CLONE Skunkworks Gen2 Cat?????

[tagasagwan]

It broke my heart when I saw this DTRC E32 cat made in China! Coz I have a skunkworks gen2 cat project and I thought there were only 12 these hulls were ever made?
Funny thing is, I think I saw this picture years ago. I just stumbled with this photo again today. Now, I don't know what came first, this China cat or the skunkworks gen2. They look identical or it's just me?

DTRC E32 German Cat (Made in China)

Product parameters:

1) Motor: 540-3674 or 540-3674
2) Motor Brand: DTRC
3) Hull: Fibre Glass/ Epoxy Resin/ Carbon Fibre
4) BL ESC：120Ah-100Ah
5) Radio: 2 channels (can be 3 channels) included
6) Product Size(LxWxH)：785×230×110mm

[Fluid]

The original hull was the H&M Agitator. It was splashed by the Chinese, notably Head of the River, among others. Skunkworks had one of the Chinese splashers make a few for him, adding some minor details. But these hulls are 810 mm long, not the 785 mm you show.

[tagasagwan]

Thanks for the info mate. So, only the length and some cosmetics were changed?

[Fluid]

Hard to tell from the photos. Are you certain the length is only 78.5 cm from bows to the rudder mounting surface?



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[tagasagwan]

Well, we can never be sure about the actual dimensions but, I just copied the specs from their website.

[Brushless55]

I saw this one on ebay to and thought the same thing.. a Splash

[tagasagwan]

well, on the bright side, I got myself a skunkworks gen2 handmade by scott. I've seen videos of the other builds. I think couple of those videos are yours fluid? The link was posted on another thread. They were saw passes in L.A.? These hulls can handle great speeds considering its size. Still, I'm happy to own one. Hehehe! I wonder where are the other 11 of these hulls?

[egneg]

I have one...

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[eboat]

DSC00090.JPGI have one also

[tagasagwan]

That's great! I know Fluid and Bakedmopar has one too. So, there's five of us so far! Hehehe! Did you guys run it in twins? I have not decided yet if I'm gonna install twins or single drive. Twins doubles everything including the cost! Hahaha!

Here's mine with my ekos. both are bare hulls still. Hope I can find the time to start the build. Both were reinforced with extra layers of Fiberglass in key areas and resins poured 1/2 of the tips. Skunkworks has CF layed on the motor & esc area.

[Fluid]

4S/1521 = 83, 6S/1515 = 88.

[Bullwink]

I have one as well. Bought it in December.

[tagasagwan]

Wow Fluid that's a very sweet set-up! I have a castle 1512 1800kv motor. Do you think that will work well? where did you get that motor mount? Nice! Sorry for the questions mate. This is going to be my first cat build. I usually run V's. We use the same GPS. Those Garmin Geko's are light but takes forever to lock on to satellites.

[tagasagwan]

I have one as well. Bought it in December.

The last skunkwork Cat was sold by scott on ebay. Is that the one you got?

[Fluid]

The motor mount was from SouthRiverRC. A 1512/1800 should work fine on 4S, just watch the heat as it has minimal mass to handle it and won't swing large props like a larger motor will. My Skunk was over-built to survive 80 mph crashes - which it did just fine.


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