Simon's 30"mono build

[Gerwin Brommer]

How high is the wall of the floodchamber ?
Large enough to be the place where the lipo's can be placed ?
You now have the lipo in the centre of the hull ???
You need weight on the floodchamber side to flip back.
Another point to consider : your boat is made of wood. wood floats.
So your boat is flipping back extra hard.
So I suggest : put as much weight as you can on the left side.

And ; IF this boat gets a canopy ( I hope so ) , make it offcentre, to the right, that will help flipping back.

[Simon.O.]

How high is the wall of the floodchamber ?
Large enough to be the place where the lipo's can be placed ?
You now have the lipo in the centre of the hull ???
You need weight on the floodchamber side to flip back.
Another point to consider : your boat is made of wood. wood floats.
So your boat is flipping back extra hard.
So I suggest : put as much weight as you can on the left side.

And ; IF this boat gets a canopy ( I hope so ) , make it offcentre, to the right, that will help flipping back.

Gerwin
The flood chamber wall will be up to deck height from front to back.
The 4S lipo was always intended to be in the centre ( that tunnel in the middle )
I will have enough room between the centre line and the FC wall to place the Rx, Rx battery and ESC. This will give me a little weight advantge to the left.

I will do a float / flood test with a hatch that has no canopy and then work from there with size and shape.
A foam dummy one can be made and reworked to get a desired shape and location.
The offset canopy is an idea that I am looking into.

[norbique]

Very nice build Simon!

Any new pics?!

[bigpapa]

look great good luck

[rcboatfan]

looks awsome!!!

[Simon.O.]

looks awsome!!!

Either my photography skills are great or your eyesight is a bit suspect.
My boats do look better on screen than in person.


Anyway here is an update.

I need to:
Swap out some of the temp fasteners for SS.
Plumb up the water lines
Complete the cf jacket for the 9XL
Make a hatch
Design and fab up a canopy, not sure waht look to go for yet
Sort out the steering linkage.

Get it ready for water.

[tylerm]

Looks sh*t hot Simon, wanna make me some hardware?
I really like the motor mount, must be real strong

[rcboatfan]

looks great simon

[EPower]

Either my photography skills are great or your eyesight is a bit suspect.
My boats do look better on screen than in person.


Anyway here is an update.

I need to:
Swap out some of the temp fasteners for SS.
Plumb up the water lines
Complete the cf jacket for the 9XL
Make a hatch
Design and fab up a canopy, not sure waht look to go for yet
Sort out the steering linkage.

Get it ready for water.

It looks great Simon i think it will not self right the fact been is that wood floats and most of your weight is in the middle i hope i'm wrong

Adrian

woops someone else already mentioned it

[Simon.O.]

It looks great Simon i think it will not self right the fact been is that wood floats and most of your weight is in the middle i hope i'm wrong

Adrian

woops someone else already mentioned it

Adrian.
I too have my concerns about the self righting ability.
You are right about the weight distribution as most of it is down the centre line for a few reasons.
However it is very low, and therefore high when upside down. This should help with tipping it over.

It is a bit of a catch 22 with a flood chamber. If you have one then the pack must be more central.
The esc , rx and rx pack is on the left of centre.

I will float test it in the next few days and see what happens.
The results may mean that I have a taller canopy, that is fine too.

Tyler
Too right, that motor mount is very strong, a bit weighty but that is not all bad as this hull may need ballast anyway.
PM me with what you have in mind for some good old Kiwi alloy HW.

[Gerwin Brommer]

Maybe you can glue some lead inside the floodchamber.....................

[tylerm]

Simon, i was just pulling your leg mate We might have a chat on a saw project i may do sometime in the future. Other things on atm tho
A bubble canopy will help. I have faith that it wil work All you need is flood holes down the freeboard or on the deck, a hole in the bottom to let the air out, and one up front of deck to let the water out when taking off.

If all else fails stick on mag wheel weights will fix her up

Ty.

[crabstick]

ye beaten old ovalmaster

Hi Simon,

I reckon ye might be ok, only way to find out is to try. Check out the holes in the pics, the side holes make the FC fill a lot faster


The old Beater *sniff* probably one of the most fun boats to run ive ever owned, with 16cells and an ss1 and she moved out pretty quick., probably the first FE that Tyler drove too ?
on 12 cell Dominated the LSO class for a while, despite a few course changes to supposedly even it up for other boats I recall a particular rough race where prior to racing the course had gone from an oval to a dogleg in the back straight, and I had to do a left hand turn at speed with no left turn fin LOL. I Flipped, righted in about 3 seconds and then won the race by 1/2 a lap. Flood chambers are now banned in that class (well using them during a race) LOL ah the good old days.

[crabstick]

apologies for the hazy phone pics, my lens has dust and junk all over it

[tylerm]

Oh cuz thats a sight, i think ol' STi(afta the subaru's) must have an STI now
You'd be right that she was the first FE i drove, and its what got me really motivatedto get into FE(geez that must have been a couple of years ago now). Infection hasn't left me yet(thankfully) There a good boat, your motivating me to continue with the remodeling of mine