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[F1 madness]

Here you guys what you think ?

[brodjack]

Looks great,very mean

we want a 50" one for gas power now

[F1 madness]

Looks great,very mean

we want a 50" one for gas power now

Cheers bud

Funny that,iv designed 1,my mate put it into CAD and i received the plans last week will be starting after new yr,as iv got them form little 500mm to 1500mm,so watch this space

[martno1fan]

Hi Daz for some reason the pics arent showing up for me  .

[F1 madness]

Had to go pro with photobucket id used all my free bandwidth up or somthing like that 

[brodjack]

Cheers bud

Funny that,iv designed 1,my mate put it into CAD and i received the plans last week will be starting after new yr,as iv got them form little 500mm to 1500mm,so watch this space

sounds good,keep me informed,i have a few spare monster motors and good experience setting up fast cats..

[martno1fan]

I managed to finally get alook at the pics,she looks good mate good luck with the maiden.
Mart

[F1 madness]

Cheers,im looking forward to it but the weather is gonna hold me back now

[F1 madness]

Here it is finished in all its glory awaiting maiden,but with snow and icey cold weather here again it maybe a while

[F1 madness]

Oh and guess what it floats with no water leaking in around the bolt holes etc.
So far so good JD:D

[Martin (Admin)]

Great colour scheme! 

                                                                                   ..... the c of g looks in the wrong place!  

[F1 madness]

Cheers bud.
LOL wont know the cg properly till it hits the wet stuff and gets going

[Roadrunner]

Very Interesting & Creative Build.

What's the final build cost so far? And what are you predictions in mass production? You have obviously built this to 'revamp' the original club 500 in a more 'racing style' which needless to say you did a bang up job.  
But to be competitive on the market, cost will be an issues, im sure many members on the forum now have 'itchy' fingers to get hold of one of these new 500 racers (so theres a market there for you)  but cost will be a down side if its to expensive, as its been previously stated the club 500 is a winner for not only its design but its simplicity to build, its cost as well as all the parts included in the kit.
For a little fast electric do you feel that maybe this may be worth competing against such as the 'micro/mini v' rather then the club 500, as you have created a smaller fast electric rather then an all ages 'fun boat'?

[F1 madness]

Thanks roadrunner
So far this build has cost me around £120 with out going back through everything and obviously the cost of the in fibreglass version has yet to be figured out,im still awaiting emails from supplier,but also gonna ring some1 else when he gets back in the country.
Any age will be able to run this boat,both of my lads (13yr and 6yr) will have ago with this 1.
As for competing with what else is out there,dont really take much notice as iv always designed and built my own(apart from the cat my missus got me)so not sure how it will do,i would like to see how much interest is actually out there for somthing like this + the others im looking doing but who knows whats ahead i'll just keep doing what im doing and go from there.
Rgds F1

[Roadrunner]

Thanks for the reply in such short time, very interesting to hear its current cost of £120 thats not bad for what you have produced with a brushless setup. I will keep watch and see what come of this project, you may have just created a new series of 'cat500's' making it a class of its own 

[F1 madness]

No problem.
Just gotta wait now 

[gregk9]

I presume that once you finally get the boat to the glass fibre stage Daz, you will be making alternative  hull colours available, so not all the boats are same base shade!
Looks good  after Paint job !

Have you decided on what clips to hold the canopy on with yet?
Would it be possible to say,have a "hook in lip" on forward edge, then some form of simple clip at the stern end, rather than have to rely on  a roll of sticky tape every time.................

[F1 madness]

I presume that once you finally get the boat to the glass fibre stage Daz, you will be making alternative  hull colours available, so not all the boats are same base shade!
Looks good  after Paint job !
the hulls will be available in different colour tops and white bottom or even choose a different colour bottom,also will be available in matt white finish if they want to paint them and give it there own touch,im in talks with a glasser now,will keep you posted on how we get on.

Have you decided on what clips to hold the canopy on with yet?
Would it be possible to say,have a "hook in lip" on forward edge, then some form of simple clip at the stern end, rather than have to rely on  a roll of sticky tape every time.................

For the tape will do,iv never had any issues using it,but will look at an alternative at a later date if needs be for now just wanna get it wet and tested

[martno1fan]

With leccy boats you need to keep it watertight so id stick to using tape m8.

[F1 madness]

With leccy boats you need to keep it watertight so id stick to using tape m8.

Iv never had any problems before using the hatch tape so will keep using it

[martno1fan]

You know it makes sense lol

[Martin (Admin)]

Well come on then Daz, how is it on the water?!?!? 

[F1 madness]

Hiya mart check it out http://www.modelboatmayhem.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=28360.0
 

[phillnjack]

very good little boat




phill

[martno1fan]

Yup great little boat