OK next section is easier, I just need to buy a few cans of spray paint. Basically Red and silver
I found a half used can of clear spray enamel in the shed and have given the boat a few light licks of clear to get a nice glass finish for the epoxy and much to my surprise it turned out to give the veneer a slight pearlescent effect which looks absolutely brilliant so i might have to hunt down some more. and when the colours have been purchased i will have a look at doing the pretty stuff now that the hard slog is over
and yes i did build the chair in the background for a bit of fun
but anyhow on with the news
this week i have just received the last of my main hardware except the transmitter/receiver The props now i wont go into a big thing here about props as i honestly don't know that much i ended up finding a program called FECALC.exe but i cannot remember where i got it from basically you tell it the values ie motor type, ESC, voltage, boat type and it tells you what props are a good one to get
so the hardware going into my beastie is
- Fullers Fast electric hydro package ( rudder, flex shaft, etc)
- 600BB Motor (to be possibly upgraded at a later date to a brushless system)
- Proboat 60 AMP ESC
- octura 1732 prop
- old micro server found in the shed
- Etti Large ESC cooling plate
- the motor mount i purchased from offshore electrics at a total cost of $17.00 USD
and the approximate layout will be as shown here
the COG (centre of gravity is around 70mm from the back of the sponsons which is about right) all i need to do now is to get some paint and get cracking