Darin's TFL HOBBY 34" Carbon Cheetah Build

[flraptor07]

Here's the run video, nothing on how it's built just a short run video. It's ridin' pretty good, 6 laps in 1:27. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWlC...4Q-xrOOtP2C-8w

[rayzerdesigns]

Nice..boat corners on rails

[Mad Racer]

Very nice builds guys.

Love the comment on the Giraffes swimming that fast. Looks awesome.

I'm slowly starting my Cheetah build for next yrs racing in 6S.. Will post pic's soon.

[Darin Jordan]

OK, I'm FINALLY Getting started in earnest on this...

Have the rudder and struts mounted. I'm making some internal transom doublers from aluminum for each of the sponsons and will also make one for the rudder. Transom is currently just carbon with no doublers in it.

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[Darin Jordan]

I'm also going to move the motors MUCH closer to the transom. I'd like the option of being able to mount the batteries down in the sponsons in front of the motors.

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[flraptor07]

I'm also going to move the motors MUCH closer to the transom. I'd like the option of being able to mount the batteries down in the sponsons in front of the motors.

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Darin, That's what I did, my flexes are only about 3 or 4" long. I'll measure them when I get home this evening.

[ron1950]

too bad u cant put this thread down under the build section that says don't use for the past 5 months or so.

nice boat does the carbon hull have to have the sponson ride surfaces trued like the f/g ones did ?

[flraptor07]

Darin, here's some pics of how far back my motors are, they're TP4060 1450kv 6s with X648/3 CnC props I'm in the process of doing a pair of .50bar ABC 3 blade clevers for it. DSC02404.jpgDSC02405.jpgDSC02406.jpgDSC02407.jpg The Video it had a pair of X445/2 on it, it's about 10mph faster now with the X648/3s on it. I've got a little over 4" of flex plus the solid part in the stinger.

[flraptor07]

Rear Pics.

here's the rear setup, same rudder as yours except dual pickup and I cut the mounting pads down on these stingers to work. DSC02402.jpgDSC02403.jpg What looks like exaust are actually water outlets.

[Darin Jordan]

Those are BEEFY Stingers! Nice!

Thanks for sharing.

[Darin Jordan]

Made some more progress last night.

Made a couple of aluminum doublers for the transoms, and got the servo tray mounted...

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[ron1950]

Darin hows the sponsons look on that hull? Need any work at all?

[kfxguy]

Darin hows the sponsons look on that hull? Need any work at all?

I'll answer. I've built a couple of these boats. The sponsons are fine the way they are. All the ones I've built so far run perfectly.

[Darin Jordan]

Darin hows the sponsons look on that hull? Need any work at all?

Define "Need Any Work"??

Thus far, they are nice and flat and relatively sharp. Appear to be "true". I'm going to run it as-is and then evaluate after I've tested it.

Won't be painting this one for awhile until I have everything running the way I want. Then I'll invest the time in a solid paint job.

[Darin Jordan]

Because I just don't trust epoxy alone to hold the mounting bases, I added some carbon patches laminated with epoxy.

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