29" Skunk Works Vee

[westbeach]

Skunk Works

Can you guys tell me how well this hull runs in comparison to the Delta Force hulls. They look identical and all. And what is Scotty @ Skunk Works charging for one of this hulls?
Thanks

Neal

[Skunk Works]

Scotty here!

Been on the road.

Chop, looks great! I love that hardware package. Do have setups in the shop. Out of the 29 hulls at the moment. Quality is good, strong. The hardware is what makes this hull.

Cooling: Check the length on you tubes, want them to be short as possible. that may help.

[ED66677]

this hull handles great no matter the weather!

[westbeach]

So does the Skunk Works Vee come with hardware? What does the kit cost?

[Eodman]

Morning guys, One thing I noticed on my twin cat build - When I installed the fittings on the motor for cooling I got a little over zealous when I tightened the fittings down! I think they were to close to the motor causing the resistance. I backed them out and the flow improved greatly! Had to change the o-rings but it did help water flow!

[Chop]

So does the Skunk Works Vee come with hardware? What does the kit cost?

I think I paid $220 with hardware. Do a search in the Swap Shop and you will find several threads there that discuss cost.

Morning guys, One thing I noticed on my twin cat build - When I installed the fittings on the motor for cooling I got a little over zealous when I tightened the fittings down! I think they were to close to the motor causing the resistance. I backed them out and the flow improved greatly! Had to change the o-rings but it did help water flow!

Thanks Eodman, I'll check into that. I tried bypassing the ESC and blew through the cooling hose and still got a lot of back pressure. And the hose routing looks clean (no kinks).

[peells]

I am glad you got your water flow problem fixed,
I was reading above where you were concerned about the possibility of using stainless on your mount, if it was a good piece of stainless (USS steel not sure of the grade #s at this point) you would not have any problems with the dissimilar metal thing which causes electrolysis, the aircraft industry has been doing it for years, now if it was regular steel we would be talking electrolytic corrosion. and if a person was worried about it just use something to isolate the two parts( a little paint on the back side would do the trick), (which you wouldn't have to do any way it would have worked fine as is. when I worked on aircraft I would see this type of connection frequently.

[Chop]

I have some small pieces of 304L stainless and a few that are 316L stainless. I had forgotten about adding a "poision pad" to separate the two different metals.

Thanks.

[peells]

I doubt it would make any difference if you isolate the two.

[Chop]

I doubt it would make any difference if you isolate the two.

Probably not, it was just a thought I had when I was making the piece.

[Chop]

When I installed the fittings on the motor for cooling I got a little over zealous when I tightened the fittings down! I think they were to close to the motor causing the resistance. I backed them out and the flow improved greatly!

You might have hit the nail on the head Eodman. I removed and measured the fitting for the water inlet - it was 3/16 of an inch long, the thickness of the motor cooling jacket (outside of the jacket to the outside of the motor) was the same.

I filed the threaded end of the nipple(s) down about 1/16" and replaced. When blowing through the pickup hose there was moch less resistance!

I will try it out at the pond tomorrow.

[Chop]

Cooling water is running good now and I've been playing with the boat. This is another fun craft - Scotty does good work!

The boat has a Hydra 240 ESC and I just bought a Castle Link to program it with. I had all the settings right, except one - The low voltage cutoff was set at 5.0, I don't remember what I raised it to but it was supposed to be appropriate for 4s lipos. I can't find the different setting values anywhere.

Now when I hook everything up and pull the throttle trigger, the motor only "twitches."

Any ideas?

[Viking]

twitch

You may have set the low voltage cut off too high. It should be 3.2volts per cell or for 4S 12.8volts.
check that it is set up for 4S that can do it too.
Viking

[Chop]

Here are the current settings I’m using:
Cut off voltage: 12.0v
No Reverse
Reverse throttle amount: 12.5%
Motor timing: Normal 7
Start power: Low
Current limiter: Enabled

[Chop]

Anyone?