Another Insane FE30 - Rick's

[rickwess]

Making progress............
Cut the plate for the motor mount and made some slots so the epoxy could pool around the feet of the mount. Before I bonded to motor mount, I cut the hole in the floor so I could make sure the flex was aligned with the strut.

I used g/flex tinted black bond the motor mount. Later I'll seal the wood with black tinted epoxy like I did the battery tray.


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[Brushless55]

Looks good man!

[rickwess]

Thanks.

I managed to get the stuffing tube bent and mounted. I used a piece of 1/4" flex cable inside the 9/16" tube as I bent it to make sure the brass tube held it's shape. There was enough movement in the flex tube that it was fairly easy to get it perfectly aligned. I actually used a short length of heat shrink to ensure the flex was perfectly centered in the stuffing tube. I then used G/flex tinted black to secure the stuffing tube into the hull.

This was my first time performing this drastic of a surgery on a boat. I'm really happy how it turned out.

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I'll post some inside shots once I have the wood sealed with black tinted epoxy.

[rickwess]

I added a pad to velcro the ESC and receiver to. Here's what the interior looks like after the first light coat of epoxy sealer for the wood.

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After the second light coat dries, it's just a matter of soldering up the motor and ESC and connecting the rudder linkage. I just might get this build done before I head off on vacation for the next two weeks. Now if only the weather would cooperate and melt the ice off the lake.

[rickwess]

Just got it all buttoned up. Just in time to go on a 17 day vacation. Will still be over a month before I can run this and the IB34 mono I built this winter.

To keep the water lines neater, I ran them a little different. The routing is: inlet----esc----motor----esc----outlet


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What to build next.......hmmmmm.