fast little boat

[Jesse J]

here is my DF 26 that just recently blew a proboat ESC trying to repeat the performance in this vid. Thanks to Camel for the great filming and my good ole standby Coleman Hawkins for the tunes. D. Smock talked me into chopping an inch off the stinger (down to 2") and I am glad I did. this guy handles great for 50mph and 26"!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEBOCXzCC2s

[bustitup]

J is the only guy I know who plays ballroom or elevator music behind his FE boat vids

[sailr]

which stinger was it that you cut down? I'm putting together one of these little guys for 2S right now. Still trying to figure out which stinger to buy.

[ksm2001]

Oh Ya! nice running hull Jesse just posted on your video.

Same here, I have my Speedmaster stinger cut back an inch or about to the lower step of the strut on my DF29. This was recommended to me also by D. Smock and by tth.

Ken

[Doby]

J is the only guy I know who plays ballroom or elevator music behind his FE boat vids

Its called Jazz and its much more pleasent than someone screaming at the top of their lungs incoherently.

[bustitup]

Its called Jazz and its much more pleasent than someone screaming at the top of their lungs incoherently.

lol..douggie there is a place for everything and everything has its place but theres just something wrong with that scenario in that vid

so you dont like Ozzy and Zakk Wylde huh?

[domwilson]

Its called Jazz and its much more pleasent than someone screaming at the top of their lungs incoherently.

That boat is fast. Can't wait to get my knockoff wet!!! Oh, and I liked the music too.

[domwilson]

Oh Ya! nice running hull Jesse just posted on your video.

Same here, I have my Speedmaster stinger cut back an inch or about to the lower step of the strut on my DF29. This was recommended to me also by D. Smock and by tth.

Ken

What is the reason for shortening the strut?

[ksm2001]

Dom when I was building my DF29 I noticed the speedmaster strut and rudder combo was set up so that the rudder was ahead of the leading edge of the prop a fair amount and seeing all the different DF builds I started a thread on the rudder question. So this is what I found out. Due to the type of hull of the DF the long stringer creates to much lift. The rudder shouldn't go past the leading edge of the prop either. Here is the thread.

http://forums.offshoreelectrics.com/...ead.php?t=6164

Ken

[Jesse J]

which stinger was it that you cut down? I'm putting together one of these little guys for 2S right now. Still trying to figure out which stinger to buy.

Speedmaster strut. Yes the issue was too much lift on this hull - I gather. I have also read somewhere that the stinger should be ~10% the length of the hull, and 2" for this really rocks hard (even with boppin jazz goin on!).

2S? what motor? Man, I am really hooked on these 1500 KV motors. The Proboat motor is just as good as the Neu at 1/4 the price - at least for sporting around and probably even racing.

[Jesse J]

J is the only guy I know who plays ballroom or elevator music behind his FE boat vids

Well that does it. You just named my background music from now on... just for you! It was actually a classic and double time - to accentuate the high speed and thrill of the action. I would rather do this than overpower the action with mad cursing bash muzak... Just wait for next vid... I make sure you no sleeepy.

[domwilson]

I'm going to try mine as is and keep this in mind if I have handling issues. I've seen both sides of this. Guys used to have really long rudder posts with the strut up close to the transom or long posts for the struts/stinger with short brackets for the rudders.
I will have to experiment for myself.

[Jesse J]

I have posted pics, but they are buried in a build thread somewhere...

Check post 30 of this thread: http://forums.offshoreelectrics.com/...ighlight=speed

It looks like I need to add some more liner...

[bigpapa]

sweet boat jesse great work asusual............

[BILL OXIDEAN]

What is the reason for shortening the strut?

Usually shortening the strut on

a mono helps it handle more speed and power. Its been my experience that long struts on monos give the boat more leverage to lift the bow and blow off..