"Orange Cat" build 2013 - Fast and Reliable

[Cooper]

Looks nice ! I too am a fan of small props and high rpm's. keep it going. Looks to be heading in the right direction and love the simplicity of the build. Those neu motors are going to be good to handle 45k + rpms.

[focused]

What do you mean the hull is a prototype this is just a Freya MK II from Hydro&Marine , i have had the same hull in 2010 .



Freya MKII next to a Intruder S both from Hydro&Marine.

[cugino]

Mine is little different, because of old 40Mhz system mine is custom made with aramid only hatch and top half of hull. Moddified bottom, because original sponsons wasnt symetrical and i wasnt happy with drive pad either, i cut hull and lowered little. There were few more mistakes that had to be corrected on low half of hull. Now i am very satisfied, but it took very much time, many hours to put hull to right shape. It is absolutely great hull, but not perfect as i need. But i have lot of time to trim hull to perfection. Maybe will be HaM intrested to improved next gen. Freya hull MKIII to be molded :-)

[focused]

Ok, but you made it look like you createted a new hull by your self therefore i wanted to know.

One thing i dont get is you wanted a perfect hull modified to your wishes but you used inferieur china hardware , i have had the same rudder on a first china agitator clone and it bent beyond repair after one flip.

Bottom freya and intruder .

[cugino]

Unfortunately i have no space to make my own hull from scratch. Only way how to make myself happy with good hull is to spend some time on closest to perfect one.

I picked this small one this time. I know about chinase HW it is weaker, but costs nothing. :) This project is about testing. Testing hull mods, ketron bearings, drive line,..., paint and so more. My personal little project. Goal was keep it cheap, but fast enough. If i will be happy with hull handling, i will go with better HW. But i like improving existing things. I like chinase HW as interemediate product. All my chinese HW already was or is going to be modiffied.

I am curious what was wrong with your rudder on agitator? Bended blade, arm, ...? What is weakest point?

[31sonic]

hello I was wondering why you have those foam tubes in the front of boat. I am having trouble keeping the bow down.

[31sonic]

here is my Freya

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[cugino]

Hi,

your colour scheme is absolutely beautyful.

Foam tubes in sponson keeps batteries in place. I only use velcro stripes to fix battery in its place and then force them down with foam tubes. I hope, it will protect against sinking when she crashes with major demage. This is just temporary solution.

Can you post photo of your build here? I would like to see your setup. Thank you.

[31sonic]

freya cat

Thank you for the information. Any info is greatly appreciated since I am new to the sport. IMG_3408.jpgIMG_3441.jpgIMG_3447.jpgIMG_3593.jpgIMG_3596.jpg

[cugino]

Realy nice cat.

What batt do you use? And what KV and prop?

[cugino]

Paint.....

She is finally back from paintshop, where several layers of base coat were applied. Tomorrow i am going to apply vinyls.

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[cugino]

Vinyls

My simple layout:

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Tomorrow clear coat will be apllied. After paint completely dries i am going to install power system.

[cugino]

First Test run

Hardware break in test runs. Few problems came into play, vibrations. Still with china motors and wrong props and still in white gelcoat.

Next week i will post video with new powerplant and paint on much bigger lake.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKz2v0Jvl84

[ray schrauwen]

Is this a H&M hull or Chinese in the video? I wonder if those motors are Delta or Wye wind?? I have one here. Nice run for starting out. I like the Orange painted one, my Favorite colour.

[cugino]

This is custom moddified H&M hull. I dont know if motors are Delta or Asterisk. I like Orange, it reminds me summer and it is very good visible on lake.