Darin's LeeCraft/Geraghty 3.5 Tunnel FE Conversion

[Darin Jordan]

WHA! where is the beef

I'm heading a different direction for awhile and trying something a little different.

[Jeff Wohlt]

VERY nice work, Darin.

[bonewar]

You are a true Master sir , Love the steering set up , Paint , Over all look of the boat. Well done mate it looks Awesome. How fast well she be? Thanks Bonewar

[RandyatBBY]

Looks cook Darren, I have a Hooters to give you some to run in to. I set it up with the 5 year old SV 27 SC and motor. should be fun

[Darin Jordan]

OK... ClearCoat has dried... Still waiting for one graphic to arrive, but otherwise, it's just a matter of bolting on the lower-unit and rigging the electronics... Shouldn't be long now...

[westbeach]

Top Notch work as usual Darin. Watching your build sure gives me the itch to build a tunnel hull.

[SJFE]

Nice work Sir.

[Darin Jordan]

It's been awhile since I've updated this thread... I've raced the boat once with the Spec power system using BJ26 power and 4S1P... mostly just tuning runs but it's showing a lot of promise... a little harder to drive than my WoodStuff, but part of that is just setup... It's getting closer...

I'll be racing it again this weekend and will try to get some pics and video this time out...

In the meantime, just for the fun of it... I put a driver in the cockpit... Might detail out the cockpit a little more over time, but looks kind of cool....

[Ctonez]

It's been awhile since I've updated this thread... I've raced the boat once with the Spec power system using BJ26 power and 4S1P... mostly just tuning runs but it's showing a lot of promise... a little harder to drive than my WoodStuff, but part of that is just setup... It's getting closer...

I'll be racing it again this weekend and will try to get some pics and video this time out...

In the meantime, just for the fun of it... I put a driver in the cockpit... Might detail out the cockpit a little more over time, but looks kind of cool....

...very nice. Now what can Brian and I give you crap about at the next race?

[Darin Jordan]

...very nice. Now what can Brian and I give you crap about at the next race?

My Lame driving???

[Ctonez]

My Lame driving???

I don't think I'm in a good place to give you crap about your driving...until I get alot more water time. Brian is another story.

Hope you guys had fun at the Dist. race.

[sailr]

Damn she's purty Darin! Wow!

Did some paintwork this weekend... Still have some decals and some clear to put on her, but she's just about ready to go!

[sailr]

where'd ya get all those nifty decals?

[Chuck E Cheese]

darin, any idea where i can get a lee craft tunnel hull? i am building a nitro project and cant find one

[Darin Jordan]

Well... since we last spoke on this subject...

After running the 2-Lap a few weeks ago, and then racing this boat again last weekend, and after consulting with some gurus who know WAY more than I ever will about racing RC boats... I decided to make a change to this hull.

The boat has a tendancy to "grab and roll" about 3/4 of the way through the corner... or whenever the front end came in too much contact with the water.

In looking carefully at the original recovery pads, you'll see that the AoA on them is nearly the same as the sponsons, and they should have more. Additionally, they are a sweeping curved surface, which, when coming in contact with the water, was likely acting like a suction cup and sucking the nose down. If you've ever tried the spoon test, you'll know what I'm talking about.

So, I'm replacing the recovery pads. Got them off last night, and fabbed some new ones using a composite foam core material, laminated with light 1/32" ply. I'll snap some pics of them installed tonight.

Hopefully this helps some...