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I got all my lipo's and boats ready last night and woke up full of enthusiasm, I quickly got the kids off to day care, kinder and shcool and when getting back in the car a few drops of rain started on the windscreen, not to be set back I rushed home and started getting all my gear over to the lake and the rain past. I ran my Df35 pirate first and it ran like well, a little wet but I figured I'd just move the batteries back a little next run, on opening the hatch I notice a heap of water inside the hull, after a little inspection I found that a cable tie on the motor cooling can was too tight and had caused the silicon to split, no big deal, easy fix, I dried up all the water and fixed the leak.
Then I ran my titan to try out my tapeless sub hatch, great, the boat ran like a dream, good speed, handling and cool temps. Upon opening the hatch I was stocked to see that not a drop of water had gotten into the hull, great.
Time for my second run with the Pirate, I hooked up a couple of new nano tech's, moved them back a tad more than my first run and through it in, ran a fraction wet again but was very stable at 95kps, at about 4 minutes into the run the lvc show it's head so I bought it in, this time upon opening I noticed that horrible smell, after a look I found the little 7/32 brass bushing that I use in the end of the 1/4 stuffing tube had come loose and had been spinning causing enough heat to melt the heat shrink that cover the tube, no huge problem but hey, I was planning on running this boat the most today and with the weather looming above and my "free time" running lower, I figured I'd put the Pirate aside for the day and get back to the titan until I run out of 4s lipo's.
Whilst set the titan up for another run, I noticed the postie comming in the drive so I kept a close watch as I've been waiting a month for my cats to arrive, I watched as he carried a huge rectangular box into the office, Let's just say I was very happy. Instead of rushing over, I got the titan ready and through it out, and again she was running like a dream until about 3minutes into the run it just stopped from full throttle, I pumped the throttle one quick burst and could still hear a bit of noise so I guessed I may have broke a shaft or something, paddle time. After onening her up I found no driveline issues, just what I'm guessing is a dead bearing or something wrong in the motor, when I use a little throttle all I hear and see is the motor shaft shuttering/vibrating, damn, but oh well, that 1515 2200kv copped a hammering in a 15-16lb truck before it went into the boat, time to try a lepard.
I packed up and carried everything back over to the house and quickly tidied my stuff so I could go unpack and admire my new Areomarine 42" sprint cat with carbon reinforcment and water damaged mean machine. I got the box open and was happy to see the MM with no damage that won't be fun to fix, I got excited with the thought of stripping this thing down and rebuilding it the way I want, it's going to be a fun project. My emotions soon hit yet another low point when I got the sprint cat out and discovered that Aeromarine had sent me a hull with nice big solid rails that have destroyed all my build plans for this boat, gutted and to top it off they forgot to put in the 2 struts and couplers that I payed for. I've had a custon twin floor mount made that I'm not sure will fit and I'm stuffed if I know how I'm going to fit all my planned gear into this hull with those rails wasting all the space. I may cut them out, I'm sure I'll find a way eventually, Im stuck with it now.
If anyone looking for a good, cheap and fun project you should try to pick up one of these mean machines from Aeromarine.
here's a few pic's of the MM and the "other one"
Then I ran my titan to try out my tapeless sub hatch, great, the boat ran like a dream, good speed, handling and cool temps. Upon opening the hatch I was stocked to see that not a drop of water had gotten into the hull, great.
Time for my second run with the Pirate, I hooked up a couple of new nano tech's, moved them back a tad more than my first run and through it in, ran a fraction wet again but was very stable at 95kps, at about 4 minutes into the run the lvc show it's head so I bought it in, this time upon opening I noticed that horrible smell, after a look I found the little 7/32 brass bushing that I use in the end of the 1/4 stuffing tube had come loose and had been spinning causing enough heat to melt the heat shrink that cover the tube, no huge problem but hey, I was planning on running this boat the most today and with the weather looming above and my "free time" running lower, I figured I'd put the Pirate aside for the day and get back to the titan until I run out of 4s lipo's.
Whilst set the titan up for another run, I noticed the postie comming in the drive so I kept a close watch as I've been waiting a month for my cats to arrive, I watched as he carried a huge rectangular box into the office, Let's just say I was very happy. Instead of rushing over, I got the titan ready and through it out, and again she was running like a dream until about 3minutes into the run it just stopped from full throttle, I pumped the throttle one quick burst and could still hear a bit of noise so I guessed I may have broke a shaft or something, paddle time. After onening her up I found no driveline issues, just what I'm guessing is a dead bearing or something wrong in the motor, when I use a little throttle all I hear and see is the motor shaft shuttering/vibrating, damn, but oh well, that 1515 2200kv copped a hammering in a 15-16lb truck before it went into the boat, time to try a lepard.
I packed up and carried everything back over to the house and quickly tidied my stuff so I could go unpack and admire my new Areomarine 42" sprint cat with carbon reinforcment and water damaged mean machine. I got the box open and was happy to see the MM with no damage that won't be fun to fix, I got excited with the thought of stripping this thing down and rebuilding it the way I want, it's going to be a fun project. My emotions soon hit yet another low point when I got the sprint cat out and discovered that Aeromarine had sent me a hull with nice big solid rails that have destroyed all my build plans for this boat, gutted and to top it off they forgot to put in the 2 struts and couplers that I payed for. I've had a custon twin floor mount made that I'm not sure will fit and I'm stuffed if I know how I'm going to fit all my planned gear into this hull with those rails wasting all the space. I may cut them out, I'm sure I'll find a way eventually, Im stuck with it now.
If anyone looking for a good, cheap and fun project you should try to pick up one of these mean machines from Aeromarine.
here's a few pic's of the MM and the "other one"
Danny, it is a bit of extra work but I am sure if you do as Jason says it will not take long to get those rails out. Aeromarine have been around a while and have a good reputation so I am sure they will send the forgotten parts. No one likes it when these things happen but it seems that if you live in Aussie you often have to suck it up and make the most of it.
NOT ....
, putting 2&2 together I realise that this must have caused my issue. Good things happening today
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