Viva las Vegas BUILD ELECTRIC STYLE

[Jesse J]

I can't wait to see the AQU setup in the Proboat hull......thats called hating Jesse!

Well if the motor is better, who cares what its called (don't know what you mean by hating...)? I just tore out the innards and have some more room. Will post gutted hull soon.

[bustitup]

what is "stack them foat on top of each other" mean?

means to put two batteries in the center to stack them "flat" on top of each other..lol darn typos

[Jesse J]

right, got it. I have some ideas and a bunch of burnt fiberglass smell in the garage now. will report back. I am moving everyting closer to trnsom. strut racket ho-made so strut is tight against trnsm. this way rudder is at drive dog. woof woof

[nate]

Its a joke Jesse lol ....Nevermind.

[Jesse J]

Ok, copy that.

Well, couldn't stop. I got my dremmel revved to the max and a big pair of pliers and went to the innards of this poor thing. There were two 1/8th inch ply stringers for the nitro mount - outta here. then took out the radio box and cut back the stuffing tube to the minimum. Now I retrofitted the stuffing with 5/32" K&S for the wire drive and gooped it up with JB weld.

This arrangement allows me to put the motor in the cockpit and batteries either along the drive line, or stuffed up into the sponsons. I am thinking of adding some floatation to the sponsons also to keep the batteries firm.

I may replace the cheesy ugly strut bracket, but wanted something tight up against the transom.

[Jesse J]

rest of photos. notice how much lower profile the stuffing tube is and more flexibility I have in strut height and angle - I will be adding a piece of 3/16" to link up stuffing and strut. I don't think I should get into trouble with my wire being over 12" long. I don't think I could get away with this using a cable, no matter how lubed it was.

I will be adding some fiberglass to the floor cuz its kinder floppy now, need it quite a bit more rigid.

[eboat]

Same boat but different colour
This is what I did

[nate]

Sweet good looking work Jesse.

[sailr]

I had one of those hulls too. Finally gave it away rather than face the daunting task of opening everything up so you had room for the lipos, etc.

I thought I would jump in here as well and parallel my build with Bustit. I got a 1/12" proboat Miss Elam - nitro conversion hull. I didn't realize the tight working space until I got my hands on it. She is gorgeous and I have to make it work. I just got em stickers on. needless to say I just got me a new digicamera, so been shootin every angle. My wife is starting to wonder... Rather I think this is damning evidence on my part.

[Jesse J]

Thanks Nate, I need to get some of that cf action goin like you been doin. Might end up goin fiberglass... never dun cf and don't got nun.

Daunting, yes. but with dremmel in hand and no fear... I tore into her! She is happy now, all that crap cleared out. kinda like a tonsil removal... except a little less blood.

eboat, where is your COG now on that? I had it sittin like that at one point and still could do it that way.

[nate]

DragonPlate Carbon fiber has all kinds of sheets, cloth, colored Carbon and tubes ect.
Check them out, I payed 50.00 for a sheet and its lasted me awhile...

http://dragonplate.com/ecart/product.asp?pID=3867&cID=78&e=1

[nate]

If you have have anything like to cut out or reinforce it would look nice...

[Jesse J]

A'ight bustit, progress? I got my drive line in and motor mount mounted, pics later today. all I need now is servo bracket and rudder then some water cooling and proofing and its roost for me.

How is the Miss Viva Las Vegas? or are you playing too much with other toys? What did you do for the strut?

[bustitup]

A'ight bustit, progress? I got my drive line in and motor mount mounted, pics later today. all I need now is servo bracket and rudder then some water cooling and proofing and its roost for me.

How is the Miss Viva Las Vegas? or are you playing too much with other toys? What did you do for the strut?

showgirl has been on hold while working on the Titan

jesse you need a piece of cf.....give me the measurement and I will send you a piece...I can put it in the box with your mamba max esc

[Jesse J]

ooooooo cf, what a nice guy, I need to reinforce her in places after ripping her poor innards out. I will need to measure tomorrow and report back..... with pics of her mounted motor!