Twin powered Smith's cat Snow and water machine

[keithbradley]

Putting up my Smith's cat for sale. This was my first build. This is a German hull and has a very unique look to it. Better paint and a brighter color (along with a windsheild stickered or painted on) would do it more justice.
I havent tested this setup in water yet (lakes are frozen) but I have ran it in snow and I would say it hit 40mph in the snow...really

Boat will come ARTR. You will need your own batteries and radio.
It has:
(2) 3650/3300kv motors (water cooled), set up to run quick on 3s lipos.
(2) ESC's, swordfish 120's (water cooled)
(2) counter rotating flexes(.150")
(2) counter rotating x442 props, sharpened and balanced.
(1) Speedmaster rudder, modded for snow use. Shorter length from top to bottom and larger from the leading edge to trailing edge (pictured)
(1) Interchangable speedmaster rudder, stock for water use.
(2) supervee struts, machined to be straight for twin use
(1) AceRC servo, mounted with linkage attached.


I sprayed some paint on the inside when building it just to see what it looked like and never got around to really painting it, thats why it's that ugly green. Painting it black would dramatically improve teh appearance IMO.

First $350 shipped (CONUS) takes it! (please send pp as gift or pay 3% fees)

[keithbradley]

There is a decal on the boat that wasnt in the first pic, but its not under clear or anything so if you dont want it you can take it off!

[keithbradley]

Legth of boat is roughly 31" and its around 10" wide. Its made by team lindenau, their site is at:

http://www.team-lindenau.de/

Here are more pics as requested. Its hard to take decent pics with my camera. The flash either whites everything out, or you see specs that you cant see in person (dust particles?), and without the flash they tend to be blurry. I did my best.:tongue_smilie. The boat is actually black except the top deck and edges are sprayed with a blue metalic:

[Greek75]

Just a question, but how do you water cool everything running in snow??? What motors does it have in it, my neighbor is looking for an rtr cat... Is the DOI for sale...
Thanks....

[keithbradley]

Just a question, but how do you water cool everything running in snow??? What motors does it have in it, my neighbor is looking for an rtr cat... Is the DOI for sale...
Thanks....

You don't. When I ran it in snow it stayed pretty cool, but I only ran it for a short period, and ambient temps were in the single digits (makes a pretty big difference). I wouldn't reccomend running in snow for prolonged periods and just like running in water, monitoring temps and knowing your limits is important.
The motors are turnigy 3650's, 3300kv. I initially set this boat up to run twin castle 1518s on 6s, but it was just too heavy so I went to the smaller 3650 can. I would expect plenty of speed out of this setup though, as much as a hull this size can handle.

[keithbradley]

Oh, I already sold the DOI. It wasn't easy, but I have too many cats and need to raise money for my next build.

[keithbradley]

Bump...not changing the price on this one. $350 is definitely low enough. I thought it would be gone in the first hour or two.

[Greek75]

That makes sense.. I have been living in FL for the past 15 yrs, miss the snow, but you have a short season and that seems like a blast.... I'll pass this to my neighbor.. Thanks for the info..

[keithbradley]

I could part this out I guess...anyone interested in hull/hardware? (minus motors, escs, flexs, props)

[Greek75]

Sorry Keith, I tried to tell him this was perfect for him to start, but he's pretty cheap... Hope he doesn't come back and read this.. He's only willing to spend $250 and see if you could send it ups collect, so I have to pay for that.. I tried, sorry he didn't bite...he'd rather play with my toys.. I would almost pay the extra 100 so he doesn't trash my boats, but I don't like him that much...

[keithbradley]

Sorry Keith, I tried to tell him this was perfect for him to start, but he's pretty cheap... Hope he doesn't come back and read this.. He's only willing to spend $250 and see if you could send it ups collect, so I have to pay for that.. I tried, sorry he didn't bite...he'd rather play with my toys.. I would almost pay the extra 100 so he doesn't trash my boats, but I don't like him that much...

No sweat. Im sure someone will want this, if not I have no problem keeping it. Just trying to raise enough money to get the mono hull I want.

[Greek75]

I've got a little itch for that 45" Mystic a few threads down, but have 0 time to finish it....

[keithbradley]

!BUMP!

...Anybody want hull/hardware???

[marko500]

Keith how much hull/hardware?

Mark

[keithbradley]

Keith how much hull/hardware?

Mark

I thought about selling it without flexes, but unless someone wanted to start over and run it as a single it wouldnt make a lot of sense. I have $100 in just the flexs and rudders.

So I guess hull with rudders, stingers, flexes w/ drive dogs, motor mounts, servo/servo mount, I dont know...make me an offer. This hull is unique in that there arent too many around being that they have to be shipped from germany, but that doesnt really give me a clue what its worth.