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This is my first build, I bought the boat as a kit off of the forum here. I had a spare castle creations 1515 1Y 2200kv motor from another boat purchase and it need a home. so here goes.
Phil Thomas hydro
CC 1515 1Y 2200KV
CC Hydra ice 240
Etti 540 motor mount
Speedmaster 21 strut & rudder
Kintec racing super duty turn fin brkt
UL-1 2mm Aquacraft Fin AQUB9539 from Kintec
Hitech 645MG servo
Aeromarine antenna mount
Sharpened and balanced Octura M445 from Rocket City Racing
battery trays and straps from OSE
I first mounted the the strut, rudder and turn fin so I could set my COG around 15.5-16" from transom for placement of batteries, stuffing tube and motor.
mounting hardware. I marked the center of the transom by placing the boat on a flat table and used a sqaure to place my vertical lines. I like to make crosshairs for all my drill hole so I can tell when my drill bit starts to drift off center. then marked placement of motor mount.
turn fin bracket. There was already a vertical line for placement of bracket onto sponson. I set the bracket as close to the bottom of the sponson as I could marked the first hole. then used the sqare again to set a vertical line measured the other holes and set crosshairs. There is an aluminum back plate in the sponson so I drilled and taped for 3mm screws.(put a small drop of oil on tap to keep aluminum from sticking to tap)
stuffing tube & motor mount. I did my suffing tube before securing my motor mount. Once I had my stuffing tube set in place I used carbon fiber cloth and epoxy to secure it. then did the alignment for the motor & mount, tacked mount with ca glue and secured with CF-epoxy. My CF was 5.7oz and was a little hard to work with and the ends wanted to come apart while applying the epoxy.
battery trays. I had cut away the inner tube where the batteries were going to be placed during my setup of the COG. I just scuffed the bottom of the tray at the corners and in the center of each side for adhesion to epoxy.
Phil Thomas hydro
CC 1515 1Y 2200KV
CC Hydra ice 240
Etti 540 motor mount
Speedmaster 21 strut & rudder
Kintec racing super duty turn fin brkt
UL-1 2mm Aquacraft Fin AQUB9539 from Kintec
Hitech 645MG servo
Aeromarine antenna mount
Sharpened and balanced Octura M445 from Rocket City Racing
battery trays and straps from OSE
I first mounted the the strut, rudder and turn fin so I could set my COG around 15.5-16" from transom for placement of batteries, stuffing tube and motor.
mounting hardware. I marked the center of the transom by placing the boat on a flat table and used a sqaure to place my vertical lines. I like to make crosshairs for all my drill hole so I can tell when my drill bit starts to drift off center. then marked placement of motor mount.
turn fin bracket. There was already a vertical line for placement of bracket onto sponson. I set the bracket as close to the bottom of the sponson as I could marked the first hole. then used the sqare again to set a vertical line measured the other holes and set crosshairs. There is an aluminum back plate in the sponson so I drilled and taped for 3mm screws.(put a small drop of oil on tap to keep aluminum from sticking to tap)
stuffing tube & motor mount. I did my suffing tube before securing my motor mount. Once I had my stuffing tube set in place I used carbon fiber cloth and epoxy to secure it. then did the alignment for the motor & mount, tacked mount with ca glue and secured with CF-epoxy. My CF was 5.7oz and was a little hard to work with and the ends wanted to come apart while applying the epoxy.
battery trays. I had cut away the inner tube where the batteries were going to be placed during my setup of the COG. I just scuffed the bottom of the tray at the corners and in the center of each side for adhesion to epoxy.
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