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Once everything was fitted, I finished up the painting, which I'm certain I'm going to have to redo after the Nationals, due to the problems I recently mentioned about painting and using a primer sealer... paint seems to peel right off. It'll do until after the big races... then I'll pull it down and redo it.
Then it was just a matter of assembling everything.
I put the ProBoat ESC just aft of the motor, and now have room for a 4S1P 4500mah pack (Elite) in front of the motor. I have a different setup that I'm going to try, however, which consists of two 4S1P 2200mah 35C Elite packs wired up in parallel. With this setup, I can fit one pack between the booms, and the other I can move around in the space in front of the motor... Leaves LOTs of room up front, and still gives mre 4400mah to work with, which should be plenty for a 1-mile race. I'll get some pics of that another time.
It's a little bit tight around the motor, but everything actually goes in pretty simply, and the ESC can be taken out without much of a hassle.
I've separated the radio box from the motor compartment with a carbon-fiber bulkhead. The radio wire for the ESC to the RX was handled by drilling an appropriate sized hole in the bulkhead, then temporarily removing the plug from a servo extension wire, sliding the wires through, then putting the connector back on and sealing the wires at the bulkhead with silicone. Works slick...
Then it was just a matter of assembling everything.
I put the ProBoat ESC just aft of the motor, and now have room for a 4S1P 4500mah pack (Elite) in front of the motor. I have a different setup that I'm going to try, however, which consists of two 4S1P 2200mah 35C Elite packs wired up in parallel. With this setup, I can fit one pack between the booms, and the other I can move around in the space in front of the motor... Leaves LOTs of room up front, and still gives mre 4400mah to work with, which should be plenty for a 1-mile race. I'll get some pics of that another time.
It's a little bit tight around the motor, but everything actually goes in pretty simply, and the ESC can be taken out without much of a hassle.
I've separated the radio box from the motor compartment with a carbon-fiber bulkhead. The radio wire for the ESC to the RX was handled by drilling an appropriate sized hole in the bulkhead, then temporarily removing the plug from a servo extension wire, sliding the wires through, then putting the connector back on and sealing the wires at the bulkhead with silicone. Works slick...
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