Don't really know if this is the forum for me but not had much look anywhere else
So I started probably 15 years ago with he interceptor 650...
Somehow thought the next step would be the Graupner Azimut Atlantic challenger... that was a bit of a shock the day it turned up... first boat I ever built whilst still finishing off school.
Fast forward about 12 years and I still have my challenger, albeit got a bit excited with a brushless setup (brings me onto boat number 2..) a few years ago and burned out the belt drive anyway went back into storage...
Boat number 2 in the conquest of speed is a HPR 115... I partially built it but then got sidetracked and never really finished It off. for those who aren't aware of what a HPR is, it's a Swiss built carbon catamaran... almost finished it off did a trial run which was somewhat disappointing
Fast forward again and I'm a navigation officer currently working on the largest cruise vessel in the world... anyway I thought I'd finally finish off / get them both running again so if theres any interest I could document it on here?
The Atlantic challenger, as I can't source suitable belt drives anywhere I will be converting to direct drive with some large capacity Lipo's for a longer run time, low KV motors and probably 5-6s.
The HPR, I plan to have her setup 80-90mph on 6s with the possibility of maybe one day (when my rotation allows) go to the UK Saw competition... This year ill be back sailing about the Caribbean.
Anyway, some pics
New Lipo charger, Futuba radio arrived today and I
[size=78%] have a a large order on the way from Germany for the HPR, Lehner 2250/7's, SLS Lipo's and some other hardware, I had planned to run NEU 1521 motors but they aren't comparable with my ESC... this might of been the reason the boat never really ran right and I kind of shelved the idea. (found this out many years later) [/size][size=78%]Edit - wow it's a bit of a effort to [/size]prove[size=78%] im not a spammer, is this [/size]
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