First boat, Delta Force 35" Pirate

[millzee]

I got the cooling lines in today along with the servo boot. A few pic's so hopefully some of you guy's with experience may pull me up if I'm doing something wrong that I'll regret down the track.

[millzee]

I just made an adaptor and tested the water lines, all good, no leaks and seemed to handle a reasonable amount of pressure.

[rearwheelin]

Your doing a great job for your first build brother ! I us mt air compressor to pressure test, turn the dial down to 50 p.s.i. and us a drill bit to plug on end of your system and put a rubber tipped blower to blow into one of the hardlines..

[millzee]

I just weighed the boat in at 5.4kg's, this will be ok won't it? With that weight, I'm thinking the x445 but I've never had one of these things or had much to do with them so what would you think for prop choice?

[millzee]

I just weighed the boat in at 5.4kg's, this will be ok won't it? With that weight, I'm thinking the x445 but I've never had one of these things or had much to do with them so what would you think for prop choice?

sorry that's 12.1lb, same questions still need a couple of answers, please?

[rearwheelin]

She is on the heavy side , I think you should definatly start out with the m445. I would only run one pack if possible to lighten it up and add the second one latter for wieght reasons..I really like longer run times so if it were me 2 packs are best, just remember to keep the boat on plain and limit your stopping and starting, that is what will cause very rapid heat build up so try to limit that..There are a-lot of racers who's boats weigh that in order to handle rouph race water better.....

[millzee]

thanks for the reply, with that advise I think I might go and make a lighter weight motor mount and see what else I can do to put her on a diet.
Cheers.

[millzee]

I've discovered my first newbie mistake, I went to remove the motor mount so I could make a lighter aluminium mount and found that I have got a heap of epoxy on the bottom of the bracket from when I installed the support ply, I guess that one will be staying and I'll just have to find some other weight saving options. Roughly how long would just the one 6s 5000mAh 40c lipo last in this set up?

[rearwheelin]

I've discovered my first newbie mistake, I went to remove the motor mount so I could make a lighter aluminium mount and found that I have got a heap of epoxy on the bottom of the bracket from when I installed the support ply, I guess that one will be staying and I'll just have to find some other weight saving options. Roughly how long would just the one 6s 5000mAh 40c lipo last in this set up?

It all depends how you run , 2 minutes to be safe.....When you recharge monitor how many m.a.h. it takes to charge them back. ....On a 5000mah pack I would only use 3500mah of it....

[rearwheelin]

Just a couple observations to save some wieght, change copper pipe to aluminum( aluminum is lighter than silicon tubbing) , get ride of plexi glass and mount reciever pack to the floor........I am not sure what the stuffing tube housing is full of, I hope not epoxy....lol

[millzee]

Thanks for taking the time to look my build over, I used the foam in a can to fill the stuffing tube tunnel so I can't imagine too much weight there. I was searching around the net last night and found some carbon tube that I think I will use to replace the copper cooling lines, if I have too much trouble getting it I will take your advise and go with the aluminium, I dunno how I would be able to remove the perspex? Im looking into more prop options, I'll get the m445 and maybe a few smaller lift props, speed is not really my main goal at this point, I'll be happy enough with a boat that gets around, doesn't catch fire or sink.

[millzee]

Im just testing in the bath tub and want to know, how low should this hull sit in the water? At the moment with the two 6s lipo's in it, with floatation the water comes up to the join seem(or a fraction above it) at the transom, the bow sits up nice and I can see how it'd take off quite well but due to never seeing one of these hulls stationary in water, I just don't know where the water line should sit(on average)?

[millzee]

Im just testing in the bath tub and want to know, how low should this hull sit in the water? At the moment with the two 6s lipo's in it, with floatation the water comes up to the join seem(or a fraction above it) at the transom, the bow sits up nice and I can see how it'd take off quite well but due to never seeing one of these hulls stationary in water, I just don't know where the water line should sit(on average)?

going through some pic's from no batteries in the first 2 and then just the one battery in the following three pic's.

[millzee]

going through some pic's from no batteries in the first 2 and then just the one battery in the following three pic's.

now with 2 batteries, one good thing I've found so far is that I have no leaks, yeah, I got something right


These pic's of the boat as I have put it together, I will do a few things that have been suggested by rearwheelin (many thanks, if it wasn't for him, I'd be the only person posting in this thread) to lighten it up a bit. Could a few more of you experienced guy's offer a little help and advise also, I know I ask some of the dumbest questions, but hey, I've never even seen one of these things operate in person so I guess I've gone in completely blind, maybe I should have bought a rtr.

[johnson22456]

Looks like it's sitting nice. Weight isn't always a bad thing.