My Sniper finally dial in finish, video

[kevinlew211]

Its run 77.4mph with 2mins, im a happy man now, btw, i run it with totally diff setup, more wet, more stable and faster with Prather 260 back cut.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJMESlggETU

[Chilli]

Very Cool Kevin. Congratulations on a great build and getting her dialed in!

I've been on vacation and I cant wait to get home and start working my gas Sniper.

Do you recall how high up your stuffing tube hole was drilled on the transom. Does 1/2" sound about right (keel to hole centerline)? Did you elongate it a bit to allow for strut height adjustments?

Mike

[kookie_guy]

sweet jeebuz! that thing turns like it's on rails. looks awesome!

[kevinlew211]

Mike,
My strut is exactly parallel with bottom, CG is 32%, about the strut hole, its depend on your strut side, but i prefer after strut installed, its 1-2mm higher than the bottom for less drag and easier to setup later, btw, working in Sniper hull is piece of cake, because its borned stable for high speed, one more key: like you already know Sniper hull is draging down alot when its turn, so i place my rudder a lil bit before the prop for tighter turn, so its will turn even just a lil bit of steering for less drag and i got it

[bustitup]

Sweet...what's under the hood?

Its run 77.4mph with 2mins, im a happy man now, btw, i run it with totally diff setup, more wet, more stable and faster with Prather 260 back cut.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJMESlggETU

[kevinlew211]

Neu 2230 1y, Schulze 40160, 12s2p Polyquest 5000, 25c

[DISAR]

Amazing performance and sound!

[Punisher 67]

Thats awesome Kevin.......... , I am at the 70mph mark myself at 2 x 11S using a X460/3 cupped prop and 3 year old crappy 20c cells that I have beat the piss out of . I want the 80mph badge before I tuck things away for the winter . my ABC2616 will give that to me hopefully without blowing the batteries up or worse.................. Jeez I love this hull

I will order some 2 x 12S 40C/70C this winter for next year . 2 x 6S , 2 X 4S and 2 X 2S I want to keep the leads as short as possible

Hey my friend time for a sinister looking paint job for that bad boy

[Simon.O.]

Kevin, that boat rocks
Not that I expected anything less from you.

That vid is a reminder of something funny that I often giggle about. When i tell people that my boats are electric they often say "oh that is great, it must be nice and quiet" Then I drop the 4S rigger in the pond.
Listen to the prop scream !!

[Brod]

Awesome power....
Brod...

[Bill-SOCAL]

Looks very nice. I use the same set up. Flat strut 30% to 32% on the CG. I run with the rudder tucked just a tad to keep the nose up in turns.

I also cut the rudder at a slight angle from the leading edge to trailing edge (LE longer than TE) and then round off the bottom. At speed this hull can lean over on its left side and the rudder work prevents that.

Fast boats, I like them!!

[Bill-SOCAL]

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[Chilli]

Great info guys!

Any advantage using a tapered rudder over a wedge style with this hull or is it just personal preference?

Also this hull is one of the few where I see most people running 1" tabs on the outside and 1-1/2" on the inside. Does the 1" tabs help reduce the tendency of this hull to bow steer when running wet or does it just reduce drag in the turns?

[Punisher 67]

Kevin can you post a good picture on how you have setup the rear , are your tabs neutral also.................Just curious

My strut is parallel with the bottom and my tabs are at neutral

[kevinlew211]

Kevin can you post a good picture on how you have setup the rear , are your tabs neutral also.................Just curious

My strut is parallel with the bottom and my tabs are at neutral

Peter,
Yes my strut parallel with bottom and my taps is at neutral, i use very thin rudder as you can see