Eye candy

Well its been a long time but I do want to add some form of closure to this project... So here are some fresh pictures of my HPR115. Its almost finished, I have a few small tasks left to complete so I am hoping to get in on the water for real by the end of the summer depending on what other projects get in the way.



If I can give one more little piece of advice. Look at the picture above and notice the cross brace going from one motor bracket to the other. HP suggested some form of brace between the two motor brackets, he has heard of cracks occurring on the inside of the tunnel in extreme blow overs from pressure of the motor mounts and weight of the motors.







Hopefully the next pictures are .... ACTION pictures!

WoW, I like!

Finally got some pictures from Markus of my HPR in final stages of painting!

Here is one for U.



Thanks Markus.

Good news!!

Markus just wrote me an email. Yeahh!

My boat is almost done and I should be getting it in Oct.

Stay tuned for some pics + the final assembly and adjustments.

Where is my boat?

Well its been well over a month now and still no painted boat!! I spoke with Markus in July and he told me it needed about 4 weeks...

The scary thing is that I can not get a hold of Markus from SpeedToy anymore and I have been trying for weeks!

Q. Will I ever see my boat again?

Paint....

Just a quick update... I have sent my boat to Markus from http://speedtoy.com/ to get painted. When I get it back I have a few more changes to make and it should be ready to go... so stay tuned!

Front bulkhead

I glued in the front bulkhead today!

Important!! Use silicone to glue it in place and not epoxy! The air inside the sealed of space in the fordeck will expand with heat, if you epoxy the bulkhead in place then you will see a line going around the hull along the bulkhead joint because the epoxy does not give.




Will be sending the boat to get painted at the end of the month ... still a few more details to sort out.

Moving right along .. mounting the ESC's & more

For mounting my YGE Navy 155 ESC's I had two options, double sided tape or a more sophisticated "mount". I chose the latter which I CNC'd from 1.5mm CF sheet



Here I have epoxied it to the hull with the actual ESC's plate being easily removable.



I also epoxied in the battery plates. I have seen several ways of making these plates and I opted for the "velcro" approach so I CNC'd several slots on the side of the plate through which the velcro can pass. I also intend to treat the surface of the plate with some form of non slip material to make sure those big batteries don't move around!! You can also see in this picture the ESC's mount minus the ESC's