. but time will tell i like the set up you have, you have a lot more money in the project then i will have but maybe some day i will move up and try to brake the 50's lol dreaming now....

[Make-a-Wake]

What motor are you goin' with? I'm hittin' about 35 or so with the x440..........and it runs super cool.........motor in the 90's after a hard 5 minute run. I keep it on the conservative side, i'm not racing...........im just a "sport boater". Low kv and high voltage keeps the amp draw and the temps down. It hasnt cost that much......motor was $69 and ESC $50, stock servo, made my own shaft......stock tube.

Here's the second vid you may not have seen.............bow up more, riding much better

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjZBzkXeru8&feature=related

[20psinow]

page 1 has the setup that j.m. gave me for a parts list to do a build and keep it cheap. this would also be a (sports boater) setup but im not running lipo's i have 4 7.2v nicd batterys that i want to use up but need to find out if any of the cells are dead. and im going to be useing a 40x53 2blade prop.. i dont know how that compares to the x440..