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Stiffening/reinforcing complete
The CF plate bolted/laminated to the stock motor mount did the trick - way strong & no more flex. Seemed like a clean and easy solution. Supported the shaft with nifty goodie. Epoxied lightweight aluminum angle rails to stiffen floor. Did the trick-no more trampoline floor. Time for a cheeseburger :thumbup1:
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Note to all :
All these mods were done 'cause I like to play with boats and I'll be racing against the best of the best so so a little bolstering was in order 'cause I intend to push this boat hard. For most purposes they weren't all that necessary. Actually this boat is so striking that I hate to get it in traffic :unsure:. The MC right out of the box is very cool as delivered, and along with several other recent rtr's has really raised the bar for all of us.
Git 'Em Wet, Amigos :rockon2:
Tony
Experimenting with strut & CG
After blueprinting the bottom (and putting a slightly larger rudder on) took her out for testing. This time I had the strut @ 1/8" above sponsons and 3-4 degrees positive to keep the nose up under full throttle but the cg a little more forward to let the hull settle for turns by letting off the throttle a tad. Very pleased (as was my pitman, Bowser Woofmeister who voiced his encouragement during the run - after all he was watching a Cat do its thing:smile: )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezGYkCaaj2U