What did you do to your boat today?

[fweasel]

So Ryan, were there any noticeable handling problems with the off centre setup? The prop would sit deeper in the water when turning one way than the other. Just curios.

The boat was a mess when I got it and I'm breaking all sorts of setup rules by changing multiple things at once. Not a big deal, because I'm not testing at this point, just taking large steps to get it setup how I think it should be. With that said, the boat turned well with no noticeable favor to one side or the other, but I never made high speed turns because it was so unstable in a straight line and didn't want it to end upside down. Obviously not the most water tight vessel when floating on its hatch. Working on that too. The chine walking, even at moderate speeds, was just ridiculous to the point where it seemed immanent that the boat would spin out while going straight.

[fweasel]

New patient to the Proboat abused boat hospital, Impulse 31 V3 with a cracked deck seam. Closed the crack with medium CA the mixed up chopped carbon and finishing resin and poured it down the length of the seam. Ruined a pair of new jeans in the process. Found out I didn't completely seal the crack with CA and I had heated the resin to make it easier to pour. Turns out, it made it easier to drip out through the crack too. Oh well. Finished the damaged side then flipped it and poured a run down the other seam. Once that's set I need to reglue the plastic bulkhead back in and then engineer a breakaway rudder. Seems like the Miss Geico V2 rudder with the Impulse V2 mount will be the way to go. Waterproofed the receiver too.

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[fweasel]

Also did a little inlay work on the Zelos. Really only intended to do the backs of the strut mounting surfaces, but it escalated quickly.

[ray schrauwen]

I would say it's a plus even though you messed up your jeans. I have specific boat building jeans that I do not care if I get covered in glue.

Skip the CA next time and do the same way, far stronger and longer lasting.

I just glued in some aluminum plates for turn fins on my DF23. I'll drill and thread them tomorrow. After I finish dinner I'm going to glue on the scoops and maybe do some wood boat building too. Finally feel like building. Next two days we will get a whack of snow so I might prep the old Geico to do snow running.

[roofintrash]

I hated the motor mount and tub in the Motley crew from day 1 so I changed it up a bit.

[fweasel]

I hated the motor mount and tub in the Motley crew from day 1 so I changed it up a bit.

Nice. How much effort was required to take out the tub?

[roofintrash]

Nice. How much effort was required to take out the tub?

I just marked a line 1/4" down and went around it with a cutoff wheel slowly. Then I took a pair of tin snips and started clipping it into pieces. Probably took 20 minutes start to finish.
Now that the inlay is done it is quite stout and the motor mount is solid.

[Mxkid261]

I hated the motor mount and tub in the Motley crew from day 1 so I changed it up a bit.

Looks good. I have been debating doing this to mine.

[Tamelesstgr]

I've never seen the inside portion of the MC, nice job.

Zelos looking good too Ryan, how many boats do you have now in total?

[fweasel]

Zelos looking good too Ryan, how many boats do you have now in total?

Thanks. Like any disease, they're multiplying. I'm enjoying rebuilding, repairing, and modifying at the moment. Still haven't mustered the ambition to start one of the two build boats I have.

[fweasel]

Mixed up and poured about 20ml of finishing resin and chopped fiber into the bow of the Impulse. Learned my lesson last time, so I used a water bath decided to pour a small amount first. If I need more, I'll mix up another cup.

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[Tamelesstgr]

Made some progres on my battery trays, epoxied my stuffing tube and support, next up, final epoxy on the motor mount.

[MG1234]

Well it's almost 100* here already ,took out my stock Zonda ,5 s isn't fast enough ,it looks like the 120 A sea kings can go 6 s,also ran my genesis ,took an X 411 off the Zonda to try,needs a faster motor ,only 1600 kv,on 6 s it was about as fast as the Zonda ,both need a little more muscle ,

[fweasel]

Made of some stuffing tube caps for my Zelos wire drives today. REDLINE1 gave these to me last year, 1/4" rubber automotive vacuum caps. I drilled a 7/32" hole in the tip of each one, cut it down in length, and they slip right over the end of the teflon liner. They should function exactly as the short pieces of cooling hose that I use on my flex cable boats. I also managed to get all of the hardware reinstalled. This poor boat had been sitting stripped apart all winter, but it's just about ready for action again. I used silicone caulk on all of the transom hardware and sealed the struts up against the back of the sponsons. That's where all my water came in last year. Hope to be dry this season.

I almost had the Impulse 31 all wrapped up as well, but I snapped off the hose barb on the rudder after I drilled it out. Wall thickness was just too thin. Now I have to drill it out, retap, and then install a new barb that won't be here until next week. I did get the new adjustable trim tabs installed. I have a set of Darin Jordan's turn fins too, but those will go on last once the boat is off the work bench. The turn fins always seem to poke holes in clothing and scratch me unnecessarily. So, they're staying in the plastic packaging for now.

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[Tamelesstgr]

All I got done was putting my battery straps in and epoxying the servo mount in. Might be ready for a shakedown run in a few weeks.