Hi folks
I just bought a part built Delta Force which I believe is a Cyber Storm because it looks identical but when I've seen those advertised they have the hull length at 825mm and mine is 810mm so I'm not quite 100% certain. Sure looks the same though.
This one came with the stinger and fins/rudder etc assembled and hull has a kevlar layer added inside and some noodle up front for bouyancy etc, but nothing else assembled. I have a feeling the hull has been used previously or if not has been bashed about as there's a few places underneath where it's been patched a bit with badly colour matched topcoat.
Anyway, I have basically all the hardware to finish building it (it included an aquastar 3974 2200kv and 120a hobby king ESC and mount), but before I start figuring out the correct positioning for the motor mount it came with, I have a question about the stuffing tube. The motor is a slight annoyance as it's only rated for 5S and I want to run 6s as I only have lots of 3S packs and lipos are difficult/costly to ship to where I am.
It's a 3/16 (4.75mm) flexidrive, and there's a teflon liner with it, but the actual brass stuffing tube is a super loose fit over the teflon tube, so I'm not sure if the previous owner had the wrong stuffing tube for it, but I don't know if that really matters much since I will be using a liner?
I realise I could use silicone sealant or something to seal in the teflon liner but if the stuffing tube is the wrong size then obviously I'd rather order a more suitable one first.
You can see from one of the pics here the gap between the stuffing tube and teflon liner, so I'd be grateful if people could advise if that's defo an issue or nothing to worry about if I seal the liner into it? Doesn't intuitively seem good to me though being honest.
Second question I have (or concern/observation) is about the positioning they have done with the stinger. When I look along the keel line the front part of the stinger is lower than the line of the hull, which to me says not as streamlined as it should/could be and will offer resistance to the water, or drag basically. I have an untrained eye for such things as this is my first boat running a stinger, but to my mind I would thing this should be a few mm higher so it does not protrude below the line of the hull as you can see in one of the photos? Again, appreciate input on this. I can easily move it if required.
The guy has put loads of silicone sealant around all the stinger base hardware. Is that a common thing to do?
Thanks anyway folks, appreciate any feedback about all this. :)
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Other boats I have btw are a 50" gas Apache, some smaller cheap electrics in different states of disrepair, a few scale tug type models etc, but this is my first proper fast electric with a glass hull and brushless etc.
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