Ok, and there was a bit of delay...like the movement in the Blue Bulls backline... (DUCK)
Now, I know for a fact there aren't that many boating peeps in SA, and mostly ( I think because boats parts are rare, and pricey!) So this might interest the type of person that is hands on, and does not want to spend a fortune on a ATR or even an RTR boat. By the way, they aren't even that fast to begin with. They also need hop up parts like the most of the RTR stuff out there, be it cars,heli's,aeri's or boats.
So far, the hull was finished...I've now managed to get my hands on some off cut aircraft aluminium for the strut and the engine mount. The engine mount is very primitive as I don't have the right tools for the job. The strut is 2 pieces bent in 90 deg. angles, and a smaller part that I've drilled holes in and files down as much as I could! Filing the ally is dam hard with a crappy file, don't ask me how I know this.
I then took the Hirobo torque tube, stuffed it into the hydro, passing it through the holes I drilled into the ally. I read somewhere that hot glue works well, so I opted for that inside the tub.
The boat has 2 coats of paint now, I then sanded it a bit and found a couple of little holes etc. So I stuffed some white woodfiller in.Just waiting for it to dry and hopefully tomorrow I can finish painting. All the electronics are sorted out, HV connectors and all (that I did untill 1 this morning) The motor had a stutter. What I mean by that is that when you throttle up, it goes clocks and anti-clocks, makes a funny noise and stops. You can immediatly feel the wires getting warm, so obviously this is not good.
I thought that the Suppo 80amp HV wasn't programmed right. So I checked timing,this didn't solve it, checked the auto cell count, because it shows in the manual that the default is is NIMH, change that to my cell count for the lipo, still didn't work. Liaan from RCGear (lucky I have him on Skype, and he NEVER sleeps...guys a machine
Liaan then suggested that I only connect 2 wires at a time to the motor. It initializes, then you know the 2 wires you have are right. Swopped around and then found that one of the wires had some corrosion on, and when I soldered into the connector, it semi rejected the solder. Anyway, cut the wire a bit shorter, extended it with another piece and voila.
So everything is running, and ready to get popped into my hydro, once the paint is done. As soon as I have maidened, I can hopefully get a clip up on Youtube.
