Triple Cat

[battlefury]

Finally have a mock up of one side.The physical size of the motors with the jackets dont really give me much room to angle the motor before it hits the hull,so I had to bend the stuffing tube like you see.I know there should be as little bend as possible,but Im kind of stuck with this.The flex turns fine with no binding or much resistance.Anyone have an opinion on my stuffing tube bends?Im using .187 cable with 9/32 brass tube.Any opinions or suggestions are welcomed.

Hi Larry, one thing i learned when the boat is in the pond, it always different case unless you are pretty certain. I supposed you havent epoxy your CF support, superglue your shown mock up position and give the motor a spin in the pond. In that way, you can unmount the support easily and make changes flexing point if needed so. Just my 0.02 cent worth. On top of that GOOD job on the bulid! Have fun

[LaMoparPower]

Larry,
I plan on cutting some of the "lip" that overhangs the hull that the canopy sits on to free up a little bit of room for the castles im using in my build... doesnt give a ton more room, but every little bit helps! The canopy is raised so it would give you close to 1/4"


Mad props on the polished hardware man, makes it look very very sweet!

[LarrysDrifter]

Thanks guys. I already trimmed the lip. I may try to do more in a few days.

[FighterCat57]

Now don't take this the wrong way Larry because you've been doing this fe thing longer than me but I'd like to ask a couple of questions. Just doing some 'what if' math with some good 30-40c cells. 1800kv x 3.5 x 6 puts your motor @ 37800 rpm. Are there props that can actually move water and ultimately your boat at that rpm? And how much energy will be wasted and turned into heat if the motor can't reach the sweet spot? With that said I used to set up my 12s heli for a given head speed and selected motor kv based on what I KNEW that head speed was. You've been playing around wit these cats and have an idea of what a certain prop will do with so many cells in a boat that weighs whatever. There's my 2 cents and btw scorpion has some sweet new motors if you can shoehorn 40 mm in that hull 3 times or if you know something you'd rather not share here's the 30mm motor I ran in my 500,,, http://www.scorpionsystem.com/catalo...S-HK30-1900KV/ Just plain stupid power on 6s. There is something to be said for 1400 watts x 3=4200 for sure. I want to see this boat fly, I'm very interested, actually excited and wondering if grown men should be this excited about toy boats

LMAO!

I often wonder that myself. My wife teases me about it.

[RandyatBBY]

Finally have a mock up of one side.The physical size of the motors with the jackets dont really give me much room to angle the motor before it hits the hull,so I had to bend the stuffing tube like you see.I know there should be as little bend as possible,but Im kind of stuck with this.The flex turns fine with no binding or much resistance.Anyone have an opinion on my stuffing tube bends?Im using .187 cable with 9/32 brass tube.Any opinions or suggestions are welcomed.

Cool idea trips! love it, keep truckin on!

I did not see the trips until today, just too deep in my thoughts.

Are you going to run the three ESC's off of one massive pack?

[LarrysDrifter]

Project abandoned. For sale in swap shop.

[Boaterguy]

Nooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!

[LarrysDrifter]

I can finish it,then sell it for a whole lot more! You should finish it, Boaterguy. I still want to see it run. I was always anxious to hear 3 outrunners and props singin by.

[jcald2000]

looks like
59 MPH
from here

http://www.offshoreelectrics.com/conversion.htm

[Boaterguy]

I don't have the money, if you send it to me, I can pay shipping, finish it, and sell it, of course I would get a cut of the profit :)

[sailr]

Carbon Fiber plate will dull your scroll saw blade pretty quick! Ask me how I know! Haha.

The sponson transom is a little too thin,so I decided to make these doublers to help support the rear.Johnson gave me a piece of carbon fiber,so I figured Id give it a whirl.Ive never worked with this stuff before,but its easier to work with than what I thought.Didnt turn out too bad.I have enough left,so Im thinking about making my own servo mount for a low pro servo and use a pull/pull system or just use 2 4-40 rods.Havent decided yet as the rudder mounting pad on the rear kind of limits options unless I can find a long servo arm for use with 2 cables or rods.

[LarrysDrifter]

I don't have the money, if you send it to me, I can pay shipping, finish it, and sell it, of course I would get a cut of the profit :)

I removed it from the swap shop. I can finish it myself and sell it. If I change my mind, Ill send you the boat and you can finish it.

[LarrysDrifter]

Carbon Fiber plate will dull your scroll saw blade pretty quick! Ask me how I know! Haha.

I used a metal cut off wheel and a Dremel to cut it and a sanding wheel to get it to the shape I wanted. Works good, no dull blades.

[1967novass123]

thanks for pics ,i like it very much give me a little time to make up my miind i like it alot . i will let u know some thing on it tommrow after work ,i think i will take it ,i just need to check on other parts to get it going ,thank u

[LarrysDrifter]

Ok. Ill be waiting to hear back from you.