Mystic 185 Twin Turbine Build by Chris "Sir File-a-Lot" Fischer

[Diablo-GLS]

This build makes me feel so inadiquite

Very nice job and cant wait to see more.

[nata2run]

I'm having one of those moments, where I shake my head and laugh.....LOL seriously good work! (Abar mensch was willst du mehr)

.....don't they say carbon dust is bad for you .......? LOL

[nata2run]

I think that skull should light up some how? maybe backlid LED but also act as status lights :) but in a cool way.

[srislash]

This build makes me feel so inadiquite

Very nice job and cant wait to see more.

Ummm,Yeah,I'm with ya there.

[nata2run]

Lol

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[bruiser77]

I think that skull should light up some how? maybe backlid LED but also act as status lights :) but in a cool way.

It doesn't need lights! It shoots flames! Lol

[Diablo-GLS]

It doesn't need lights! It shoots flames! Lol

Not with out pics to prove it

[Checkmateguy01]

Incredible build!! I mean, i got that blown away kinda feeling looking at these pics, just plain insane!!! That's what you call skill!! Very nice

[znus]

Dont flip that thing of beauty going 100 mph

[metalsak]

hi guys....i just loggin my self in this forum,and the reason it was this type of quality building,again from cristian.....my friend you have make the most wonderfull buildings,that i never see....i will wait to see more and more from you. please forgive my english as i m from greece,and not expertise on forums...greetings stelios sakantaris.

[ManuelW]

Hello guys,

first a big THANKS from Christian and me for all the credits.
Makes us really proud, as its even not a FE boat we are presenting here. Maybe we should consider also to translate some of the other reviews to english and present them here. But thats something for the future.

for now, I'll continue with this one!

@megalops: I'm working with Catia V5R18, its a great design software.

rigging of the rc box interior

As already mentioned in the beginning of the review the RC box contains a whole lot of components and even more cables and silicon tubes for electronics and fuel system. A part list as well as some pictures can be found in post #2 in this threat. Christian wanted a very clean and tidy look, it was not that easy. In the end he manged it but it took a lot of work and the RC box is quite filled as we designed it as small as possible (the original one had more than double the volume).

servo mount

One of the first works was to make a servo mount for the HITEC servo. Despite the small standard size its extremely powerful and has a titanium gear. The four braces are also out of T6 aluminium and polished. Even the four black screws are out of titanium and anodized, better not ask for the price...
The rest should be clear from the pictures:

[ManuelW]

making the LED boards and the ECU's a little "nicer"

As you could see each turbine needs an ECU unit as well as a LED board. On both is the original JetCat sticker in the typical colors. As they would absolutely not fit to the rest of the boat I gave Christian the hint to change it agains, not that easy to guess what, 0.3mm glossy CF sheet. Took him several hours to file them out, as he need some information about the right connectors he found suitable white rub-off letters. Every sign is an own sticker and just 2mm high, no idea how he got it that straight!

[ManuelW]

fuel pumps

He didn't like the original fuel pumps at all, neither the look nor how they were mounted. So he changed everything. First he removed the old shrink tube and put a new black one on them. This is mainly for insulation purpose, you have to be aware of static charging of the fuel. As the mount itself should be invisible he turned four kind of endbells out of aluminium, then polished them for sure. On the bottom is an M3 threat to screw them to the bottom of the box. Then he wrapped some 0.3mm CF sheet round the pumps and clipped one of the endbell to each end. But the are not directly screwed to the bottom, there is a 3mm CF sheet inbetween. He filed it to the right dimensions, it even follows the curvature of the pumps which you can see on the picture. Now each pump is a unit which can be easiily mounted or dismounted.

[ManuelW]

mounting the first parts inside the box

As there go some cables through the RC box Christian had to make some lead-throughs. He turned them out of aluminium material, both parts got a M14x0.7mm fine pitch thread so they can be assembled. The inner bore is 11.2mm, just enough for the data-cables which go to the turbines. On the box he made a 2.5mm bore and then used sanding paper to get it to the right diameter of 14mm. That takes him 1.5 hours but he says its the only way to get these bores exact in that 0.6mm thin CF material. For sealing he used silicone which is normally used for fish-tanks.
After that he mounted the ECU's, the LED boards and the fuel pumps. As the box is completely curved he made some kind of net to be able to place the components on both sides symmetrical.

[ManuelW]