Shawn's Shocker

[srislash]

Geez yeah,sorry Jeff.I was just figuring which side goes where to start.The joins look great,real nice an smooth.I've been neglecting this thread and the boat over the holidays and before that was getting paint and finish done(tedious).I've got the Fightercat couplers,do you recommend soldering the ends of the cables?

[HYDROJERRY]

i do,,, before you get any oil or grease on them ,, solder them,,if your motor coupler ever comes loose the solder will help to keep the flex from fraying..

[srislash]

Thanks Jerry.
Well, here's my interior complete with a Medusa Research 3.5 amp 12s BEC and Spectrum MR3000.Just need some tubing,an antenna tube, and to get solder to take to the cable ends.Also need to make some velcro straps for my batteries.Looks like bad weather for the weekend but nice next week.
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[HYDROJERRY]

esc's on there sides,,, i didnt think of that, very nice bro i may have to look inside mine again at my esc's and see if they would fit better like that!! PS i didnt do any velcro for my batts, 5s fits so tight already i just wedged a thin pice of foam between the top of them and the hull to pinch them in,,,all the other foam blocks i have in there they cant slide forward or back,...

[srislash]

Ahh,there's something I forgot,and why to have it. Some foam in the sponsons so the batteres can't crash forward.I picked up some custom velcro straps today.I have a local "guy",who owns PlasticWorks.He has and can do some cool things.I'm gonna run two straps and strips to locate the batteries.
Yeah, the ESC thing came to me on the way to work in traffic one morning.I can keep the wires super short this way.You could stack them with something trick too and get the same result.

[HYDROJERRY]

My 5s batts fit so tight in the sponsons after alittle foam pact in there i think mine are good, but i still gotta get my cg wright, need some more run time for that but its to cold here for me, ill have to wait..

[srislash]

Wow.It's that tight in the Daytona.I got lots of room and am contemplating some ThunderPower 7700mah.I assume you've got 5000mah.It's not nice here either but I have shot out with test runs at the lake but it's too chilly for hanging out and testing all day.The good thing is most of my lake is only 3-4ft deep right now so chest waders work for retrieval.

[srislash]

So anybody got a starting point for my stingers?This is the first time I've run them.Straight and even with the ride surface?

[nata2run]

Looking good! If this thing is anything like the genesis you might want to have your stingers a negative 3-5 degrees and bateries forward. Make her run a bit wet, you might need to with all that power. I keep flipping mine LOL also with your esc's if you really want to make sure they are waterproof you can add some heat shrink over what you have already done and pore the liquid tape at the ends. Mine are working submerged!!

Oh forgot to mention, try having the center in the prop shaft at the same height as the sponsom's bottom and the 3 degree negativ

[srislash]

Well I got a beautiful afternoon to get the Shocker wet.So here's a couple of pics till I get the vid sorted.
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[tiqueman]

Looks good Shawn. Howd it run? Vinsols would have also been in the water today but the Kintec order didnt show up. Hopefully tomorrow....

[nata2run]

looks awsome!!! VID'S??? no good just sitting there in the water

[srislash]

looks awsome!!! VID'S??? no good just sitting there in the water

I'm loading vids now but I have a few to go thru.Then I got some on my mums new cam with zoom(I hope ).

[srislash]

Looks good Shawn. Howd it run? Vinsols would have also been in the water today but the Kintec order didnt show up. Hopefully tomorrow....

It ran real good for the first time and on 4s with 1820 kv's.I may have too much rudder but there is up to an inch that can come off,in time.

[srislash]

Here we go http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ncs7...MWgjuQMOdfMsF4 Don't know if I like this contour for filming the boats.Hoping mums camera took better video.