ML Boatworks PS295 Build (Jedi Masters - No. 8).

[Jedi Master]

ESC is the Aquacraft 60amp type from the UL-1 (motor is from the UL-1 also);



Added the water cooling tubes and also the batteries. I'm using two PolyRC 4S1P 30c 3000mah packs, which will be connected in parallel to give me 6000mah of run time. They fit great and the steering rods clear them fine;

[F1 madness]

Hey jedi looking good,wont be long now
just 1 thing change the cooling so it goes in at bottom and out at top of motor,more effiecent cooling for the motor this way

[Jedi Master]

Hey jedi looking good,wont be long now
just 1 thing change the cooling so it goes in at bottom and out at top of motor,more effiecent cooling for the motor this way

Cheers. Can you educate me about the motor cooling, I only rigged it that way as I figured it would create less pressure in the cooling system as once the flow reached the top of the motor, it would then have gravity to help draw water up through the system as the water in the motor ran downwards? With less pressure on the system I thought it would allow the water to flow faster and cool better?

[Jedi Master]

Got most of the paint work finished. Still need to add some pin-striping and the rear face of the sponsons are going to be yellow also. Maybe a bit of dark blue for the rear sponsons. The top and sponson stripes are copper, which when first painted, shine like chrome. But, once you add the clear coat it dulls down and looks more like a dark wood;






And you just gotta have a few sponsor decals....

[Jedi Master]

I have a proper windscreen coming from Monojeff, but until it arrives I've cut one from CF vinyl. It'll do for now...




Comments welcome......

[ron1950]

looks great man.....now go hit the pons and dont be shy about turning down your steering travel......mine spun alot till i did that..they dont need much to turn on a dime

[F1 madness]

Hi jedi
looks sweet
by going in through the bottom it allows the cooler to fill and cool more of the motor before exiting,also pushes all the air out of the system,it doesnt add much pressure anyway.
Where you planning on running it?

[Jedi Master]

Hi jedi
looks sweet
by going in through the bottom it allows the cooler to fill and cool more of the motor before exiting,also pushes all the air out of the system,it doesnt add much pressure anyway.
Where you planning on running it?

Of course, I didn't think about air getting stuck; good call, thanks! When its fnished I expect I'll be over at chasewater sometime. Don't really know of anywhere else that local that I could run it at, although to be honest, I haven't looked that hard!

[Jedi Master]

looks great man.....now go hit the pons and dont be shy about turning down your steering travel......mine spun alot till i did that..they dont need much to turn on a dime

Will do, thanks for the tip!

[F1 madness]

cool,will have to try and catch up if you want,let me know when you go and we'll meet up

[Jedi Master]

cool,will have to try and catch up if you want,let me know when you go and we'll meet up

Sounds good, will do!

[mgcrimson]

In post #12... what size hardware are the bolts and lock nuts?

Looking good!

[moonlighter112]

You need to put 2 wheel collers on each steering rod 1 at each end

[Jedi Master]

In post #12... what size hardware are the bolts and lock nuts?

Looking good!

Thanks. The bolts are 4-40 3/4" size, with hex heads.

[Jedi Master]

You need to put 2 wheel collers on each steering rod 1 at each end

Hi, sorry but whats a wheel coller? and why do I need them? Cheers, Jedi.