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madphil

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41" carbon fibre Falcon CAT
« on: July 18, 2012, 08:56:24 PM »
This is my latest build its a super light weight carbon falcon cat from promise hobby HK
its been built for this years new class SUPERCAT champs , everything has been made as light as possible ,
 its running 2x 8s 1440kv long can HETS 
2x 240 amp turnigy speed controllers
R/L octura x447 props
ready to run with 4x 5000 4s lipo's it just tips the scales at 6kg





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Re: 41" carbon fibre Falcon CAT
« Reply #1 on: July 18, 2012, 08:57:46 PM »
WoW, will be standing well to the side of that I think!!
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Re: 41" carbon fibre Falcon CAT
« Reply #2 on: July 18, 2012, 09:01:53 PM »
more pics




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Re: 41" carbon fibre Falcon CAT
« Reply #3 on: July 18, 2012, 09:07:34 PM »
on twin 8s motors its fast  ;)




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Re: 41" carbon fibre Falcon CAT
« Reply #4 on: July 18, 2012, 09:17:26 PM »
and now for the paint job its had :-
full 2 pack prime
flat silver ground coat
3 coats of blue pearl metallic base
2 coats of blue / green pearl affect flip
yellow paint and decals applied
5 coats of high solid 2 pack clear then left in low bake oven to cure
then wet sanded with 2000 grade paper and buffed to mirror finnish




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Re: 41" carbon fibre Falcon CAT
« Reply #5 on: July 18, 2012, 09:22:53 PM »
looks well on the water



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Re: 41" carbon fibre Falcon CAT
« Reply #6 on: July 18, 2012, 09:32:47 PM »
Pretty average paint job.......











On-ly jo-king, it's absolutely fantastic.....
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Re: 41" carbon fibre Falcon CAT
« Reply #7 on: July 18, 2012, 10:36:48 PM »
Wow fella looks like some one means business looks very cool :-)
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Re: 41" carbon fibre Falcon CAT
« Reply #8 on: July 19, 2012, 11:01:26 AM »
I NEED one of those  O0
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Re: 41" carbon fibre Falcon CAT
« Reply #9 on: July 19, 2012, 08:59:39 PM »
fantastic lookin !  needs gas power thou  {-) {-) {-) {-) O0 O0 O0
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Re: 41" carbon fibre Falcon CAT
« Reply #10 on: July 20, 2012, 11:18:32 AM »
Quote from: tmbc on July 19, 2012, 08:59:39 PM
fantastic lookin !  needs gas power thou  {-) {-) {-) {-) O0 O0 O0

I want to make it faster not slower  :} my days of weedwacker boats are long gone LOL   


only joking  {-) anyway how you doing mate we need to get out for a race again

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Re: 41" carbon fibre Falcon CAT
« Reply #11 on: July 20, 2012, 12:39:56 PM »
nitro phil ? :o
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Re: 41" carbon fibre Falcon CAT
« Reply #12 on: July 20, 2012, 01:13:38 PM »
this is what happens when me n phil go for a laugh or was it boating ooops  {-) all good fun  :-))




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctYmGAHVKC0
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Re: 41" carbon fibre Falcon CAT
« Reply #13 on: July 20, 2012, 02:53:14 PM »
Nice shorts Mark pmsl  :}
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Re: 41" carbon fibre Falcon CAT
« Reply #14 on: July 20, 2012, 11:07:33 PM »
Quote from: tmbc on July 20, 2012, 01:13:38 PM
this is what happens when me n phil go for a laugh or was it boating ooops  {-) all good fun  :-))




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctYmGAHVKC0

remember it well  :} the good old days ,we need to get out again have you got anything running at the moment ??????
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Re: 41" carbon fibre Falcon CAT
« Reply #15 on: July 21, 2012, 02:55:28 PM »
yeah got a sigma and nearly finished my avenger ;0) going birkenhead tomorrow !

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Re: 41" carbon fibre Falcon CAT
« Reply #16 on: July 21, 2012, 03:11:00 PM »
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smell the 2 stroke u know u wanna be back here !  O0  {-)
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Re: 41" carbon fibre Falcon CAT
« Reply #17 on: July 23, 2012, 12:01:30 AM »
Quote from: tmbc on July 21, 2012, 03:11:00 PM




smell the 2 stroke u know u wanna be back here !  O0  {-)

Naaaaaa !!!!!!  a 5.5KW motor on 8cells = the same power as a stock zenoah

 x 2 = 10hp in a boat thats 2/3 the weight of a gas boat and 0 - 40,000 rpm in 1.5 seconds   <*<

only down side is you get 7 mins run time ( F/E race 6 mins )
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