What did you do to your boat today?

[785boats]

Capt'n.
That's an m645 prop.
Our restricted classes run the Proboat 1500kv 6 pole motor, with the 45A ESC.
That prop & the m447 seem to work best.

[ray schrauwen]

Just sanding the inside of a Cyberstorm. Ready for inlay. Making a P mono

[785boats]

Nice boat for a P mono Ray.
What are you powering that with?

Today's little effort was to fit a new coupler & shaft in my RSX310 rigger.
I spun the flex in the coupling last year, & as we haven't been racing it sat neglected, the poor thing.

Although the end of the flex was worn out it will be shortened & used in a mono or cat at some stage as they usually use shorter flexes.
The coupler is in the trash.

The worn flex & coupler. The new flex on top.
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All back in the boat.
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[Alfa Spirit]

Yesterday,

[MadProps]

I Crashed one ....yeah.... we were sippin bourbon and thought it would be fun to go racing, I was going to splash the kids standing on the docks with a full speed run at the docks and my brain and fingers connection was lagging.

now I can justify another build

[ray schrauwen]

Nice boat for a P mono Ray.
What are you powering that with?

Today's little effort was to fit a new coupler & shaft in my RSX310 rigger.
I spun the flex in the coupling last year, & as we haven't been racing it sat neglected, the poor thing.

Although the end of the flex was worn out it will be shortened & used in a mono or cat at some stage as they usually use shorter flexes.
The coupler is in the trash.

The worn flex & coupler. The new flex on top.
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All back in the boat.
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I’m building on the cheap side Paul. Just an SSS 4082, 2000kv and a SF esc on 4s2p, 10,000mah.

Just did the inlay as it was sunny and warm out. My old p mono was a DF 33 hull. I just gutted it and added a small, light inlay. New motor mounts and servo mounts, blue power 20kg servos all around. The DF 33 is going to be a limited class boat with Dynm3835 1500kv motor and some esc I have around like a Raider/Flycolor 150.

I’m also waiting for parts at LHS to finish my 310, lol... I need a Sullivan 4-40 spring loaded ball link and other nick knacks to mount servo. I might paint it tomorrow if I can get some primer.

Lots on the go, assembly line style.

[golfito]

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Cutting styrofoam when my wife can not see it ... I hate to cut that material.

[785boats]

he! he! yeah! Especially when the wind blows through the workshop & the little beads go everywhere.

[fweasel]

First two trips to the lake in the books. Last weekend was cut short with some storms, but I finally got my Zelos out with the new motors and ran two sets of packs through it before the rain came. Had to dial in a fair amount of negative trim to keep it on the water with the windy conditions. Ran smooth with the wind, and ran faster into the wind because of the additional hull lift, but you had to keep an eye on the bow and shut it down before it would flip. Had a best pass of the day of 94mph on 1716 props. Motor and ESC temps were about 100*, all good news.

Fast forward to today, even windier than last weekend. Had one of my worst crashes ever with this hull. Lots of additional reinforcements over the last year, but none that could saved a bent strut. Broke off one of my rear motor mounts too. It appears JB Weld alone was not enough. The repair will involve some cloth and mixed fibers.

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[srislash]

That’s really good doing 94 in unfavourable conditions. Kudos Ryan.

[Mike W]

First two trips to the lake in the books. Last weekend was cut short with some storms, but I finally got my Zelos out with the new motors and ran two sets of packs through it before the rain came. Had to dial in a fair amount of negative trim to keep it on the water with the windy conditions. Ran smooth with the wind, and ran faster into the wind because of the additional hull lift, but you had to keep an eye on the bow and shut it down before it would flip. Had a best pass of the day of 94mph on 1716 props. Motor and ESC temps were about 100*, all good news.

Fast forward to today, even windier than last weekend. Had one of my worst crashes ever with this hull. Lots of additional reinforcements over the last year, but none that could saved a bent strut. Broke off one of my rear motor mounts too. It appears JB Weld alone was not enough. The repair will involve some cloth and mixed fibers.

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Incredible job as always Ryan! I've been using G-Flex for critical adhesion areas after some simple butt-joint tests with CF scraps comparing the bond to JB. It is quite flexible and this is very noticeable if you have some extra cured resin remaining in the cup to play with. The only drawback is its also very runny compared to JB so I either thicken or do multiple applications. It levels very nice and glossy.

[fweasel]

That’s really good doing 94 in unfavourable conditions. Kudos Ryan.

Thanks!

Incredible job as always Ryan! I've been using G-Flex for critical adhesion areas after some simple butt-joint tests with CF scraps comparing the bond to JB. It is quite flexible and this is very noticeable if you have some extra cured resin remaining in the cup to play with. The only drawback is its also very runny compared to JB so I either thicken or do multiple applications. It levels very nice and glossy.

Agreed, I'll be using that for the repair. I have silica powder to thicken it up, and the graphite does too to a certain degree.

[fweasel]

Put my Zelos into the 100mph club today... almost. GPS read 98mph, datalogger showed 100mph over several points. Return pass was 99mph. I'd like a few more mph after I reinforce a replacement canopy. Tried a different set of props on the second set of batteries to try and gain a few more RPM, but the day went downhill from there. I was able to run a set of packs through my Rivercat too. I had some ESC issues last time out and after another throttle calibration, they seem to have been cured. I propped down today because of the wind and got 86mph on the GPS (87 in the logger) on 4S. There's another 15mph in this boat with a hotter prop. Hope to run it at the Flint fall speed trial event in a couple of weeks.

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[Moonie]

I tested a my 1/8 scale.

[Moonie]

Replaced the two motors with TP 1570kv 4050's
New custom coolers from HamR/C 70mm long left and right water inputs.
and new plugs all around.

Larry

It was already ballistic. Why did you make the changes?