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So you are invited to come check it out! You guys might find it specially useful to carry some of these tools as being on the field with our planes and other hobby related stuff, they might come in handy at one point.

Revolt 30 By Aquacraft

Wow! This boat thing has become a passion! I have always loved planes and I still do but RC boating is a nice change of pace. So on that line I recently purchased the Revolt 30. By Aquacraft. I am not going to write a review about it because you would probably hear the same things that have already been written about this boat. That's the reason why I bought this boat. Great reviews throughout the internet. I have to say I have yet to maiden this great machine. But hopefully this week I'll be able to get it on the water. As always here are some pics. Come back soon as I will post videos and additional info about the boat.

Predator Outrigger Maiden

OK, So this weekend I got out my Predator outrigger to the pond. This thing is wicked! My fun was cut short though with a completely fried/destroyed ESC. I had never seen anything like this. The solder literally melted and capacitors just fell to the bottom of the boat. I had a 40 amp ESC with no cooling at all which proved destructive. Actually my boat almost caught fire. The bottom and top of the hatch burned. Here's a frame from one of the video I took of the Predator coming out the hole.

I only used a 3000KV BL motor. The battery is a Turnigy 2200 Mah 45-90C 3S. I do already have a new water cooled ESC, it is a 60 amp ESC. This should do the trick.

Predator Outrigger Update

I've been working on my Predator. It's painted and ready to install all the hardware in it. I am still waiting for the shaft bracket to arrive. As soon as that come in the mail, it will be finished. Here's a pic of the latest work done on it.

Predator Outrigger Hardware

I just wanted to update on the predator outrigger and do somewhat of a review. As you might now if you follow my blog I am on the process of building a Predator Outrigger. So I ordered most of my drive hardware from OSE. I got from them Stuffing tube (K&S), liner,.130 flex cable and prop,bearing, drive dog and nut (the flex cable and shaft come complete as a kit) and motor colette. This guys shipped fast, packaging was good and the quality of the hardware is superb. Most of the drive and shaft are Octura hardware. I was impressed by the precision of the fit on the parts. I am new to RC boating but you know quality when you see it. This is quality and I know this will perform beyond my expectations.  Here's a pic of some of the flex cable and stuffing tube assembly.

Rc Truggy Race

This past weekend I stopped by the off-road track to watch the truggy races.  This things are awesome! I feel very fortunate to have such RC complex available to us. We have our Airplane and Heli runway, this guys are accross the street from us and they also have a drag race track right beside to the offroad track (this dragsters are on the 110 MPH mark! in less than 2 seconds!!) and on the other side is the pond where we ride our boats. You could practice almost every aspect of RC right here. So I guess we should be grateful that we have all that for our use. Here's some off the action from the offroad truggy race.

Predator Outrigger

Ok,I have built the Predator. I have to admit. When I first saw an outrigger I thought they looked hideous. Then I started to build this one and they actually look badass!this thing looks mean and like they mean business. I cant wait to get this one on the water. On the next post I'll post specs and hardware.