Miss Geico-What Works For Me

[teamchrome]

That answers my question on the rudder set-up.

[ron1950]

a very cheep and easy offset is the octura stand offs....about 10 dollars

[tiqueman]

Nice write up Airman. Im going to pick up my Geico in about 3 hours. I ordered the Octura pieces for mine on Monday.. I suspect they will be here today as well. Im gunna be busy tonight!

[johnf]

Scott, you are gonna love this boat! Incredibly fun for the money!

[tiqueman]

Thats what Im thinking. I drove Rons while he was in town, hes done the offset mod to his. What a great boat. I didnt need it.. but I fell in love w/ it. Now I have 8 cats in my collection...

I think Im going to run this one in the monthly club races

[johnf]

And make a nice hatch for it

[tman52804]

I'm sure Kintec will make a design change once they get wind of the drag with the lower portion of the bracket. Not a big deal to remove anyway. It is a very nice mounting system, and much better than the octura standoffs because you can utilize a plastic shear bolt. The octura standoffs don't allow for a shear bolt without using an easy out.

[Boomer]

Airman
Would you be so kind as to post a picture from the other side of your bracket? I'd like to see how you made it, or how much of the Kintec bracket you removed. I am ready to cut!
Thank you
Boomer

[airman66285]

I'm sure Kintec will make a design change once they get wind of the drag with the lower portion of the bracket. Not a big deal to remove anyway. It is a very nice mounting system, and much better than the octura standoffs because you can utilize a plastic shear bolt. The octura standoffs don't allow for a shear bolt without using an easy out.

The Octura offset brackets still caused too much drag for me. Yes, they are cylindrical in profile (versus the square profile of the Kintec) but they are still in the flow line and cause drag. The Kintec bracket is machined from very hard aluminum - probably 6061 T6 aircraft grade because it was a bitch to grind through with my Dremel.

[airman66285]

Airman
Would you be so kind as to post a picture from the other side of your bracket? I'd like to see how you made it, or how much of the Kintec bracket you removed. I am ready to cut!
Thank you
Boomer

Is this what you were looking for? If not, I could whip up a 3D rendering in AutoCAD really quick as well...

[jac4412]

How long are your run times

[airman66285]

How long are your run times

My run times with this set-up are around 3 minutes at full throttle. This might be an issue for some operators but I have 10 pairs of battery packs for this boat so I get extended run time that way instead.

[airman66285]

Airman
Would you be so kind as to post a picture from the other side of your bracket? I'd like to see how you made it, or how much of the Kintec bracket you removed. I am ready to cut!
Thank you
Boomer

Boomer,

This will probably help you more. The entire bracket is shown as received from Kintec. The red portion is the portion that needs to be removed to eliminate drag and the blue portion is the part that might need to be removed or altered depending on your rudder configuration. I ended up removing the blue portion as well to facilitate the installation of my new 4" rudder blade and hinge.

I hope this clarifies things a bit!

[Diesel6401]

Boomer,

This will probably help you more. The entire bracket is shown as received from Kintec. The red portion is the portion that needs to be removed to eliminate drag and the blue portion is the part that might need to be removed or altered depending on your rudder configuration. I ended up removing the blue portion as well to facilitate the installation of my new 4" rudder blade and hinge.

I hope this clarifies things a bit!

Did strength suffer with the red part being removed?

[Boomer]

Airman
That is just what I needed! Your drawing is perfect. It seems Kintec may have miss drilled one of the holes in the bracket I received, as my rudder is on angle now. I will send him a picture and share with him what we all have concluded about the shape of his bracket.
Thank you
Boomer