What did you do to your boat today?

[MG1234]

10/4 on those rocks,well I wanted more speed from my Zonda so I lifted the struts 1-2 mm,was faster but then blew over,trying to get my fighter cat more stable,goes bonkers when I pin it ,I'm thinking the props are too aggressive ,learned the hard way to tape the hatch on a spartan or any boat ,just take a minute to tape it and save lots of trouble,my rescue boat is a small traxxas that has a 10' string with a piece of foam tied on the end ,works really well,learned about it on this forum,

[fweasel]

Just for clarification, the traditional taping of the hatch method is pretty useless on the Spartan because of the gaps and countours. I'm proposing a full on moving box style wrap around the whole she-bang

[MG1234]

There is a red 2" plastic tape used in construction,available at any hardware that works great ,that's what I started with ,now I use the 1" tape from OSE with good results ,I had the hatch pull off a few times when I got my first spartan ,

[zooma]

Took the new vac-u-tug to the lake today for a trial run, ESC wouldn't arm. Awesome. Put the Spartan in next, managed 46mph on the second pass (still painfully unstable and slower than it should be), then ripped the hatch off and killed my GPS. Put the last boat in the water, after I slipped on the rocks and dropped it. Cracked the hull. I need a beer.

Wow, at least you got home safely. Hope you had a second beer.

[runningman]

Bath tub test :)


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[fweasel]

Weather here today is miserable, so a bathtub test is about as closet as I might get to boating as well. Might glue up my rescue raft though...

[runningman]

Weather here today is miserable, so a bathtub test is about as closet as I might get to boating as well. Might glue up my rescue raft though...

Here as well :)


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[785boats]

Well a couple of weeks ago one of the Dynamite motors failed miserably in my cat so I just finished installing 2 x HET Typhoon 650-68 1500kv motors for today's racing.
Totally untested, so I've no idea on the props but I'll start with a pair of 4214/3 for the first heat, & go from there.

The boat.
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The engine bay.
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The motors.
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[fweasel]

Colder today than it was in February. Oh well, keep building...

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[Tamelesstgr]

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[fweasel]

Tested out the vac-u-tug and as expected, slow as hell. Ran the new Infinity Offshore for the maiden. It ran really nice in stock trim despite the ESC cutting out. Can't believe how well it self rights without any throttle input. Put the Barbwire XL back on the stock motor and ran a battery through it to make sure all was good before listing it for sale. It did really well. It's all relative, even a day full of slow boats can be fun.

[Tamelesstgr]

Few things over the past few days:

- Wet sanded the JetChopper 30 hull with 600 grit
- Built the Chopper a new carrying stand
- Sharpened the M645 prop
- Oiled all motor bearings
- Polished all flex cables to 1500 grit
- Cut 1/4" off the Chopper rudder

[fweasel]

Coated some new SR6000T receivers in epoxy. No "waterproof reliakote" on any of them.

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[fweasel]

Last couple of weeks I've been reinforcing the seams on the inside of my Infinity Offshore. It was almost a joke how poorly the two halves were joined together from the factory. I used finishing resin and chopped carbon fiber. It should be good to go now. Just need to install the new motor and ESC.

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[fweasel]

Took the Impulse 31 out for its maiden after the winter hull repair. Made it 20s into the run when the flexcable broke right in front of the prop shaft and sent a razor sharp Dasboata prop to the bottom of the lake. I bought the boat with a stock flex cable and was too lazy to buy a wire drive or upgraded flex. Bit me in the ass. Placing an order with with Wohlt's next week.

Sent the tug out with the rescue raft and that was an equal failure. The raft wouldn't let the tug get on plane, as a result, I couldn't steer at all. Roped that back to shore, ripped the raft off, and sent the tug back out with a ball and string in tow. Circled the Impulse a few times, snagged it, and dragged it back. This was the first time the rescue raft got wet, so it was not surprising I was going to need to tweak it.

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