Avanti's Manx, twin powered micro cat

[ace028]

That looks pretty cool, what are you going to do with the rear?

[Avanti]

I cut the tunnel tab out and I have an idea on how to mount it and make it adjustable, nothing worth photographing yet though.

[Avanti]

The rear is on hold until I get a rudder made up and layout the other hardware. It will all be closed in soon enough. There will be 4 hatches total on the boat. One over each motor & coupler, one over the batteries with access to the esc's too, and one for the servo & receiver. There will be tunnels over the stingers the props will stick out a bit.

[Avanti]

I just thought of a way to make the stingers adjustable hopefully it will work. weld a bolt to it and have it run up through some metal with a nut on each side. not sure if words are explaining this well enough or not but I will test out my theory tomorrow if I have time.

[obrien]

looking good! The naca ducts turned out great.

[Avanti]

Sneak peek at the rear section and TTab

You will notice the end will taper in slightly.
There will be a 1/8" thick piece of aluminum put in above the TTab and tapped for adjusting screws.
Lastly over the stingers will be tunneled, should look cool when completed.

[ace028]

You do some good work man!

[Avanti]

Thanks ACE, I try to keep it looking nice and precise so I don't have to do as much body work at the end. I just picked up more glazing putty and filler primer. I should have some more work done later tonight.

[Avanti]

I have the port flex shaft tube in place.
and a better shot of the naca ducts.
click img. to enlarge

[Ocean Racer]

Looks sweet what are you going to do for a canopy or will that be a suprise?

[Avanti]

Standard single Skater type canopy, no big deal. I'll most likely shape it out of balsa or foam. I've not put a lot of thought into it yet. Next I need to get the starboard drive tube in and try to get them to match evenly on both side. I also started making a prop shaft bushing. I need to come up with a 1/8 thrust bearing too.

[peells]

Well it looks like one of us has been busy, I have been busy with work, and doing puppet shows for our church and just had this last weekend off, I spent most of it doing research on electric motorcycles (up sizing the sport $$$$$$x$$$) but very interesting bicycles are cheaper to convert though, Well I got my new boat kit (just a laser cut of the same boat) it will be a 2 motor affair as well but I am trying to think of some mods so I can use some kind of strut system, any way happy building

[ace028]

What is a good angle to fix it to? I think the guy on RRR with a similar sized twin cat used 2 degrees up from level. I may end up doing the same thing.

I was wrong, 2 degress down from level. Here is a link to his thread, this thread is what really sparked my interest in a out of control mini cat.

http://www.rumrunnerracing.com/feforums/showthread.php?t=26066

[ace028]

Any updates Avanti?

[Avanti]

not yet I have been sick. I also have alot due for school