BAW Cat Hull

[SColby]

Here are some pictures of the cat hull I designed and have been working on this winter. Not to much longer and it should be ready to run.

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It has been a little bit but here are some new pictures. There has been some progress made. The radio box is built but not installed yet. I am expecting to have it painted in the next couple of weeks also.

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[snowdog-2112]

Steve,

I remember you asking about this a bit ago but have you decided how you are going to control the steering on those outboards?

Snowdog

 

[nitrotoys]

Nice boat and nicely set up for POWER.

I was clicking through the pics, thinkings ok, same thing, same thing, and got to the last one with the 2 OBs on there and said DAMN, thats going to go like hell.

Yea i remember about the steering bit tooo, you going with a 3302 1/4 servo fut?

LOL Not that i favor them, but its the best servo i have had the best luck with.

and watch causes hell with some.

Remember a boat is meant to get WET.

Tom

 

[SColby]

SnowDog-

Yeah I have decided to go with a 1/4 scale servo. For the moment I have a Hobbico that I am going to use until I know how it runs and handles. I am robbing everthing form my deep-v seems that it will be out of commision for a while.

Thanks Tom. Sorry about the pic's. I dug up the old post I had on it. I am hoping to get the paint on it real soon. I am hoping to have it done for the Fun Run in June.

My only question now is should I use solid rods for the steering or is the flex cables going to be enough?

 

[CySlyde]

looks pretty cool man

 

[nitrotoys]

I would personally say solid rods.

Thats my own preference tho.

Will work, if you alighn them up and make the 2 motors as 1, mount tougher to steer both.

You talked about the steering,

have you thought about how you are going to link both throttles tougher?

Tom

 

[wswatzell]

Looks even better with the engines on it!

 

[rhomodel]

definately solids with push-pull action, otherwise I think you put al the strain on only the pull rod.

Nice project and I wonder how it turns out to run

Julius

 

[SColby]

Thanks guys, i think i am going to go with the solid rods. As far as the throttles I have thought of something. I was thinking along the lines of a y-harness. I have a design in mind so you will have to wait to see it once I get it set up. As far as how it runs i should know in the next few weeks i will keep you posted.

 

[SColby]

IT has been bit but here is the boat painted. i should have all the running hardware and engines mounted this weekend.

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[wswatzell]

Well the front looks cool! The green is so dark, that you can't se the back end. It looks like you should have it ready be the fun run!

 

[CySlyde]

uh-oh thats it your a state man... showin no love for it :lol: J/k looks good wades right can barely see the back of the boat though

 

[SColby]

Sorry about not being able to see it real good. I took that picture at 1AM. Anyways here is the boat all together and finished up. I ahd a chance to try a maiden voyage this weekend and things went ok. I have some real tweekeing to do with the engines to get them both to stay running. The weather was pretty crppy so I didn't have a lot of time. When it did run it actually seemed as though it is going ot handle and run nice for me. So here are a few better pictures of it all together that I took tonight while it was still light out.

BTW I want to thank everyone for suggestions on the building of it. I also want to thank shoboat for some nice props for it.

Here is the first pic........

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second one........

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Last one.

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