ML Boats RSX 310

[HOTWATER]

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No ray It's not a TOBSD its a 4s taipan from Paul Osmond.

And it's fast! Watched him run it at Delmarva Club pond a couple weeks ago. ; )

[ray schrauwen]

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No ray It's not a TOBSD its a 4s taipan from Paul Osmond.

Nice! The back end looked like that R2 Hobbies rigger, aka, TOBSD.

Those are very nice!

[Moonie]

I got my hardwere on and last coat of west systems on.
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[Moonie]

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I got my hardwere on and last coat of west systems on.
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And I got the Carbon on the bottom.

[ray schrauwen]

Nice and clean. You make your own cowling?

[Moonie]

Nice and clean. You make your own cowling?

Yes. I didn't like the fit and Finnish of the one Mike made it was also vary brittle. I'm going to make two one with half of mikes canopy on it and one flat. The flat one fits good with out hitting the motor but looks like a plan box. I'll use the flat one to race and the other one on the shelf at home.

[ray schrauwen]

Sounds like a good idea. I noticed it wasn't the greatest glasswork but I might be able to fix it up.

[Moonie]

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The water line, Servo and stuffing tube is in. Motor next.

[ray schrauwen]

Where did you get that servo mount?

[Moonie]

Zippkits! They come with all the hardware needed to install.

[Moonie]

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Motor mount is in. I used home make carbon plate to cover it. I’ll have everything done by this weekend.

[Moonie]

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The canopy is almost done in these photographs.

[Moonie]

The boat is all done today and got it wet. Didn’t do to bad I’m going to take it to the track on Sunday for are test and tune for next weeks race. If it does good I mite enter it in 4s hydro.
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[ray schrauwen]

Very nice! I like the natural wood finish. Looking forward to hearing about your results.

[Moonie]

Very nice! I like the natural wood finish. Looking forward to hearing about your results.

Ray I know you have been keeping a eye on this one so soon as I get a video I'll PMit to you. How is yours coming along?

[ray schrauwen]

Cool, thanks.

Pretty good. I've got the sponsons almost done, just needs epoxy inside, flotation and top skin. I'm lining up the turn fin shortly to drill holes to mount it. I used a 1/4" thick piece of aluminum as a backer to drill and tap.

I laid out the tub on the build table. It will be interesting to tack the rear up after the main section since the back has a kick up. Any suggestions how you built that up would be appreciated. Won't get back to the tub until Friday earliest.

[ray schrauwen]

The boat is all done today and got it wet. Didn’t do to bad I’m going to take it to the track on Sunday for are test and tune for next weeks race. If it does good I mite enter it in 4s hydro.
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Can you do me a favor? Can you measure the distance from the outside edge of the strut mount to the outside edge of the rudder mount? I want to possibly machine my own one piece mount.

[Moonie]

Cool, thanks.

Pretty good. I've got the sponsons almost done, just needs epoxy inside, flotation and top skin. I'm lining up the turn fin shortly to drill holes to mount it. I used a 1/4" thick piece of aluminum as a backer to drill and tap.

I laid out the tub on the build table. It will be interesting to tack the rear up after the main section since the back has a kick up. Any suggestions how you built that up would be appreciated. Won't get back to the tub until Friday earliest.

No Ray I don't have any suggestions sorry. I just made sure my transom was 90 to the what I built off of. I was puzzled with a solution my self.

[Moonie]

Yes I can do that for this evening no problem. Only thing is I offset my strut to the right the thickness of the strut blade. Is that still going to give you the measurements your looking for?

[ray schrauwen]

yes, thanks.

[ray schrauwen]

No Ray I don't have any suggestions sorry. I just made sure my transom was 90 to the what I built off of. I was puzzled with a solution my self.

Thanks, I will figure it out, not my first wood rodeo.

[Moonie]

Here is the video form Sunday. I have messed up on the turn fin angle and was plowing this boat the whole day. In the video I have a grim racer 40x57 and was doing only 64mph. Should of did 70mph no problem with the prop I used at 2700kv. Next week is are first race of the season. I think today I got the fin adjusted right so I'll go ahead and enter it and see if I can get a good video this time. This boat has way more left in it hopefully the next video will be the proof.

[ray schrauwen]

Nice for a first run.

[Moonie]

Thanks Ray.

[Moonie]

This is a lil better.

[golfito]

: thumbup1: Excellent!

[HOTWATER]

Oooh yeaaah!!! Whoo-hoo! Beautiful! Rippin'!

[ray schrauwen]

Looks nice!

[Moonie]

Thanks. If we don’t get washed out by the rain tomorrow I’ll get some race video.

[ray schrauwen]

How do you mount the Sponsons to the booms?

I'd like to make them adjustable for toe in.