17" Hydro Looking for recommendations

[HYDROJERRY]

Looks sorta like this motor http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/s...idproduct=3850

Where did you get it from do you remember??
No big deal if not.


I look forward to testing it out.

jeff it came with the boat when i bault it like 2yrs ago..

[monojeff]

OK thanks

I guess I should finish painting it and get some hardware and test it out....

[monojeff]

Got the motor today THANKS GUYS!!!

[monojeff]

Well I was starting to paint the hull and the boat fell and cracked the seams open in a bunch of spots.

I sanded down the seams and applied some fiberglass to all of them so this should make the boat stronger then it was so this doesn't happen again.

Once I am done I can finish painting the hull.
I still need to get a rudder, battery, strut & drive setup.

[monojeff]

Here is a picture of the boat with new paint job and some decals.

Only things I need now are flex cable and stub shaft and some batteries to get this going.

I plan to do some modification to the transom so make mounting the hardware flatter.
At the moment there is a step right in the middle which makes it weird to mount things so I plan to glue a piece of ply to flatten it out.
I also plan to add some wood to the back of the cowl so it is easier to tape at the moment there is no way to make it waterproof.


In the pics you can see where I added fiberglass on the sides where the seam is to strengthen the joint.
I could probably have done a better job on this part but oh well it's better then CA and opening back up again.
It is rock solid now, not worried about it popping open at the seams anymore.
I didn't care to spend the anymore time to make it perfectly smooth I gave it the "it's good enough".

[tim v]

very nice... what kind of boat is it?

[monojeff]

It's a 17" ABS hull not sure on the make of it.

[HYDROJERRY]

Looks good Jeff,,,

[monojeff]

Ok guys got the rest of the parts to get this boat in the water.

Need to know what prop I should use.
I have a bunch of plastic x and y series 27, 31mm & 34mm
Also have a metal x427 Jerry do you remember if this prop was balanced??
I also have a 30mm glass prop.

The motor I'm using is a 4000kv taxass 380 on 3s.
The battery I'll be using is 1500mah any idea on run time to expect??

[HYDROJERRY]

I cant remember for sure if i B/S it or not and if i did its probly not perfect!!! you may want to check it to be sure Jeff,,

[monojeff]

Sounds good I'll be sure to do that.
Do you remember what prop you were running with this motor in your mini geico?

[monojeff]

Here is some video I took of the first time running the boat.
Def is a handful at full throttle!
I lost the flext shaft and prop due to not tightening the collet enough you can hear it at the end of the video sounds like someone screaming OOPS!
I really like the way the boat sounds when it's running well suited for the name "Killer Bee"

[HYDROJERRY]

Wich motor did you use?? looks sweet and looks like its runing good too..nice job Jeff.

[CHUD]

Sounds like its ripin up the water,I love it

[monojeff]

It's the traxxas motor.
Still needs some adjusting as the water pickup wasn't working.
Was just trying to get the hang of how it would handle.
I think it could use a stronger and faster servo as it's only a T9 and responds slow so gotta be careful on the turns but straight line in pretty fun with it. Can't wait to get it fully dialed little boat def rips.