HJ's Mini Geico Cat,,,

[HYDROJERRY]

Hey hey!!! I got some new parts,,,,Traxxas Velienon 380 4000kv motor water cooling jacket motor mount and motor coupler!!! but humm where to place it????
The mount came with yellow cf sides but i didnt like them but a got an Etti mount awhile back for a 540 motor and had Tiqueman make me so better cf sides for it so i used the factory sides on this mount cuz i think they look better.....

[tiqueman]

Nice! So do I need to make you another set of mounts?

[HYDROJERRY]

Nope i still got the solid sheet i got from YOU!!!!LOL.. Any idea where to put the motor on this little thing i was thinking 30% of the length..Whats up with the cutup hull your doing got any new pics!!!

[HYDROJERRY]

Well took all the hardware off today and scuffed the hull with wet/dry sand paper then shot her with the last coat of clear well i hope the last coat!!!!! You will be proud im working on installing a water pickup tube insde the wright sponson!! Have never done this it will be interesting!!

[HYDROJERRY]

Hey Befu my brothers hatch came today not realy it could have been a day or two ago,,we'v been checking my mail waiting and low and behold my wife opened ower front door this morrning witch we never use and there was the box in the bottum so called my bro and he flew over and got it ,,,,thanks dude!!!!!

[F1 madness]

Well took all the hardware off today and scuffed the hull with wet/dry sand paper then shot her with the last coat of clear well i hope the last coat!!!!! You will be proud im working on installing a water pickup tube insde the wright sponson!! Have never done this it will be interesting!!

Looking good jerry,cant wait to see it get wet and see how it goes

[HYDROJERRY]

Thanks F1 yeah i cant wait either,,
Has anyone done the peice of cooling tube threw the bottom of the hull for a water pickup,, i no you all have but im doing my first one and would like to see someone elses so i can be sure im doing it ok,,,,please a pic or two!!!!

[tiqueman]

Ive done several. I will get some pics tonight of it.. but I may forget so remind me. basically take the tubing so that its running against the bottom of the hull and then it bends into the boat. Epoxy it in and then cut the excess off the outside. This in my experiences will give you the most efficient angle of the dangle. Then touch up around the outside w/ a little epoxy or putty and shoot it w/ some paint to finish it off.

[HYDROJERRY]

Thanks Scott i did the hole in the bottom and had a curved peice of tube and put it threw but didnt want to go any farther untill i found out more!!!! Not to forget i just recleared the hull and didnt want to touch it much but tonight it should be ok i think!!!

[tiqueman]

Just make sure as it turns out of the bottom of the hull its as close to the hull perpendicular along the bottom as you can get it.

[HYDROJERRY]

What no pics i gess ill have to wing it then

[tiqueman]

Sorry I slacked.

The one thats out of the boat I replaced as I wanted to get more of a swoop in it and it was leaking. You can see from the pic that shows both in the hull, one seems to turn back more towards the transom than the other. Try and get it like that.

[HYDROJERRY]

Awww i gotcha,,question i have the ose flush mount single pickup that was for my skunk cat,,, thinking of using it cuz getting rid of the skunk plus i cant braze a nipple on the cooling tube like that....

[befu]

Awww i gotcha,,question i have the ose flush mount single pickup that was for my skunk cat,,, thinking of using it cuz getting rid of the skunk plus i cant braze a nipple on the cooling tube like that....

You don't need to. I use 1/8" id brass tubing. Just rough up the outside and slide the 1/8" id water line over it, holds great.

I do the same thing, heat up the brass till it glows and let it air cool to make it soft. Bend it in as tight of a radius as I can before it kinks, and epoxy it through the hull. Sand it down flush, or slightly sticking out in the back, and it works great.

Brian

[tiqueman]

You don't need to. I use 1/8" id brass tubing. Just rough up the outside and slide the 1/8" id water line over it, holds great.

I do the same thing, heat up the brass till it glows and let it air cool to make it soft. Bend it in as tight of a radius as I can before it kinks, and epoxy it through the hull. Sand it down flush, or slightly sticking out in the back, and it works great.

Brian

Exactly. I only did that because the pick up tube I had was too large. And never say you "cant". Can you solder 5.5s? then you can solder a nipple into a tube. All I used was a soldering iron, some flux and some plumbing solder. No big deal man. See, you learndeded sumthin again!