25 yo Prather Lapcat in kevlar re-born electric.

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Motor: CC 1518
Power: Reactor 50c 6S LiPo.
ESC: Swordfish 380. Separate 1500mA NiMH pack.
Radio: HiTec Aggressor 3 channel/Atom3 @ 2.4 GHz.
Servos: HiTec with titanium gears.
Drivetrain: K&B .67 OB leg (slightly modified) on an aluminium power trim tilt mount.
Power trim is HiTec 20Kg thru an aluminium bell-crank arrangement - delivers about 80 Kgs.
Prop: Octura X450 - modified.
All hardware is either titanium, A/C grade aluminium or 316 stainless steel.

Top speed: GPS says 87 MPH stable. More to come.
I gotta find a bigger lake!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5h6KfFLpcA&feature=youtu.be

Soz about the quality - Vid was done on an iPhone.

[lenny]

Very cool and nice job on it,
You just need to get a pilot for it.
That would be the cherry on top.

[dasboata]

So in that vid the boat is running 87 MPH ?

[f1rogers]

yea, where is the 87mph?

[Accessable]

No, the vid shown is the second time I ever ran it in it's current config.
I'll get another up whenever I can manage to steal my son's GoPro for a day.