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.

Predator Outrigger

I know I know it's RC hangar which is for planes. But I am also getting into RC boats. This things are mighty fun! So I am building a Predator Outrigger. I am thinking a 3000 KV motor to get it running and be plenty fun. I got the materials for the boat and soon I'll bee ordering hardware for it. Stay tuned if you are a RC boat enthusiast if not, you can start thinking about it! I will post pictures on the next post.

RC Boating Continued

This is a video of the 22" scratch built boat that I made recently. It has improved speed due to better CG location. Now it's able to plane better and I also added a bigger prop. Unfortunately it has suffered the consequences of not being built properly. I didn't know the type of punishment a boat went trough while riding on water. it's seems that the action of hitting the water has split the sides on several parts. Although this could be fixed it doesn't make sense to fix it anymore. It will keep breaking and more weight will be added. So I am building another one. Good thing is that this one I will document on here and will update with building pictures and info. I hope to also give away the plans on pdf format if anybody is interested on building this boat.  So stay tuned.