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  • rol243
    Fast Electric Addict!
    • Apr 2017
    • 1038

    #121
    Paul, you only need a tub of builders bog and a vice to straighten up the flexshaft and a good 3 inch nail for the motor shaft fix. just joking mate.

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    • 785boats
      Wet Track Racing
      • Nov 2008
      • 3169

      #122
      He! He!
      Yep. The hole & the cosmetics are simple enough But where do you get new rotors for a TFL SSS 4092 1650kv motor?
      See the danger. THEN DO IT ANYWAY!!!
      http://forums.offshoreelectrics.com/...hp?albumid=319
      http://forums.offshoreelectrics.com/...hp?albumid=320

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      • rol243
        Fast Electric Addict!
        • Apr 2017
        • 1038

        #123
        Paul, would you have to buy another motor or can you get the rotor seperate ?

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        • 785boats
          Wet Track Racing
          • Nov 2008
          • 3169

          #124
          I'm hoping to buy the rotor separately. I guess it would be wise to put a set of bearings in it too.
          See the danger. THEN DO IT ANYWAY!!!
          http://forums.offshoreelectrics.com/...hp?albumid=319
          http://forums.offshoreelectrics.com/...hp?albumid=320

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          • rol243
            Fast Electric Addict!
            • Apr 2017
            • 1038

            #125
            can r/c boat bitz help with sss parts ?

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            • fweasel
              master of some
              • Jul 2016
              • 4285

              #126
              Originally posted by 785boats
              I'm hoping to buy the rotor separately. I guess it would be wise to put a set of bearings in it too.
              I was just about to reply with that same advice. I suppose it was lucky the shaft sheared before the collet. Had the break occurred in the flex, the internal collateral damage could have been much worse.
              Vac-U-Tug Jr (13mph)

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              • 785boats
                Wet Track Racing
                • Nov 2008
                • 3169

                #127
                Actually guys I did send Joe at RCBB an email asking if he can get one. Just waiting to hear back from him.
                See the danger. THEN DO IT ANYWAY!!!
                http://forums.offshoreelectrics.com/...hp?albumid=319
                http://forums.offshoreelectrics.com/...hp?albumid=320

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                • ray schrauwen
                  Fast Electric Addict!
                  • Apr 2007
                  • 9471

                  #128
                  If you can't get a rotor let me know. I might have a Leo rotor that might fit.
                  Nortavlag Bulc

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                  • CraigP
                    Fast Electric Addict!
                    • May 2017
                    • 1464

                    #129
                    Yowzers! That’s a nuger whampie there! I’ve never seen a motor shaft break, looks like shear carnage... looking at your pics, do you have aluminum skins on your sponsons? I put aluminum on my hydro too! You don’t see that very often either

                    **This is response to the pics posted of the hydro with the broken motor shaft thread #120**

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                    • CraigP
                      Fast Electric Addict!
                      • May 2017
                      • 1464

                      #130
                      Originally posted by runningman
                      Bath tub test :)


                      Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
                      Come on, hit the throttle! Isn’t there a little voice that would like to? That thought runs across my mind every time I set one in the tub. Do you do the “waterfall test”? BTW, you’re boat is beautiful!

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                      • 785boats
                        Wet Track Racing
                        • Nov 2008
                        • 3169

                        #131
                        Originally posted by ray schrauwen
                        If you can't get a rotor let me know. I might have a Leo rotor that might fit.
                        Thanks ray. I'll keep that in mind.

                        Craig.
                        It was definitely a solid hit.
                        The underside of the sponsons you see in the pics are only painted with aluminium paint.
                        Here's a picture of the top side, and the sponson of the ML Boatworks kit that speared it. Tough boats aren't they.
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                        See the danger. THEN DO IT ANYWAY!!!
                        http://forums.offshoreelectrics.com/...hp?albumid=319
                        http://forums.offshoreelectrics.com/...hp?albumid=320

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                        • CraigP
                          Fast Electric Addict!
                          • May 2017
                          • 1464

                          #132
                          So the impact broke the motor shaft? If that’s the case, then I’d say very tough boat! Did your boat sink?

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                          • CraigP
                            Fast Electric Addict!
                            • May 2017
                            • 1464

                            #133
                            Sealed Hatch Vover for DF29

                            Yesterday I finally built the sealing into the hatch for my DF29 Mono. This was the only boat left that needed hatch tape, which I seem to have a pet peave about. The problem has been that the hatch cover is very flimsy. The boat is thin too... So I had the build a re-in forcing frame around the outside of the hatch cover, so it won’t bend. You need uniform pressure around the closed cell foam rubber for it to work. I built the frame out of light weight basswood, marine epoxied it in, then sealed with clear coat. The adhesive on the tape is pretty weak stuff, so I augment the bond by applying rubber contact cement first. The hold downs are 6-32 blind nuts with the darts bent back flat. I made some plates to fixture the nuts in and give more glueing area for retention. Now it needs the bathtub test with the “waterfall”!
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                            • 785boats
                              Wet Track Racing
                              • Nov 2008
                              • 3169

                              #134
                              Luckily the boat landed upside down (downside up at this end of the world) So there was hardly any water in it.

                              Nice work on the hatch. I dare say that the waterfall test will be 100% successful.
                              See the danger. THEN DO IT ANYWAY!!!
                              http://forums.offshoreelectrics.com/...hp?albumid=319
                              http://forums.offshoreelectrics.com/...hp?albumid=320

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                              • CraigP
                                Fast Electric Addict!
                                • May 2017
                                • 1464

                                #135
                                Water test was successful! It’s ready for some lake time... Paul, what kind of hull is in your ID picture? Would that be considered a rigger, Hydro? It looks like a four-point hybrid, very nice! I would love to mount the batteries in those sponsons, get that weight spread out... is this a kit you could recommend to me?

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