Saga cat remod and new paint

[F1 madness]

Just thought id share this build,after abit of a disaster iv decided to take this hull back to bare hull and start again.
Iv changed it from twins to single as maintenance was a ball ache to to limited room.
It now houses:
Hor strut and rudder
Upgraded flexi to 3/16
Hor watercooled alloy motor mount
Hor alloy servo mount
15kg,digital,high speed,brass geared servo
Leopard 4074,2000kv motor & cooling jacket
120 amp esc (200 amp in near future)
45mm & 47mm CF props
42mm,1.7 3 blade stainless prop
2 x 5000mah,7.4,30c Lipos for 4s2p

Hull has been fully reinforced with Carbon fibre,including hatch
new paint scheme

Now for the pics
Before

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After







Hope you like and hopefully maiden run tomorrow,weather depending :-))

[martno1fan]

Looking good there Daz,good luck with it m8.
Mart

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Cheers mart
the old weather forecast dont look to good
see what its like in the morning

[Boaterguy]

you might want to watch that bend in the rudder arm, is there one or is it the lighting?
speeds will just tighten/ loosen that bend, an annoyance to bring it back in.

[F1 madness]

you might want to watch that bend in the rudder arm, is there one or is it the lighting?
speeds will just tighten/ loosen that bend, an annoyance to bring it back in.

Hey bud its 2,5mm stainless steel rod was hard enough to bend LOL,i think itll be alright

[Boaterguy]

oh okay, looks a litle thin in the pics, guess it's the lighting,

[F1 madness]

haha see what you mean,but thanks for the heads up

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Here we go guys,me and my mate got together today and ran our boats.
We took it in turns running and gps was used each run.



1st up is mikes scratch built cat running:
Leopard 4060,1500,swordfish 120amp ESC,and 6s2p 5000mah,40c batts and 42mm prop.
Temps were cool needs to prop up

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSWuMG4Ien0

2nd up is the saga gt
Leopard 4074,2000kv,120amp esc,4s2p 5000mah,30c batts and 45mm cf prop
temps of motor and batts were barley warm,but the ESC was quite warm to the touch.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPVAzEwKOAE

3rd run was saga gt only this time with 47mm prop.
again motor and batts were barely warm but ESC was on the limits.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kB21NXsCQk

5th run was mikes pursuit.
Running leopard 3674,1900kv on 4s2p 5000mah 40c,t180 esc and 37,3 blade



Conclusion for the day is i need bigger esc and some 3 blade props,also gonna get 2 x 3s,5000mah,30c lipos and run 5s2p with smaller prop,also considering off setting the rudder instead of inline.or next option is run higher kv due to ltd room for propping up.
But well happy with the results so far and i know ther is still more to ring out of it LOL.

some action pics to follow

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some action pics,not the best as need to camera LOL

Going again shortly gonna try 4217/3 blade stainless steel prop
just wondering whether a 4 blade will work

[F1 madness]

well i ran again today,tried the 4217/3 blade,not bad but cavitates as soon as you turn the rudder,wonder if the needs to be offset or further away from prop.
i did start playing with the set up and moved the prop/strut up a little at a time,but still trying to find the right height before altering anything else.
The only way im gonna get more out of this set is moving up in cells i think,but we'll see
ill let the vids do the talking

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TN6clwm7ISw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJJtk2kHZIU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH2p7V7b8bI

Back to the 4514 CF 2 blade prop
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FK6EXEK9bBw

[martno1fan]

Offset rudder is the way to go,having it right behind the prop will cause problems no doubt about it.You need a bigger pond with no ducks too lol.
Mart

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ill have alook,just dont wanna start drilling new holes and filling previous 1s also would have to remove the servo mount which is epoxied to turn it round.
Looking at some new pools over the next couple of weeks at different boat clubs so will see what happens when i get there.

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Vids from todays run,very happy with how its running
http://forums.offshoreelectrics.com/...my-mates-boats

[rc2266]

I can't believe you didn't hit any of those birds, lol, cleared them out though