Supervee rebuild

[BIGDG357]

A few months ago I had a pretty nasty high speed roll that pulled the stringers up from the hull so I glassed the stringers back down and set the boat aside and started a new project.Today I decided to pull the supervee out and get it going again and noticed the gel coat cracking on the seems on the sides of the hull so I pulled all the factory wood out and made new stringers of 3mm carbon fiber and will cover the inside with CF cloth to try to stiffen up the bottom and sides of the hull.Really I am posting this to get ideas for a good set up in the supervee I will mount the motor down a little further forward than stock but here are some pics of what I've got so far.

[Tony Vega]

The carbon work looks awesome. I'd love to be able to do something like that. Keep us posted on how it works out. I may be your first customer inline if you decide to do something like this for $$$.

[Christaphason]

Looks real clean, almost too clean to be called the General Vee. haha
Time to break 60mph im guessing?

[BIGDG357]

The carbon fiber is a lot easier than it looks as far as cutting parts out of a sheet.This was actually cut by using the original stringers as a template the I only made them a little longer to support the weight of the can the whole length of itself as I think that is the problem with the original stringers. The only problem is it is a little costly I paid $60 for a 3mm sheet 9"x 12" but this is the 2nd project using the sheet and it will be worth it in the end

[BIGDG357]

Looks real clean, almost too clean to be called the General Vee. haha
Time to break 60mph im guessing?

Oh, and as far as the General Vee it's going to need a paint job when I get the gel coat sanded down on the sides so I'm thinking Red Bull, that should look pretty good on the supervee .I am after the 60 mph mark but I think only because I was so close (56.4 MPH) the boat should ride the water better with the weight of the motor pushed up forward so it should be more capable and hopefully it will be able to take a wipeout without damage. Sorry about the double post i forgot about you Chris

[Brushless55]

Looks good man!

[pee wee]

Will you have your boats running by next weekend? Will be back Tuesday night I have all the parts I need ordered to put my super vee back together. Nice carbon work by the way it'll be way stronger.

[BIGDG357]

Will you have your boats running by next weekend? Will be back Tuesday night I have all the parts I need ordered to put my super vee back together. Nice carbon work by the way it'll be way stronger.

I have to order the carbon fiber resin so I don't think the supervee will make it but that cat I was working on is finished and running good .

[nate]

Same thing I had done to my SV27 build...except the motor mount stingers of course.

[nate]

[BIGDG357]

I like the servo placement to leave a little more room for the electronics.This boat was a mess before I would like to set it up a little neater this time.Also ,I'm not for sure yet but I'm thinking of a rattle can paint job but I'm wondering how well it holds up and which would be the best paint to use

[nate]

Iv always used Alsa Candys and two coats of clear.. then wax that beast. should do fine.

[BIGDG357]

I've decided to go with the Red Bull theme here are the pics with the repair done and the silver metallic base coat it will look like the Red Bull can.......hopefully. Tomorrow I will get the blue metallic on over the silver then I'll be waiting on decals. By the end of the weekend I hope to have the paint done and all the carbon fiber in the boat.

[Tony Vega]

Where do people get the carbon fiber for the inside of the boat from?

[BIGDG357]

I got my carbon fiber from Ebay,everything was pretty good quality. I got some paint on my supervee its not perfect but I can fix the imperfections later, but here's a few pics, I'll wait until tomorrow and get a good coat of wax on it.

[Jeff Wohlt]

You need to wait a week before polishing or waxing. If you clear coated then let it cure. Then polish and then wax.

If no clear then certainly wait it out so it fully cures. Then use ultra fine polish (3M) and then wax.

[BIGDG357]

Thanks Jeff, that's why I hang around here.

[tiqueman]

Where do people get the carbon fiber for the inside of the boat from?

I just got a partial roll, a little less than a yard of raw CF cloth, 2X2 twill, from Fiberglast.com If you sign up with them, they often run some decent deals that they will send to you via email. Ive also ordered a plate at one time from dragonplate.com At teh time they were running some good deals on pre-finished plates for very reasonable costs...

[6S HYDRO]

TRY THIS PLACE, THEY GOT SOME COOL STUFF, HOLOGRAPHIC CARBON....

http://compositeenvisions.com/raw-fa...5-5oz-377.html

[6S HYDRO]

Good prices too

[BIGDG357]

Finally got the carbon fiber down with the stringers resined in

[z400]

Looks very good!!!

[Christaphason]

Came out VERY nice

[BIGDG357]

This is the latest on my supervee rebuild I've been kinda busy so this is taking a while.The decal on the deck is not what I thought it was going to look like so it is temporary and i also polished the hardware. Now I just need to get the electronics together and I'll be ready to go, going for the 60 MPH mark.

[sunsation288]

Congrat on the job , very well done , what is the tube left to the strut ?
many thanks

[BIGDG357]

Congrat on the job , very well done , what is the tube left to the strut ?
many thanks

the tube is on the trim tab adjusters it is a 2nd water pick-up. I use this one on the ESC as this one moves more water than the stock these are from Kintec racing they are really nice

[6S HYDRO]

i think he means the autobailer

[sunsation288]

Many thanks for the fast respond , but i need to know this one ....

[6S HYDRO]

its an autobailer

[sunsation288]

its an autobailer

Ok thanks , i see ...but you use that with a electric ?