Hydro and Marine Lobster

[Heath M]

Package arrived Friday with the replacement strut and rudder plus some BLING parts for the boat
Started by adding a 2mm CF transom plate JB welded in. Once that had set i installed strut and rudder, drilled out the servo rod and inserted a 7mm brass tube then slipped the bellow over it. Added the first of the bling parts, Water inlet. Put together the bling servo mount and installed a waterproof high torque Savox digital servo into it. Permanent fixing of the servo will come once I have the motor mount and stuffing box installed.

[Heath M]

Also I installed the turn fin. Wasn't quite sure exactly where to place it so just guesstimated. If someone thinks it should be in a different position please say.

[RayR]

Make certain the turn fin is perpendicular to the running surface.

[Heath M]

Thanks Ray, it only has 1 fixing in it at the moment once i come to put the 2nd one in i will square it up.

[Heath M]

Made up a battery tray out of 2mm carbon sheet. Did a dry mock up to work out positioning of internals then JB welded the battery tray in.

[785boats]

She's looking the business now Heath.

[Heath M]

Getting there Paul. Will be awhile before it hits the water.

[Heath M]

Got time to do some more work on the boat this week.
Jb welded the motor mount and stuffing tube in place.I have no adjustment in the motor mount do to the tight width of the boat, so extra care had to be taken to make so the motor was in the best position it could be.

[Heath M]

Well the lobster is all finished and ready for testing We have had some warm weather here so I managed to get the 2 part foam flotation into the sponsons. I did this by drilling a hole at the end of each one, inserting a small funnel, then pouring in the mixture. I filled the holes with builders bog after a few days of curing. Both sponsons are about 3/4 full of foam now.
I may enter into this Sundays racing for its first run :) Fitted out with a Feigao 8xl for the time being.

[Scott T]

Nice work mate, looking forward to seeing it on Sunday.

[785boats]

Nice one Heath. Go on Enter it. There's nothing like testing & tuning while you are racing on a maiden voyage.

[Heath M]

Just did Paul lol

[Heath M]

Well having time over this Christmas has given me the chance to completely finish off the lobster. The paint scheme is not exactly true to the original, but is good enough for :)

[Scott T]

Looks great mate!

[kfxguy]

Love it! The paint really came out nice. Ive always like these style hydros. Good job!