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Hi everyone,
after a lengthy debate mostly with myself and by guiding from Manuel I made a choice between HPR C5009 and MHZ Mystic C5000 114 and picked up the later from MHZ christmas sale. The biggest reason behind was having a hull that can handle well in turns and that there was a topnotch thread covering the build process (thanks to Kent for that). I hope that Kent won't mind as this build will be quite similar as his was because it was the inspiration to build one of these cats. My goal is to have a cat that will have reasonable speed, good handling and as long runtime as possible. I've planned to start with octura x442l/r and 6s lipos as those are what I got and take it further from that.
The hardware I currently have:
Mystic 114 hull
2x 4082 1600kv leos (had one of these previously)
2x Seaking 180A escs (same as above)
drives from MHZ
carbon parts also from MHZ
custom made rudder from Manuel Wenny
hydraulic rudder steering from MBP-rc
+other bits and pieces
The build process won't be fast as I'm having quite a long to-do list and want to spend time with my wife and 5 months old son, but most importantly, waters are still frozen for 3 to 4 months here in Finland.
First problem came up today when I got the drives from backorder. The shafts were different lengths and one of them was a bit larger diameter at the flex end and was binding and not rotating freely. I hope this will clear out well with MHZ.
I was lucky to get the custom made rudder for the hull from Manuel (thanks again Manuel!) as that gave me the chance to use working hydraulic rudder steering rather than to just use a mockup besides push-pull system.
Wish me luck, chime in comments and suggestions as here I go!
after a lengthy debate mostly with myself and by guiding from Manuel I made a choice between HPR C5009 and MHZ Mystic C5000 114 and picked up the later from MHZ christmas sale. The biggest reason behind was having a hull that can handle well in turns and that there was a topnotch thread covering the build process (thanks to Kent for that). I hope that Kent won't mind as this build will be quite similar as his was because it was the inspiration to build one of these cats. My goal is to have a cat that will have reasonable speed, good handling and as long runtime as possible. I've planned to start with octura x442l/r and 6s lipos as those are what I got and take it further from that.
The hardware I currently have:
Mystic 114 hull
2x 4082 1600kv leos (had one of these previously)
2x Seaking 180A escs (same as above)
drives from MHZ
carbon parts also from MHZ
custom made rudder from Manuel Wenny
hydraulic rudder steering from MBP-rc
+other bits and pieces
The build process won't be fast as I'm having quite a long to-do list and want to spend time with my wife and 5 months old son, but most importantly, waters are still frozen for 3 to 4 months here in Finland.
First problem came up today when I got the drives from backorder. The shafts were different lengths and one of them was a bit larger diameter at the flex end and was binding and not rotating freely. I hope this will clear out well with MHZ.
I was lucky to get the custom made rudder for the hull from Manuel (thanks again Manuel!) as that gave me the chance to use working hydraulic rudder steering rather than to just use a mockup besides push-pull system.
Wish me luck, chime in comments and suggestions as here I go!
its an awesome hull!!! I have all templates for mounting drives if you need them?? this is definetly the right hull if you like a nice look. don't be afraid to ask as many questions as you need. the only thing I would change is the 1600kv motors to 2200kv on 5s or 6s. Today I got 80mph in my "OLD" HPR with that same setup. If thats enough then cool!!?? but you cant expect to go a lot faster, maybe with 450\3 props, I was running 448's and everything cold as!
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