Hi Will and Bob, the 3s Lgdame 18650 pack I made up is 2100mah, I thought I might need the weight of it to balance the weight of the motor as it is pretty far forward.
I can make up a 2s pack if required or use one of my 2s 850mah quadcopter packs, I have 6 of these that I use regularly and others that havent even been used yet, so no shortage. I bought 5 of the complete quadcopters for £12 each and more later (upgraded camera versions) at £20 each, so I reckon I got a very good deal, the quadcopters are amazing and the batteries are proving to be really good as well, keeping their performance after 100s of charges/discharges.
Suzie Q is coming on nicely, I made up a liteply mounting plate, ready to glue in place once I take the coupling off another boat, my Rorqual, which is going to get a bath test first.
I will need to get another coupling at some point, but for now, I will just swap it about. Involves 2 grubscrews and 2 motor screws to allow the motor to move forward enough to clear the coupling.
I got another coat of white on the deck and cabin area, it still needs at least another one coat, maybe 2, will see how it looks after a sand and another coat.
Cant wait to get the signal red painted on the hull, should brighten it up considerably.
Mention of a giant Suzie Q led me to look out a card cutout I made of my man size, 2 person Viper speedboat, based on a shortened version of the lesro javelin, the cutout is 1/4 of the full size boat, 22 inches long, not much bigger than the Edita motor yacht.