TFL Ariane CF and FG hulls

[Monica Smith]

Hi Paul,

Thank you for pointing out the slight hook of your Ariane hull! I will keep this point in mind and remind our workers pay attention to this!

Monica Smith

[785boats]

I'm glad to say that it's not anywhere near as bad as some that I've had to deal with, & I don't believe it upsets the handling at all.
All the best.
Paul.

[785boats]

I managed to get a 6s run in on the weekend, thanks to the guys at the North Coast club up at Sippy Downs. Great bunch of Modelers.
This was it's first run with a 446/3 cut down to a 443 & de-tongued. Other runs on the day were with the full 446/3 & it was certainly quicker & just as stable.
The temps were still fine so I'll try the 447/3 next time. I'm hoping to work up to a 450/3 as a race set up.

[flraptor07]

Sweet running boat, I love mine! Are you still running stock turn fins? If you are, build some about 2 1/2 times the size and it will get rid of the flopping on hard cornering. Made a big difference in mine.......

[785boats]

Thanks.
Yep. Still the stock fins. I do have the next size up on order. But 2 1/2 times the stock ones would have them dragging in the water along the straights. The ones on mine are 2 3/4" long. The size I have on order are 4" & I'll have to lay them back a bit to keep them out of the water in the straights. Maybe yours came with smaller fins than mine, originaly.

Cheers.
Paul.

[flraptor07]

Thanks.
Yep. Still the stock fins. I do have the next size up on order. But 2 1/2 times the stock ones would have them dragging in the water along the straights. The ones on mine are 2 3/4" long. The size I have on order are 4" & I'll have to lay them back a bit to keep them out of the water in the straights. Maybe yours came with smaller fins than mine, originaly.

Cheers.
Paul.

LOL Not quite that long, they're not in the water on the straights.The ones mine came with are 2 5/8" total and only about 1 3/4" in the water on turns. They were those little tear drop shaped ones. I finally got the motor I wanted, I just put a Neu 1527 1Y 1250kv in it. Haven't tried it yet but it should run good.

[785boats]

I've only got one of those 1527 1Y motors & it's staying in my 1/8 scale hydro. The TP Power 1350kv motor is the next best thing that I have so that will stay in the Ariane.
What prop are you figuring to settle on?

[ray schrauwen]

It's odd hearing setups from Aus area because yo run 1P only setups. How many cells do you run the 1527 1Y on in a 1/8th scale??

[785boats]

Yep 1p limits our prop sizes a bit if we don't want to kill the packs regularly.
I'm running 8s with a 446/3 prop. Mine's the U-95.

[ray schrauwen]

Very cool, thanks for sharing.

Just flipped out of the wheelchair, that hurts... so does getting back in again... I feel old.

[flraptor07]

I've only got one of those 1527 1Y motors & it's staying in my 1/8 scale hydro. The TP Power 1350kv motor is the next best thing that I have so that will stay in the Ariane.
What prop are you figuring to settle on?

I'm guessing it's going to be about a X448 or maybe a X648. I've got a 1/8 scale sport hydro but I'm running a bit more power than yours, it's got a Leopard 5698 910kv on 10s......

[785boats]

Very cool, thanks for sharing.

Just flipped out of the wheelchair, that hurts... so does getting back in again... I feel old.

Easy man. How did you manage that?
I'm always amazed at your boating skills considering what you have to put up with. Take care.

flraptor.

The X448 sounds like a good prop. But I find that the '6' pitch props have a bit too much lift for a mono. Maybe the water is different in Oz
I bought a 5698 1100kv motor to run in my 1/8th, but I couldn't fit the ESC in then. Very limited space in the front of mine.

[flraptor07]

flraptor.

The X448 sounds like a good prop. But I find that the '6' pitch props have a bit too much lift for a mono. Maybe the water is different in Oz
I bought a 5698 1100kv motor to run in my 1/8th, but I couldn't fit the ESC in then. Very limited space in the front of mine.[/QUOTE]

The 6 pitch props you tried on the mono, were they detounged ? I'm sure you know that detounging will take lift out of the prop

[785boats]

Come to think of it, I'm not sure if the ones I tried were the 'M' series or de-tongued. It was a while ago.
I guess I should try a few.

[IRON-PAWW]

Building up one of these at the moment. Got a Swordfish 240 for it and a TP Pro comp 1690kv. Going to run 2 x 3s batts. I too have the stock turn fins...... You guys say go bigger? Seems the sharp end fins are bad mouthed by some..... You guys using flat bottom ones? What motor mounting solutions you guys using for the bigger motors. The TP is 40mm so.... Can't use the rear 36mm mounting ring that came in mine. Was just going to support the motor at the back with a bit of ply etc glued to the hull, along with the 36mm front end which'll fit the TP.