Originally Posted by
tebby2
Hi Peter,
The extra carbon or Kevlar bottom layer in the hull sounds like a good idea after removing the stringers. I will give Chris at Fine Design a call and see what he does with his FE Challenger 43 hulls. He lists the Challengers as light weight electrics, so I'm inclined to think that he add little or no extra layers of glass in the bottom of his boats. However, running a Challenger for speed with a pair of 5000 - 6000 mAh Lipo's is a lot less weight and hull load as compared to a endurance boat using a pair of 16000 mAh Lipo's.