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    Its not like yours as i didnt make the hull but its pritty cool i think!!!!! should have made it a twin drive but im not ready yet to do one of those....Hope you enjoy it thow and ill still be watching yours and commenting but dont be to harsh on me i still dont no the little ones yet, hardly the big ones for that matter..

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    I'm watching too! I'm building a similar sized cat as well, just waiting on time to work on it!

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    I usually bust a big move on the main part of the hull and then it slows down when it is time to outfit it I just have to buy some esc's and a couple of batteries (lipo 3s) and I will be good to go I have paint and stuff so it is a matter of just doing it all (after I am done with the rudder package) then dust will be a flyin My rudder is 2" long and 3/4" wide (roughed out) it may skinny up a bit after the final finishing touches have been applied.
    I know you guys have seen what looks like amilling Machine in the back ground but that is a $120.00 drill press from Home Depot with a $75.00 cross feed vice on it from sears what a difference and worth the price this is the fourth rudder system I have made and the first two were mostly done by hand (YUCK) this is way faster but the parts are priceless after I finish them as they will all be polished and purdy.
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    Man if i only had a drill press,,was thinking of asking for one for X-mas....and a band saw!!!!!

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    I hear ya on the band saw or make it a scroll saw
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    Ok I have been fitting my base plate on the back of my standoff box and that makes for some boring pictures so I will spare you the pain of looking at them, but through all of this I did figure out how to get the holes all to line up correctly!! it only took making the boat 4 times, What you do is mark out where the base plate goes then using a small "C" clamp clamp the plate into position and using the holes for a guide drill away, I have tried marking the holes using the base plate 3 different times now and each time the drill bit walked to a slightly different location and it was a sharp bit as well. so I have come up with the clamping of the base plate idea which should take care of that problem (short of removing the back of the stand off box and trying again)
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    Sounds like a good idea,,Peells,, when do you think youll be done with this one!!!

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    I won't be done until sometime after Christmas but I will have plenty of tid bits to share with everyone on the process
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    New pics? Still trying to find motivation to finish mine.
    Twin power =

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    get out from in front of the boob tube and do something move your parts around smell the wood or something. BTW I fixed the spelling of Cracker Box go and check it out
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    Well I worked on the rudder parts more today I started filing the wedge shape to the rudder blade messed up the first one trying to use the Mill so I made a new one. I laso sanded the foam shapes on the Hatch they still look funkey but this is where you have to have some vision.


















    I know it doesn't look like too much but it is forward progress.
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    Naww,,looks fine keep buildin,,, And i dont think its the ''Boob Tube'' to worry about,, as much as this Dang site that gets me,,, i spend more time on here and RCgroups then i do anything just when i think ok im done now go back to boat work,,someone starts posting and poof im back to reading!!!!! and not working!!!

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    I will do some more todaynot sure how much, but like you I see a notification on the posts I am watching and like you say Poof back to reading
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    Ok I have finished the Rudder Hardware it just needs the final touches polishing







    I know it isn't a lot but I did have to rebuild my stand off box as I muffed up the holes for the blind nuts. But it is all better now and moving forward from here.
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    That is totally custom!! i think its sweet, and that you can do that at home is alsume!!!!
    Hey its worth the time spent, good job man..

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    thanks for the Comment I have one more sanding and then I am going to polish the whole thing, I will post more pictures
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    Well here I am again Dinking around waiting for my pictures to up load on photobucket 81% and holding, Dum ta Dum, Well I had to cancel the up load adn do it one picture at a time BUT I Got er done
    I just fitted the rudder on and the struts to check and see how everything looks, Now I am going to polish up that new hardware and it will look Sweet.










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    Very nice work on that rudder and i like those strutss,,what props are those!!!! look bigger than the one on mine!!!

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    Those are x430 and x430R w/ 1/8" shafts and .098 cable Right Lay and Left lay for counter rotation, And thanks HJ
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    think i may need to modify my rudder to run alittle deeper,, do you think you could make me a replacment blade for it, with those sweet machining skillzzz you got there!!!! I have a bigger rudder at home i will look at it tonight and see if i cant cut it down alittle to see if i can fit it on my rudder bracket on my hull,,first..

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    My rudder blade is only 2" long and that seems to work fine for me how long is your's? if it is down in the water it is working, well most of the time unless it is just touching the water, and I guess i could make a rudder blade but I can't do a water pick up type as I use 1/8" aluminum plate for the blade and 1/8" brass rod for the pin
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    It is in the water, i think maybe an inch or so in the water,, i may not need it ill have to measure it tonight,, wouldnt need the pickup but ill look at it tonight!!!!Get to buildin!!!

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    Thanks for the motovation, I have a bunch of finish work to do now coating everything with epoxy prining and making the hatch look just right and stuff like that
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    Ok here are some more pictures of the rudder all polished up, I had it done on Sunday but just now had the time to post sorry.










    Well that is all for today but next time I am going to finish the top of the stand off box by sealing it with epoxy (I love that stuff) then glueing the top on, and after that I am going to make another foam shape for the cockpit or what ever you all call it.
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    Cool

    Well I finally made more progress I have some phone Pictures, and will Be posting them this weekend (I hope) so at least everyone that has been watching will have something a bit newer to look at. I added 90 deg water hookups to the water jackets, and purchased some (2) bottom mount water pickups from cnc aluminum, Mounted the struts Glued up the (With Bearing Mount) flex shafts, added stuffing tubes and just did a lot of looking, and added a battery strap (modified of course) did some sanding and that's about it. Stand By for Pictures.
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    Here ar some of the updates I promised.[/ATTACH]Prop shafts Ready to Install.jpgIMG_0768.jpg
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    Default Adjustments

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    See if this works I have glued my prop shafts.
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    Default Tools

    These are the tools I use (Well some of them anyway)

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