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As some of you saw, I had a mishap last week that finished off my fiberglass daytona. I replaced it with a carbon fiber hull and just finished it. This was my first time doing a cf inlay, so it isn't perfect but it works. I used aluminum binding posts glued to the bottom of the hull and covered with the cf for my esc tray mount and 1/8" ply with blind nuts under the cf as well to screw the servo mount to. Overall it came out pretty nice and I'm happy with it. I decided to give automotive panel bond a try for this build since it is already black, super strong and I had some here. I used it for the esc posts, the water pickup, motor mount and battery trays. We'll see how it holds up. I'm thinking it will be fine, the stuff holds quater panels on cars, this should be nothing for it.
My last boat, I made a lot of custom parts on the lathe (thumb screws, antenna mount, water outlet, through hull water fitting, etc) and laser cut rails, motor mount and servo mount out of 1/8" ply. This one, I used off the shelf parts for most of it with the exception of lasering the servo mount holder and making the antenna mount and spacers for the hatch lock sockets on the lathe. The spacers were fun- .110" wide parts aren't easy to chuck and cut but I like the challenge.
My last boat, I made a lot of custom parts on the lathe (thumb screws, antenna mount, water outlet, through hull water fitting, etc) and laser cut rails, motor mount and servo mount out of 1/8" ply. This one, I used off the shelf parts for most of it with the exception of lasering the servo mount holder and making the antenna mount and spacers for the hatch lock sockets on the lathe. The spacers were fun- .110" wide parts aren't easy to chuck and cut but I like the challenge.
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