Lehner Rivercat build

[kfxguy]

I've been working on this thing trying to get it finished. My goal is to finish it this weekend and maybe run it Sunday. I have it wired up mostly. I had to order some shorter height caps and make a more compact cap bank. It wouldn't fit so I had to make another. Something else I've come up with is an oiler. Basically I use a water fitting nipple for it. More on that later.

[kfxguy]

Made some headway on this puppy. I added the floatation which is a bit more than mine has so this boat won't suffer the same fate as mine. I also reinforced the hatch because it's possible that it failed in my last crash. I'm taking extra precautions to not have another boat sink. I have only a couple things left to do at this point. Here's the interior



Have you guys seen black fiberglass before. (I'm sure a few of you have). I didn't want to use carbon because it blocks gps signal. This stuff is a little hard to conform but seems strong. Better than not doing anything that's for sure.

[TheShaddix]

That's pretty cool! Looks like carbon, plus you can layer it up even more.

[kfxguy]

That's pretty cool! Looks like carbon, plus you can layer it up even more.

I know, I'm so glad I came across this. I'll be doing all my hatches with this!

[TheShaddix]

Looks good!

[kfxguy]

I completed this last night. Should maiden it this week. I'm guessing 85-90 in saw mode and 70ish in sport mode.

[kfxguy]

I completed this last night. Should maiden it this week. I'm guessing 85-90 in saw mode and 70ish in sport mode.

[kwiktsi]

So, how did this one run? Looks great!

[kfxguy]

So, how did this one run? Looks great!

It's been raining every evening so I haven't been able to run it just yet. It should go over 80 pretty easy tho.

[kwiktsi]

That stinks. I live in FL, so we've been getting a lot of rain as well, but only for a few minutes at a time lol.

[dmitry100]

kfxguy: Know of anyone that sells those stand-alone torque mounts that go on the back of the motor? A screw got loose on my aluminum motor mount... which I suspect is from not enough support in the mount :-/ So I hope throwing one on the back of those would help.

[twonb1]

i new to the forum and im bulding a single explorer and i must say your build has been most helpful. any updates

[kfxguy]

i new to the forum and im bulding a single explorer and i must say your build has been most helpful. any updates

I maiden it last weekend. I had it set up very very conservative and ran it on 4s (it's a 6s boat) with a very low pitch cnc prop. Ran 52mph. I just wanted to make sure everything was good with it and no leaks. I already know it'll hit the number so no worries there. He should get it tomorrow.

[kfxguy]

kfxguy: Know of anyone that sells those stand-alone torque mounts that go on the back of the motor? A screw got loose on my aluminum motor mount... which I suspect is from not enough support in the mount :-/ So I hope throwing one on the back of those would help.

Ose or kintec should have them. Or you can get a ring like below and make you some side plate to the height you need.

[dmitry100]

I bought a pair from OSE. Would have made some myself though if I was able to find some stand-alone clamps like that though.
But for future builds... where did you buy those clamps from? :)