Carbon shocker build

[kfxguy]

They are close, threading both in is just not gonna happen. I think it is fine how I have it .
So what do you think of the U-Pol? It is better when warm. Guess that doesn't matter much in Louisiana ;-)

They swivel so you use a flat head screwdriver to tighten them, you don't twist them in.

The upol...,well I didn't realize how humid it was last night. Every cost was coming out foggy or satin instead of gloss. Then I layed a coat down and stuck it in my powder coat oven at about 120f and it started turning out better. It's going to need wet sanding and buffing

[Beaux]

Coming along quite nice.

[srislash]

They swivel so you use a flat head screwdriver to tighten them, you don't twist them in.

The upol...,well I didn't realize how humid it was last night. Every cost was coming out foggy or satin instead of gloss. Then I layed a coat down and stuck it in my powder coat oven at about 120f and it started turning out better. It's going to need wet sanding and buffing

I see the screws now, where are they from Travis?

[kfxguy]

Kintec. They are 10/32 thread.

[kfxguy]

Whew. It buffed out to perfection! Very impressed with this clear.

[shua]

Boom! Good as New!

[Beaux]

that joker is slick. Is that still the water base color?

[kfxguy]

that joker is slick. Is that still the water base color?

Yes water base. That's what I've gone to on most everything. You mess up, wash it off and do it again. Just better get the clear right. Lol

[kfxguy]

Wooo hoooo! Got this puppy done. Like it never happened! Better than before too. The black glue looks even better.

[kfxguy]

Went run it today. It was basically a function test because it was way too windy and rough but it still went (on 6s)

[kfxguy]

Update. Haven't touched this boat in over three months. Partially due to my surgery and because I crashed it and been a little apprehensive about running it fast again. I decided to dust it of (literally was full of dust lol!) and run this puppy this weekend. I was impressed and disappointed all at once. It looked super fast, faster than my Rivercat doing 98-100 but it only went 96. It was a lot closer to me than the Rivercat so that may be why. I worked another prop to try in hopes of going faster but it went a lot slower. No idea why but it didn't like the extra pitch. First video was a 1915 and second video is a 1916 abc.

The boat 96 because the rudder is longer than when it ran 98 mph. I had to start over with the rudder assembly because the other one got damaged. That's why it's a couple mph slower than it was.

https://youtu.be/0-nFD_SlehQ

This video looks so slow but it's 90mph believe it or not. It looked like 70 lol

https://youtu.be/BeB32za9sL8

[TheShaddix]

That's very stable for a single motor cat! You have definitely perfected that. 96 to you isn't much anymore, but to 99% of us here it's still really impressive. The most I've ever hit is about 95, i think, with a twin hpr cat. And I'm quite happy with that. I see a lot of guys who try to set records aren't really happy anymore with just running the boat unless they beat their previous speed, all stressed out about it too. It's easy to forget to enjoy just simply going to a lake and playing with the boat.

[kfxguy]

That's very stable for a single motor cat! You have definitely perfected that. 96 to you isn't much anymore, but to 99% of us here it's still really impressive. The most I've ever hit is about 95, i think, with a twin hpr cat. And I'm quite happy with that. I see a lot of guys who try to set records aren't really happy anymore with just running the boat unless they beat their previous speed, all stressed out about it too. It's easy to forget to enjoy just simply going to a lake and playing with the boat.

Thanks. Have you seen the video of my 32" single powered 4s cat? It's just as stable but even faster. It did 99.9 and 100.xx a couple weekends ago.


I'm guilty of that too. I've gotten stressed about going slower. I made changes on my Rivercat and it went a couple mph slower than the weekend before and it bothered me. I have some boats I can just go run and have fun but here lately I've been focusing on my three fast cats along with a rigger for someone I just built. Hopefully I can get some play running in this weekend, we are going camping. I can run the shocker on 6s but it's kinda fast in that trim. Maybe back down to 4s or 5s

[TheShaddix]

well, if you feel like you've reached that point where you only have fun if you're going fast, then give it a go with a 45" or even a 55" cat. There is just something special about larger hulls that smaller ones just don't have. I'm glad I never had this need to go faster. 80-100 is plenty and looks really scary to everyone else watching, has the wow factor every time. I think you're also chasing speed due to the fact that you run alone on a big lake, so even 100 mph doesn't seem too fast when the boat is so far. I totally get that. I think for your lake you should build a 55" mhz, it would be the perfect boat! You can see it better from a distance and maybe just have more fun overall with driving it instead of pushing the limits.

[kfxguy]

well, if you feel like you've reached that point where you only have fun if you're going fast, then give it a go with a 45" or even a 55" cat. There is just something special about larger hulls that smaller ones just don't have. I'm glad I never had this need to go faster. 80-100 is plenty and looks really scary to everyone else watching, has the wow factor every time. I think you're also chasing speed due to the fact that you run alone on a big lake, so even 100 mph doesn't seem too fast when the boat is so far. I totally get that. I think for your lake you should build a 55" mhz, it would be the perfect boat! You can see it better from a distance and maybe just have more fun overall with driving it instead of pushing the limits.

Well I am building a 41" twin powered cat right now that should crush the speeds of all my other boats. I dunno why, I just enjoy these smaller boats. It seems like a fun challenge to make these small boats go fast.