NEW Florida Fast Electric Club

[RCKong]

Say Chris how much weight did you put up in the sponson of you PT boat ?

[osprey21]

Say Chris how much weight did you put up in the sponson of you PT boat ?

2oz, but I may add a bit more.

[RCKong]

we went a practiced yesterday, good thing... strut bushing was gone and melted a stock connector off the motor. What prop seems to work the best on yur boat?

[osprey21]

we went a practiced yesterday, good thing... strut bushing was gone and melted a stock connector off the motor. What prop seems to work the best on yur boat?

M445 is what I'm currently using and I have a 1440 I'm going to try.

[RCKong]

looks like I'm gonna drop a prop size also. I puffed up a couple of packs running a modded 645 yesterday.

[RayR]

Backcut the m445 from .090 (3/32) at the hub to 0 at the tips and your heat problem will go away.

[sailr]

I'm seriously thinking I won't be at Akerman next weekend. The heat normally doesn't bother me much but our last run about did me in. I just might take a break.

In other news, I figured out why three of my boats went wild last time. Bad transmitter which I have sent in for warranty work. I have used Airtronics radios in aircraft for almost 40 years with nary a glitch but the newest AT I bought for my boats is bad. Go figure, eh? In the meantime I bought an upgraded AT radio and am in the process of changing everything over. PITA!

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[RayR]

Got a few things done this weekend.

LSH

Install new UL-1 motor 
Make a bend adjustment to turn fin 
Make a strut adjustment 
Reposition Speedo to the rear 
Back cut new m445 and reshape ABC 1716 
Add 3 oz weight to rear of boat 


STD 32” Twin Cat

Replace servo with new 645mg 
Create new Z-bend push rod to decrease servo load 
Put finishing epoxy on tunnel floor so Velcro will stick 

1/8th Scale

Pull stuffing tube and make new strut nose cone 
Make new shim to Increase strut angle 
Redrill motor mount shaft hole for increased clearance 
Relocate turn fin to inside of bracket and ensure it’s parallel to centerline 
Increase adjustment slot for rear horizontal stabilizer 

Now I gotta rebuild the P-Mono, rebuild the 43" MHZ twin and build the new TS3! Then I gotta finish the twin Genesis and finally build the Q-Sport SAWS boat that has been sittin here for 3 years.

[ron1950]

arent u married ray? how did u get that much time with a wife? lol

[RayR]

arent u married ray? how did u get that much time with a wife? lol

Wife got on a plane for work this morning. Luckily, she went shopping yesterday as well!

[obrien]

How many spec tunnels do we have now?

Me, Jim, Hugh, Mike, Ray, Bill, Brian. who else?

[RayR]

How many spec tunnels do we have now?

Me, Jim, Hugh, Mike, Ray, Bill, Brian. who else?

Mine is sittin here in a box. Should take about a month.

[ron1950]

jeff u can include my tunnel about 3 times a year lol

[RayR]

Mike Who????????????????????????

[bill34207]

I haven't been totally slacking but haven't done much more than pull shafts on the boats in that area.
Been concentrating on building another jet so I can get it out of the way and start on the proboat hydro. I'd forgotten just how much work goes into building a plane (especially an edf). I've been working on it for about 2 weeks now and am real close to being done with it.