Darin's Top Speed 2 FE Conversion...

[Darin Jordan]

Hi guys... Just barely getting started, but I have the cowl painted now... The deck still needs to be taped off and painted.... Red down the center between the sponsons, and green on the sponson decks... More to come...

[andym]

Very nice Darin, looks way better than standard, you have got the artists touch mate.

[Darin Jordan]

Hey Guys... I have the paint on the deck drying as I type... I'm going to shoot a couple of coats of clear over it tonight, afterwhich I'll see about getting some updated pics posted... It looks great!

Say, can someone who has done this conversion using an Octua mount and REK lower please tell me what the mounting dimensions for the mount were?? The instructions cover the OS MAX .21 mounting and the K&B Lower with Dubro mount mounting, but I am going to be using an Octura 3.5 mount with the REK lower, and would like to get the inserts installed while I'm still waiting for the mount to arrive...

Thanks,

[Darin Jordan]

Paint Complete

Here are some shots of the completed paint job... I may try to get a couple of decals for it, but for now, this is it...

I'll let this sit for a couple of days, then start mounting the motor and hardware...

[Team X]

Looks Great!!

[Jeepers]

I like how that came out, that looks great!

[Fast Guy]

Nice paint job. I have the REK lower with a Dubro mount. I could get you the hole locations I you think it would help.

[Darin Jordan]

Nice paint job. I have the REK lower with a Dubro mount. I could get you the hole locations I you think it would help.

That might help... I'm going to be using the Octura 3.5 mount, but I understand they are the same bolt pattern??? If you have the dimensions, that would be a great help...

[kck741]

Wow that boat looks just a good as you delta

[Darin Jordan]

ESC - Cooling Plates...

Hi Guys,

Just thought I'd show you the cooling plates I just fabbed for my SV27 ESC for this project... I needed something much thinner than the factory ones, and I think these will work nicely...

The factory casing is just black anodized aluminum extrusion with the ESC inside and potted on either end, so I cleaned up the top and bottom, applied a little heat transfer compound (like you'd use on a CPU heat sink or similiar) and then used some high-temp tape I have (this happens to be "Boeing" quality for use in composite layup autoclaving...) to secure it all together... I think this may actually work better than the stock setup... It definately contacts the surface better... Not any heavier either...


Oh, and a BIG THANK YOU to Andym for sending me another factory radio box... I got it today and it's going to work very well I think...

More to come...

[SJFE]

Darin you are the rattle can KING. I am going to hunt down some of that expensive mask you use and have a go @ the jolly.

[Jeepers]

Automotive paint centers carry the best tape.

[Darin Jordan]

Here are a couple more pics, showing the second stock radio box, modified and attached to the unmodified stock box... Batteries should go in the front, rx and steering servo in the back... ESC will sit on the rear tray where the fuel tank was meant to go... We'll have to see if I can work out the 9.5" or so CG with this arrangement...

More to come...

[kck741]

Where are you going to put the batteries are you going to stack them?

[Darin Jordan]

Where are you going to put the batteries are you going to stack them?

4S1P of 5000 mah Poly RC Lipo cells drops right into the front box with room to spare... I lay them in there on edge, but they come in and out and fit fine...