Fightercat Daytona

[srislash]

Notice a H&M rudder on there Kwiktsi, what size is that one(100?120?170?) and what is the actual blade length? Some measure from under the bracket and some are from top to bottom. Translations aren't working for me on their page.
Thanks for the insight.
Shawn

[kwiktsi]

Nope, this is the $28 Kintec Chinese rudder. Overall, 110mm- about 90mm under bracket. Almost wonder if it needs more though- the boat pulls right pretty hard with a 45mm prop on it.

[srislash]

These hulls are pretty narrow so the prop walk kinda takes over. They go straight great though,real light on their feet,so to speak.

Just rudder hunting for the Fantasm.

[kwiktsi]

These hulls are pretty narrow so the prop walk kinda takes over. They go straight great though,real light on their feet,so to speak.

Just rudder hunting for the Fantasm.

Yeah, I kind of expected it to walk, but this is bad! With a 45x1.4 CNC prop, it takes 1/2-3/4 turn to the left to keep it straight! Much better with an x 440. Going to try an x642 today, hopefully it is a happy medium! I see people running 47's on these boats but judging by how mine ran on the 45, I don't see how!

[srislash]

My Gieco gets waaayyy worse prop walk with the strut raised up, settles it in the water but it walks in a bad way. Just sayin'.

[kwiktsi]

Hmm, my GEICO tracks dead straight lol, but the only upgrades are offset rudder and the same CNC 45mm prop. What's done to yours? Thanks for the info!
Joe

[iridebikes247]

To get that thing out I would say cut the top bit of the servo mount off and slowly grind it down as low as possible. I wouldn't try to snap it out as I would on some of my bigger boats, those hulls are thin not worth trying to do that. After doing it I would sand down and put a layer of FG cloth down.

[kwiktsi]

Actually got it out a long time ago, thanks. I ended up grabbing low and snapping it, then glassing over as well :D.

I took the boat out today to test with the 642 prop- it seemed to really like that prop! Woke it up quite a bit over the X440 I was running and very little propwalk compared to the 45mm I tried! I even did some 8S testing today with that prop as well and it ran VERY well! The boat needs some dialing in though, gets pretty loose and rocking up top- I see what you mean by light on it's feet srislash!

Lol, I decided to run it at a local park where they race sailboats on the weekends. Not a very big area to run in but accessible all around should something happen and it needs to float to shore or be retrieved. Well, since my last time there, they put a LOT of markers out there and I ended up harpooning one of them at a pretty good speed. I cut it close a couple of times but they just bounced off the side- this was dead straight into it! It hit so hard that it flipped over forward like a lever! Cracked up a sponson tip and stuck it into the foam buoy so far that it took two of us to get it apart- one pulling on the boat, the other pulling on the buoy! I just got done grinding and glassing the sponson, probably finish it tomorrow when I get home. Glad this happened BEFORE paint!

[srislash]

Trust me here...Make sure that sponson tip is sealed. Should the boat ever end up nose up in the water at least it will stay that way if the nose is sealed. Lost my Shocker due to the same incident as you had.

And my Gieco has a 1515 , SK180,offset rudder and all blueprinted.Fav prop is a M645

[kwiktsi]

Trust me here...Make sure that sponson tip is sealed. Should the boat ever end up nose up in the water at least it will stay that way if the nose is sealed. Lost my Shocker due to the same incident as you had.

And my Gieco has a 1515 , SK180,offset rudder and all blueprinted.Fav prop is a M645

Ouch, yeah, nice little air bleed there :-). It's already sealed tight and will be even more so once filled and painted. Thanks for all the pointers.
Joe

[srislash]

Any chance of a link for that rudder sir.

[kwiktsi]

Sure- here it is at Kintec http://kintecracing.com/Hardware.html, you have to scroll almost all the way down to it. I had good luck ordering from them but have heard some horror stories here as well though. Here is it at hobbyking too if you prefer to order from them- http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/s...er_Large_.html. You can also find it on ebay, just have to search around there a bit. Hope this helps.
Joe