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well, we shall see when i get the boat out again, i got the shaft soldered, grabbed a wrench on the square drive end and twisted as hard as i could, and it does not spin (for now....LOL) so we shall see if my first attempt at soldering goes better than the first attempt loctiting.... LOL
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A few more... was having difficulty attaching last nite...LOL phone issues
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well, last coat of flake went on last saturday, and thanks to user 30nitro, i get to play with more power this year... he had engine parts i was looking for, and i had chainsaw parts he was looking for... long story short, initial parts mockup has begun for an all new powerplant, a B.H.Hanson ported G230pum watercooled 23cc motor! big thanks to 30nitro for that piece of the puzzle... still need a few parts (crank, ignition stuff etc) but we are getting somewhere now... hehe still need to coat the underside white (pearl creme white, hehe) and a few more coats of clearcoat and a good wetsand to level the finish, but man where it has come from when i got it to now... what a difference...
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Great lookin mono...!! Glad i was able to help with the engine parts for the project !!!Comment
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it certainly came a long way from the original hull that i purchased...and again, i cant thank you enough Don...LOLComment
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Hey...my Pleasure...nice to help another RC boater..... lookin forward to some runnin vids........Comment
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So many thanks to Don for the majority of the motor, and a huge shout-out to Al at B.H. Hanson for patiently helping me (23 emails back and forth worth of patience) figure out the rest of the stuff i needed to get it mounted and running. it made smoke (not the bad kind you electric guys LOL) for the first time this morning!!!!!! runs like an absolute champ, and its not even broken in or tuned yet.... now gotta get the water cooling set up, and get my new t-bar mounted and figure out the CG and balance it out, and its ready to go...
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finally got the lower part of the hull sprayed, now on to mounting it all up and getting it wet....
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getting closer, upon consulting with the guys over at Jims rc boat dock, they told me the wrap to center header would be useless for the mod motor that i have, as the tuned length wouldnt be anywhere near what i would want it... needed to be quite a bit shorter to make the motor sing where it was meant to, so i picked up a different header, and just need to get everything mounted up and get it wet....
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good/bad news on the build... got it wet last night! sucker books out real good, initial pipe length of 13" to belly is good, but.... didnt get to play very long, as i didnt factor cable windup into the setup when i made the switch to round collet from a square drive clutch on the weedeater motor... the flex lasted about 60 sec before it pulled itself right out of the ferrule on the propshaft... already emailed Al at B.H. Hanson and he is shipping me out a square drive ferrule for the prop shaft...
as a side note, a prather 270 stainless is very peppy out of the hole on this setup so far, will have to do some more testing....Comment
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Hey...30 nitro here....are you runnin the engine you got from me ?? Sounds like it goes pretty good....not sure on the square drive on that set up..... I've always used collets......Comment
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Yeah, it will still use a round collet on the motor, just a square drive at the prop shaft instead of solder/locktute connection.Comment
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