Rick's GP310

[ray schrauwen]

What is S glass compared to regular fiberglass?

[rickwess]

Merci Ray.

S-Glass is a poor mans carbon fiber..........LOL. It pretty much looks and feels exactly the same as E-fiberglass cloth but has approximately 30% more tensile strength and 15% more stiffness than E-Glass and also has a superior impact strength.

If I want to get it wet this year, I need to finish it in the next two days. I've got most of it put back together and just need to install the water outlet and solder the bullet connectors on the batteries. The limited depth in the nose forced the use of two 2S batteries in series so I want to take my time to get the wiring tidy.

[TRUCKPULL]

Rick

Where did you get the HRC motor mount??

Larry

[rickwess]

From HRC. I asked Dave to design one for the TP3630 that was adjustable and had flat feet to improve bond strength. Mine is the first one he built. I also thought Steve was going to carry them.

The water jacket is also the first Dave built for the TP3630.

[rickwess]

Ready to get wet. I won't have much time to play with it so this will pretty much test if it floats and moves forward. I'll start with a m440 prop and maybe try a m445 or even a x437/3 (detongued) if all goes well.

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[rickwess]

Everything seems good and I'm happy I finished it up before the lake solidified. Water temp was about 5C this morning. I still need to get used to driving hyrdos. They really only steer well under full throttle.

The motor is a TP 3630 2100KV. The prop is a m440. I still need to pull the logs, but everything was cool when I checked.

[rickwess]

The log.

The max current was 103.9A with the current during the straights in the 80A range.

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[cybercrxt]

Looks real good! Time to prop up! Mike Luszcz

[rickwess]

Thanks. Propping up will be next year when the water is warmer. My retrieval person (wife in paddle-boat or kayak) advised me to make sure the boat came back under it's own power.