Project VooDoo mono build

[kfxguy]

I've been collecting things for this boat for a while. I've had big plans for it. It's what I call a kbb34, by far my favorite mono. I've built 3 of these and sold two and one was for a customer. This one is for me (hopefully I can manage to hang on to it for a while lol). The plans are to see just how fast I can go with it. My last one hit 91-92mph but I was using old technology props, cheap rudder, power limiting esc and on a mono that evidently just didn't play well with this mono. So.....here I am again, this time calling it project voodoo because I'm gonna have to work some magic to make this thing do what my ultimate goal is. I plan on being this boat to Huntsville and making some passes next year hopefully. This is only one of the three main boats I plan on bringing and I hope it doesn't disappoint. I've learned a lot since the original one some I'm going to employ everything I've learned and all the little tricks I can to maximize what it will do. Wish me luck! No on to the good stuff!

Parts list:

Neu 1521 (temporary motor, have another one planned)
Sf300 heavy (lol...it's not a lite so what do I call it? It's heavy for sure!)
Custom cnc cut 3mm motor mounts (thx Monojeff)
Radiopost servo
.187 flex of course
Speedmaster billet trim tabs
Speedmaster strut
Speedmaster rudder (not shown, need to order)
Carbon inlay
Castle bec
Billet rod ends for steering
Revo graphene batteries (6s parallel likely)


Close to everything for the 34"

[kfxguy]

So it's begun. My favorite part of the entire build......sanding. Not!




Ok so I'm cheating a little. This works good for the flat areas




I better tape it up before I scratch it or get epoxy on it!

[kfxguy]

So on my last one I built, the sexy green one, I was going 80 something and it flipped and split the hull a little at the seams. For some reason this hull seems to be made from a different but better epoxy and it has a fiberglass strip along the seam which the green one did not. Don't matter, I'm taking no chances, this one is getting reinforced at the seam. The first step is i mixed up some slow cure west epoxy and cut up some carbon cloth and put it in the epoxy.




And mixed it in. So purty lookin





No pic but I poured it down the seam and spread with a brush and then propped it up on its side. The other side tomorrow night.

[Mxkid261]

Nice. What color you thinking for this one?

[complacent_one]

Looking good, so far, Travis. I am really looking forward to seeing the rest of this build.

[fweasel]

Nice. What color you thinking for this one?

Pretty sure the green painter's tape is the final design.

[srislash]

Ok I'm in

[kfxguy]

Pretty sure the green painter's tape is the final design.

I was actually going to say that was my paint job and graphics last night lol.


Well I haven't made up my mind. One part of me really wants it the same green as the one I split. But then that's just a repeat. Not sure I want to do that. Then the white looks really good.....it has a pearl to it. But then on the other hand they all come in white. What do you guys think?

[Lone-Wolf]

Greatly looking forward to watching the build unfold...and then triple digits, I'm holding you to that.

The green on the last one looked great especially against your murky water, I think doing it the same is OK, paying respect to a fallen friend.

[fweasel]

Do a split color, white hull base with two large diagonal green bands or something like that

[Lone-Wolf]

Do a split color, white hull base with two large diagonal green bands or something like that

Agreed or something along that road, some sort of graphic(s) instead of a solid?

[kfxguy]

Agreed or something along that road, some sort of graphic(s) instead of a solid?

Well I'm no good at painting graphics, I'm lucky enough to do a nice job in a single color lol. I do have a decal cutter and decent hand cutting skills. I have some carbon vinyl too.

The other green one was repaired and revived. I gave it to a friend.

[Lone-Wolf]

OK. I'm starting to like the bright/fluorescent colors, they look so good on the water at-speed, nice to actually be able to see you boat especially since you do SAW runs and the boat is way outta sight in a flash! My all-black Mystic is a nightmare, looks great on the stand but while it's sitting at the end of a run waiting for water to calm down the only way I can get sight of it is by blipping the throttle so I can see the rooster. Just my .02...whatever you do will look great I'm sure.

[Tamelesstgr]

Voodoo makes me think of Black and Purple as main colors for some reason

[kfxguy]

OK. I'm starting to like the bright/fluorescent colors, they look so good on the water at-speed, nice to actually be able to see you boat especially since you do SAW runs and the boat is way outta sight in a flash! My all-black Mystic is a nightmare, looks great on the stand but while it's sitting at the end of a run waiting for water to calm down the only way I can get sight of it is by blipping the throttle so I can see the rooster. Just my .02...whatever you do will look great I'm sure.

Yea BRIGHT colors woujd be a good idea for sure. You have a point.