Hor 25" Rocket for fun

[F1 madness]

Brought this awhile ago for some fun on our club pool,been awhile since i played around with a mono so any pointers would be great LOL
Iv reinforced the hull and hatch with CF for extra strength,originally was gonna run a 3s setup,tried and wasnt happy so iv rebuilt it all and changed everything now to 4s
So setup is now:
Leopard 3674,2200kv & cooling jacket
Swordfish 200amp ESC
2 x 2s,7.4v,5000mah,30c Lipo,runnin 2 in series for 4s,14.8v
38mm CF prop (will prop up acording to temps)
5.5mm gold bullets on motro wires
6mm gold bullets on batt wires
Hor 4mm strut,flexi
Hor CF motor mount
Hor alloy servo mount
Hor 95mm rudder
Hor 50mm turn fins,mounted as high as poss on the transom
Standard 3kg servo

so all in all should be a fast,fun reliable setup



Charging batts so gonna take for a run and see how it is and do abit of setting up,will get a vid or 2
The only thing i havnt done/got is trim tabs,but im hoping to set it up without them,if it needs them ill get some,also just need to make a CF tray for esc and rx to sit on
Once im happy with how its running and setup ill strip down and give it a new paint job ;D

[F1 madness]

Hey guys just got back from run,will post vids and info then once vids uploaded

all i will say is FUN FUN FUN oh and i need trim tabs LMAO

[F1 madness]

Hi guys i ran the rocket for the 1st time and wow this should be heaps of fun once dialled in and need to get some trim tabs as is chimewalked when trying to hit full throttle,i didnt couldnt hit full throttle no way was it possible.
Anyways 1st run was on 38mm CF prop,cavitation was a big issue but went well once it got a bite LOL then more throttle it started chimewalking,brought it in and temps were as cold,nothing even warm.
2nd run was on 40mm Cf prop again cavitation but not as bad,once going it was fun trying hit full throttle,chimewalking.brought it again nothing barely warm.
Hit LVC couldnt understand why,then it hit me,cant remember if id actually charged it OOOOPS as all the other batts were fine.

any advice would be great
1st run

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jh30B586ajI

2nd run

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

3rd run was with fresh batts and cg moved slightly further forward was running good till the end,but again,temps were cool so a bigger prop could still be used.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVPLomtA08Y

4th run was 4214 bronze prop and what a difference it made but was more unstable LOL.

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

Iv ordered the trimtabs and some hatch tape,so will keep you posted on progress

[HYDROJERRY]

It runs like my mini geico '' fast and wild" nice work Daz,, Ps mine likes to back flip too!!!

[Rumdog]

Yup, it needs tabs! HAHA! She'll be a blast! 4s2p would give more stability too.

[F1 madness]

It runs like my mini geico '' fast and wild" nice work Daz,, Ps mine likes to back flip too!!!

Hey jerry LOl,hopefully when the trimtabs arrive and fitted it will help,also might play around with strut adjustment

Yup, it needs tabs! HAHA! She'll be a blast! 4s2p would give more stability too.

Hi rumdog,iv ordered the tabs so should be here soon,would of been nice to hit full throttle but there was no way LOL
reckon she'll be pretty quick once dialled in,also thinking of trying a 3 blade!!

[F1 madness]

HELP!!!!!!!! LOL
Hey guys need some advice,trim tabs turned up this morning and im not 100% sure on placement,so if you could help that would great
Cheers F1

[F1 madness]

Hey guys,just got back from run,the boat ran better but still needs some tweaking,i now have trim tabs fitted and i also adjusted the strut to 0*
The only issue i was having the most was the back trying to jump round,i moved the batts back to see if this made a difference,it did but then it became flighty i only moved the batts back about 10mm so just trying to work out whats the best way forward,only manged to get vid of last run thought id see what sort of run times ill get out of it,about 6.30 mins,i didnt hit the lvc but could clearly see the drop off,still didnt hit full throttle fully so didnt get a chance to wind it out but theres still time for that.
But all in all what a blast this little boat is:D


Vid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRn-rHnsVGk

[HYDROJERRY]

looked to me like it was running alittle wet Daz, maybe you should move the batts back alittle more!!! But dont listen to me im a Goober..LOL

[F1 madness]

Hi jerry,i will keep playing around with the setup,but so far so good,also looking at new prop,either a 3714/3 or 4014/3 but gonna borrow my mates x437/3 1st

[F1 madness]

hey guys iv decided since it only needs minor adjustments now,iv now stripped it all down for paint.
Iv ordered the Swordfish 120 esc and 2 more 2s,5000mah,30c lipos and a through the hull cooling inlet so they should be here in the next day or 2.
Gonna fetch some more vinyl tomorrow and do some more decals.
the colour not quite what i expected but looks good,just awaiting for paint to fully harden then will post some pics and see what you guys reckon

[F1 madness]

Heres a couple of pics,im not sure on the colour,was hoping for a deeper orange,argh well to late now LOL

[Jedi Master]

Goes well dude! I'll come join you when they refill Chasewater, I got a number of hulls that are waiting for their first outing!!

[F1 madness]

Hey bud long time no speak,yeah will have to catch up soon for a run.
I cant wait for it to refill im working on my next project but will need to run it in the main lake,its a slow build but getting there

[F1 madness]

hey guys,been busy at it,picked up some vinyl today and cut it up and stuck it on,also got all the hardware mounted,just waiting for new swordfish 120 esc and soldering iron as mine has packed in,always the same in the middle of builds LOL
Orange & CF vinyl,what you reckon