ML Boatworks RSX380 Outrigger! My first FE wood kit build...

[bhorowitz]

Don't forget the batteries. It's amazing when you add everything up. Yow!

[sammyha]

Got to pay to play. Got a couple helis cost twice that. I find you get what you pay for tho. Should be amazing.

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[Raydee]

You cant put a price on fun.

[bhorowitz]

I just try not to add it all up.

[sammyha]

I just did a copy, paste from my email order confirmation so the prices were there. Mostly for the SKU numbers.

Also, for those who haven't built, price could be a consideration vs RTR...

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[sammyha]

Man! OSE is the best online store out there!

I got my order today. Three days and that includes the weekend. I put my order in Saturday. It was delivered today, Tuesday.

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[sammyha]

First things first. I ordered the wrong brass tubing for the boom tubes. I ordered 3/8", should have ordered 11/32" to fit the 5/16" Zippkits boom tubes.

That's 11/32" OD brass tubing. The ID fits the 5/16" OD carbon boom tubes.

This is the struggle. I could not find that information readily. Now I realize the OSE website says the brass tubing stacks.

Duh. Look at the tubing size list...

I'll edit the list in post #58.

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[sammyha]

Next is a mess I'm trying to understand with the Speedmaster strut. I ordered the large hydro strut for .187 prop shaft. Looks like I can't run the 9/32" brass stuffing tube with a teflon liner. Only a 1/4" brass tube will fit in the strut.

I need some input here. The pictures in order explains what I think I have to do to assemble this.

Using 1/4" brass tubing that I already had, running without a liner.

Not sure why the prop shaft bushing is loose in the strut...

And how will this stay in there?



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[Raydee]

Just ran 1/4 brass stuffing tube without liner and run the brass strut bushing inside the 1/4" stuffing tube, it will "float" a little but it will be fine.

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[sammyha]

Just ran 1/4 brass stuffing tube without liner and run the brass strut bushing inside the 1/4" stuffing tube

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Yeah, that's what I'm thinking. Looks like there's not a Speedmaster strut sized for a stuffing tube with a liner.

So make the stuffing box go all the way thru the strut as shown in this sketch?

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[Raydee]

That's it....perfect. you can also use a little silicone or loctite on the stuffing tube to lock it into the strut so it doesn't shift. I also use the next size up brass tube and glue a short piece of that into the boat. That way if you ever bend the stuffing tube it can easily be removed and replaced without having to cut it out of the boat.

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[sammyha]

Oh man that's a good one! You mean going thru the hull. Sweet!

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[sammyha]

Next thing. How is this 12" stuffing tube going to reach? That's all I saw on the OSE website, 12" lengths.

Luckily the 1/4" tubing I had was way longer...

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[sammyha]

Sneak peak at some goodies!

Then back to mixing some more epoxy. Sponsons are almost ready for sheeting.

I'll post some pics of them soon...

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[sammyha]

The sponsons are built flat on a board like the one on the right is sitting(first picture). They have cured and now I've removed them to epoxy the joints underneath(second picture).

I'll pin them right back on the board to cure, and to epoxy the 3/16" strips and the bottom sheeting. Mike says don't glue anything on them without having them pinned down.

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