Total noob 1/8th scale ML 172 extreme

[Twood69]

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[Tetefroid]

Thank you. Man that was such a beautiful boat! R.I.P. Bernie. I'm having difficulties scaling those rear sponsons, that's a great picture but the angle makes it hard to determine the size.

[Tetefroid]

Shaping the left rear sponson, non-trip fairings. Tricky for someone who lacks the skills like me (and a good picture to go by):leftrearsponson1.3.jpg leftrearsponson1.1.jpg leftrearsponson1.jpg

[Tetefroid]

IMG_0258.jpg Woa....WTH fellas...used this 30min epoxy for the sponson step, clamped her down for 6 hours, removed clamps and it pop off. And I did sand both surfaces before i tried to glue it...any ideas?

[mpschofield]

30 min slow epoxy can be handled after 8 hours. Full cure time is 24 hours. Sounds like you did not wait long enough. 30 min is just your working time.

Something you may want to try in the future is titebond iii. Just as strong as epoxy and much quicker bonding times. Must be wood to wood bond.



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[Tetefroid]

That stuff looks promising, I'm going to order a bottle and check it out. Thank you for the suggestion.

[Tetefroid]

Been working on the sponsons, those compound curves are a pain, especially when trying to clamp the sheeting....IMG_0452.jpg

[Tetefroid]

Did the sponsons steps: IMG_0475.jpg I haven't done the runners yet : IMG_0523.jpg IMG_0524.jpg Gawd that camera makes it look awful...and maybe it is...I need glasses.

[Tetefroid]

Also did the top decks finally, did an experiment with the spray foam and the total boat epoxy I am using for the decks, It seems the Epoxy will adhere very well to the spray foam. Not sure if I can just use it in place of 3/16x3/16 and 1/4x1/4 stock, glued to the frames or not...IMG_0403 (1).jpg IMG_0521.jpg IMG_0519.jpg

[bogieboy]

30 min slow epoxy can be handled after 8 hours. Full cure time is 24 hours. Sounds like you did not wait long enough. 30 min is just your working time.

Something you may want to try in the future is titebond iii. Just as strong as epoxy and much quicker bonding times. Must be wood to wood bond.



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second the Titebond.... it has held together 5 of my guitars and a banjo (2 of them headstock repairs, taking all the string tension) for many years now... all of these have been repaired with Titebond...

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[Tetefroid]

Nice. I will be using that stuff on my next boat, for
sure.

[Tetefroid]

IMG_0475.jpg Does anyone know if there needs to be a belly pan installed on this 172 extreme kit? Does anyone have any pics on how they did that on this particular kit?

[meangenesracing]

[ATTACH=CONFIG]165076[/ATTACH] Does anyone know if there needs to be a belly pan installed on this 172 extreme kit? Does anyone have any pics on how they did that on this particular kit?

None on mine

[Tetefroid]

I got a chance to test this thing today, wanted to make sure it would go straight and handle safely. Ran it less than two minutes, 3 times. Thing keeps coming back HOT. ABC H2215 prop, 8s, 5000mah, one set 45c and a set 50c, 130a Seaking-HV-V3, HET Typhoon 700 Series 840KV FE Motor. Motors comes back really hot (it would burn you if held it for more than a few seconds) to the touch same with batteries, I did not have a temp gage with me so I don't know the actual temp, but you wouldn't want to put them down your pants. After a less than two minute run....this doesn't seem right... ?

[don ferrette]

Which 2215? That is a somewhat aggressive prop regardless. I would start by propping down some and see if the heat comes down.