Darin's Wild Thing 32" P-Mono Build

[Darin Jordan]

Well... Time to build a P-Mono...

I've begun modifying this 32" wooden Wild Thing that I purchased on E-Bay. It's made of fairly rigid ply, and was destined to be a Nitro boat before I rescued it...

I did some trimming to the radio box to open things up and have the motor now mounted... When I get a proper hatch for it..., I'll trim the opening out to a shape appropiate for the hatch...

Next step is going to be to drill up the transom to mount the hardware so I can locate the stuffing tube assembly, which is going to be a flooded shaft variety, leading to a SpeedMaster Stinger setup...

More to come...

[Flying Scotsman]

Darin, what is the weight of the bare hull and what power scheme are you looking at? Very nice motor mount and it looks like a Neu
Thanks,
Douggie

[Darin Jordan]

Hey Guys,

Made some progress and thought I'd post some pics... Should be ready for testing on Saturday!

Here are the first of a series of shots, starting with the fitting of the hatch:

[Darin Jordan]

Added Spray Rails:

[Darin Jordan]

Added the strakes:

[Darin Jordan]

After a LOT of sanding and shaping... final painting is now complete. Hardware and support systems will get installed tomorrow... hopefully for some testing/racing on Saturday!

[z400]

Wow

it looks great!!

[Ctonez]

gorgeous as usual Darin! Now we need a club pic of the bada$$ PSFEMBC PMonos lined up. We have some pretty boats in that class.

[ace028]

wow, that turned out really nice, I bet it drives great too!

[highndry]

Looks great. Where can I find a rail-mount motor mount?

[Darin Jordan]

The set in the boat are kind of a one-off prototype I got from Brian Buaas...

I don't see anything like this on OSE.com... but Paul Pachmayer of FastElectricRC has them for various motor sizes: http://www.buyfastelectricrc.com/

I got another mount from him and they are really nice... have ESC mount, etc...

[highndry]

Thanks.

[OJ racer]

Good job saving it from gas. Wouldn't want that hull to go to waste!

Also I have to ask, why are most of your boats painted in Oberto paint scheme? What's the connection?

[Darin Jordan]

Also I have to ask, why are most of your boats painted in Oberto paint scheme? What's the connection?

Because I only have to keep three colors on hand that way...

No connection (though I'm working on it... :D)... Just like the Oberto, like the colors... and this way, i only have to keep three colors on hand...

[smm_cbf]

i always tought you were sponcered by oberto??

[Darin Jordan]

i always tought you were sponcered by oberto??

Nope... I'm just a big GEEK who likes things to be somewhat uniform... And I like the color combo... easy on the eyes, and also easy to distinquish on the water...

[Darin Jordan]

OK Guys... Got it all assembled... Just have to plug in the RX tomorrow and then do all the final initial adjustments to everything...

With it sitting just like you see it here, it balances at 9.5" from the transom... Just shy of 30%... I can move the packs forward at least an inch, which moves the CG the same amount... One of the nice things about centering the heavy stuff about on the CG!

As long as things don't go up in smoke tomorrow evening on the bench, she'll get wet on Saturday!

[TRUNKMUNKY]

WOW....

[Darin Jordan]

Just weighed this thing... DANG... 8lbs 13oz RTR (that includes the optional 1500mah NiMH RX 5-cell pack, which is 5oz)....

We'll have to see how the 1521 1.5D does in there at that weight...

[Eyekandyboats]

i <3 wood boats

[SJFE]

As usuall Darin most excellent work. How involved is the process of alining and matching the spray rails and strakes? Am I corect in assuming they have to be dead on for proper handeling?

[Darin Jordan]

How involved is the process of alining and matching the spray rails and strakes? Am I corect in assuming they have to be dead on for proper handeling?

LOT's of sanding and measureing and filling and sanding and measureing and filling and sanding....

I'm not sure how "exact" these are... Because of the way I did them, they were bound to come out about the same size...

I'm not sure how much they come into play while going straight... I DO know that I experimented once on my 26" DH Mono with asymetrical strakes by making one side longer than the other... the boat cornered great, but would NOT drive straight... Cut them even again and everything was fine...

Did I mention to you that it takes a LOT of sanding and measureing and filling and sanding and measureing and fillings and ....

I'd much rather have had a boat with strakes already on it!

[Jeepers]

Dang! that came out nice Darin! post a video of how it runs!

[Stealth Assassin]

Very nice clean build.

[crazzy maxx]

amazing work darin...
the paint sceme on that look wicked!!!

[FLEETMASTER]

How did this gorgeous boat go on the water ??????

[Darin Jordan]

How did this gorgeous boat go on the water ??????

Very well, thanks for asking... I finished out of the points in P-Mono at the Nats, and I don't recall why... I think I flipped one heat... Otherwise, it is PLENTY competitive... I just need to drive better...

In P-Offshore, I finished 3rd overall...

I also set the fastest 2-lap (2-laps on the 1/6th) time of the weekend... But I believe that another day of good weather (no wind) would have seen that time fall further... I know I could have gone much faster with a couple of tweaks and more confidence in the boat...

But hey... it was only it's 3rd time in the water, so overall, I'm incredibly PLEASED!! So much so that I'm going to be selling the 33" Delta Force Hull I have, which is undrilled and already carbon-reinforced, because I like the Wild Thing so much! Mine is fast and handles VERY well...

[Jeepers]

pm sent!

[FLEETMASTER]

Excellent news indeed!! Will there be a video to follow?

[Avanti]

awesome build (I've never heard the chines called spray rail before)
Great color scheme
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