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I was about to say lol. I've already drilled holes and mounted it. In the. Ideas I watched the left side of the boat would roll up higher than the right so if I move the prop to the right then the extra length of the pivot on the prop centerline becomes harder for it to lift the left side. I dunno. I'm trying it. I've pulled out all the stops on this boat. Fweasel lets upgrade yours to the rudder I'm using.
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I'm going to go broke $25 at a time replacing these blades!
Put me down for V2 of the rudder. I think I'm going to pound this one flat and chop about an inch off. I had intended to do that last night, but by the time I remembered, I had already contoured the bottom and sharpened the leading edge and wasn't going to do it again. Hopefully, a shorter rudder will produce less leverage in a crash and in theory, should turn slower at speed too, which is a good thing over 80mph.
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And likely gain you 5mphI'm going to go broke $25 at a time replacing these blades! Put me down for V2 of the rudder. I think I'm going to pound this one flat and chop about an inch off. I had intended to do that last night, but by the time I remembered, I had already contoured the bottom and sharpened the leading edge and wasn't going to do it again. Hopefully, a shorter rudder will produce less leverage in a crash and in theory, should turn slower at speed too, which is a good thing over 80mph.
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I'm going to go broke $25 at a time replacing these blades! Put me down for V2 of the rudder. I think I'm going to pound this one flat and chop about an inch off. I had intended to do that last night, but by the time I remembered, I had already contoured the bottom and sharpened the leading edge and wasn't going to do it again. Hopefully, a shorter rudder will produce less leverage in a crash and in theory, should turn slower at speed too, which is a good thing over 80mph.
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Just lemme know how you wanna do it.
Do you still want this spare I have?
I would turn your exponential down on your radio, it may be reacting too fast.
If you cut that much off the rudder I'd run it on 3s first. It's definitely going to blow I've on 4s until you can dial it back in. If you can move the batteries as far forward as you can. That will help but you will likely end up giving the strut a touch of negative but that always makes me nervous once I have a boat running this fast. I hate to lose speed. Maybe mark the strut.32" carbon rivercat single 4s 102mph, 27” mini Rivercat 92mph, kbb34 91mph, jessej micro cat(too fast) wasComment
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Guys.....I was thinking about a .078 wire drive. What do you guys think? Worth it or more headache than its worth? I'm trying to touch 100 with this boat.32" carbon rivercat single 4s 102mph, 27” mini Rivercat 92mph, kbb34 91mph, jessej micro cat(too fast) wasComment
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Man, that would make me nervous... I like your journal stuffing tube with a flex shaft. You know what I mean!
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My thing is what if it slips? There's not much to grab but I was going to use an mbp collet. wholt said they las a long time. My idea was to do some sort of prop shaft retention which would be easy. I could check of the flex stub shaft in my Lathe. Cut a groove in it, taking into account the shrinkage of the flex under power, and then put a set screw in the strut that protrudes into the groove on the stub shaft but never contacts it. If the flex or wire breaks, the stub won't slip out. Wanna grease it? Back the set screw out a touch.32" carbon rivercat single 4s 102mph, 27” mini Rivercat 92mph, kbb34 91mph, jessej micro cat(too fast) wasComment
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Look, I was very nervous about this but something needed to be done. The esc was too tight of a fit and it was wedged under the deck. I didn't like that. My solution....mill the esc down. What? I know I'm crazy but hey I'm picky. I was afraid it wouldn't look good or come out straight because I couldn't hold the esc tight. Loaded up a fresh sharp milling bit and went to town.
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One of my concerns was being able to get batts in and out easier like I stated earlier. I was going to use that mbp mount but it came in and I didn't like it. At all. The only part I liked about it was the mbp milled in it looked cool. Lol
So here's my solution. Highly modified kintec mount that I reshaped some and cut it shorter.
I couldn't find my rear support brackets so I had to make some. Made some out of carbon. Not that it makes much difference but they weigh half what the aluminum ones do. I also shortened the from mounting plate because I lowered the mount itself by milling some off the bottom
I sure didn't think I was going to be able to cut the slot out. Had to be a little creative on holding the carbon in the mill
I had to narrow the rear support to match. Remember I narrowed the whole mount
Just one side is milled here.
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I run 078 wires in my Zelos, REDLINE1 runs them in his Zelos and Blackjack. Neither of us have had any issues with strength or slipping.Vac-U-Tug Jr (13mph)Comment
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How about the next size up, .094 (3/32")? I'm headed that direction in my next boat."Look good doin' it"
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Got the motor mount in. Nice and neat.
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Mock up on the esc and motor. Dang it. I forgot to take pics of the motor mount hardware. I powder coated them black. O well, you can kinda see in the pic
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