Carbon fiber cheetah build

[kfxguy]

Looks great! Why the prop choice? I love how you curved the servo mount.

That was just a cool looking cnc prop i had for pics. I took pics of a rivercat with it on there too. I think it's the pic that makes it look curved, it's as straight as my 90 degree slide rule. I'll be getting back to it in the next day or so. Gotta put battery trays in and make the esc cover. I don't have much left.

[PowerDemon]

If it isn’t the servo mount what is the piece of cf plate that you curved with your band saw?

[kfxguy]

If it isn’t the servo mount what is the piece of cf plate that you curved with your band saw?

Ooooo....that's just the cover.

[PowerDemon]

Oh cool. Does it cover the servo as well as the rx and bec? It looks good.

[kfxguy]

Oh cool. Does it cover the servo as well as the rx and bec? It looks good.

Yes sir, it covers everything. Wires and cooling lines will be routed under the left battery tray.

[ray schrauwen]

So you converted a 1/4" strut to 3/16". Where did you get the rudder and strut? That rudder isn't that easy to find.

[kfxguy]

So you converted a 1/4" strut to 3/16". Where did you get the rudder and strut? That rudder isn't that easy to find.

Ray, see post #13. It has part numbers and everything. I would have just ran a .250 shaft had I bought that size shaft for it. The built was supposed to be a daytona right at first, then changed yo a shocker and then a cheetah. So I originally ordered parts for a daytona. I have to reorder the strut and rudder that I listed instead of the smaller setup used on a daytona. I would have used a .250 shaft from the onset. It's overkill I know but I'd never strip it.

[bayareaheli]

Hi Travis,

where did you purchase that billet steering boot transom fitting?

Love the servo tray/cover btw, looks clean.

[royalcasa]

Travis

I really like the hardware

[kfxguy]

I pecked away at it the past couple days when I had some free time. I installed the battery trays, made the esc mount, installed it, put two part foam in the front and started laying out the cooling lines and wires. It's almost done.... Here's some pics.

[kfxguy]

Well I finished it up last night. All that's left if the hatch seal and I'm waiting on velcro straps to come in. Bench tested it, everything works flawless.

[Fella1340]

Beautiful job! Merry Christmas to you and the family as well. That's one nice clean looking build. Is this one for you or a customer, your doing the daytona for yourself but so much is coming out of the Kfx shed I loose track of things! Let's see it on the water!

[bayareaheli]

thank you kfxguy and travis for helping build my first boats

first of i want to thank.

785 boats for replying to all my questions

scorpion1

pompeled

cyberhoops

kfxguy on strut help and over all build in general

proper chopper on OSC was a great help too

you guys are all awesome

you guys helped point me in the right direction and helping me choose the right equipment

thanks guys

so this is what i got going so far and still got a lot to got to finish but i thought i would you a heads up on where i stand i am really happy where this is going every thing is going together smoothly

for my parts list i am useing a kintec 6 and1/4 inch ruder

250 1/4 extended strut with 3/16 shaft bearing mods thats to kfx guy

keep in mind i am a beginner to building boats and thanks to you guys its almost ready to hit the water soon

i will keep adding pictures as i progress with the build

1 is a 6 s setup with a leopard 4082 1600kv 180a seaking and the other is a leopard 4082 with 1480kv on 8s with v3 130a HV esc so if you have any suggestions on props for both setups that would be greatly appreciated

here is the pictures of how far i have got so far. hopefully this thread will answer a lot of questions for beginners working to build their first Catamaran

again more specs to come and any suggestions for improvements are welcome good or bad

i also reinforced the transom and added strips of carbon along the whole seam from front to the back and on the front tunnel and sponsons the hull has no flex and twist and not much weight was added. right now with all the electronics loosely placed COG is about 40% i hope it wont run to wet. i guess i can shift the batteries back a inch or two

aslo

Im going to need help with prop choices with the 1600kv and 1480kv bother leopard, I want to tun 2x 6 5000 mah in parallel and the 1480kv 2x 8s 5000mah in parallel.

Not comes prop choice ws going to use a X448 on the 1600 I can also run the 1480kv 0n 6s 5000mah parallel with a bigger prob what do you guys thinks?

Thanks so much guys you awesome

Cheers

Best Regards

again guys thanks so much i will kep posted on the build since its my first real one and im building 2 at the same time :) should be fun!

cheers guys

[bayareaheli]

That looks amazing a work of art I love it can wait to see it run congrats on so a beautiful build travis thanks again for the hours you spent texting and email ailing and calling me your an awesome guy.

Much appreciated

Bay

Well I finished it up last night. All that's left if the hatch seal and I'm waiting on velcro straps to come in. Bench tested it, everything works flawless.

[kfxguy]

Beautiful job! Merry Christmas to you and the family as well. That's one nice clean looking build. Is this one for you or a customer, your doing the daytona for yourself but so much is coming out of the Kfx shed I loose track of things! Let's see it on the water!

This one is for a friend, I actually met him from here. The daytona is for me...haven't had time to go run it just yet. It requires a larger body of water to run in which is harder for me to get out to so I can open it up. Thanks for the kind words!