Brought the Hornet Back to it's former glory!

[Darin Jordan]

Thought I was done with this hull back in 2019 when I tried to sell it. Wasn't looking for another project.

Well, nobody "bit", so it was sitting on the shelf and I decided to take the time to restore her right, and perform an FE conversion.

After "de-nitroizing" here, did the full treatment. Spend a lot of time perfecting the banged up hull, and I have to say she's better and stronger than when new!

Set her up to run on 4S with a big prop (P-OPC), or 6S for Open-OPC Time-Trials.

Haven't gotten her wet yet but she's ready to go. Just add prop and water. Just need to find the time to go to the lake.

Still trying to decide if I'm still going to keep it. Just don't have the time/energy/opportunity to use something like this in our area.

 

[john v]

if it sits on the shelf long enough it will get done, i have some shelf queens that will most likely get some refreshing someday, nice looking hornet tho

 

[Glenn Quarles]

Another great build my friend!! I love your paint!!

GQ

 

[Darin Jordan]

Another great build my friend!! I love your paint!!

GQ

Autoair Colors base, with PPG 2K clear. Not perfectly "show quality"... but holds up and SHINES!!

 

[Richard Dahlheimer]

Very nice build Darin. I like the paint, and I use Auto air colors also. Richard

 

[Dirk Jan Cozy]

Another nice tunnel rebuild, thanks for sharing! I bet you spent some time, polishing the outboard

 

[Darin Jordan]

Another nice tunnel rebuild, thanks for sharing! I bet you spent some time, polishing the outboard

Indeed... and even more cleaning all the black gook out of my sinuses... Finally figured out a VALID use for all these masks laying around.

 

[LohringMiller]

I did a similar reserection to an old XT-460. I had to shorten the sponson tips about 1/2" to meet the maximum P length limit. I'm running a 3.5 size lower with a TenShock motor. That's a lot lighter than the 7.5 unit but probably has more power than a mod 7.5 nitro. I'm still working on the setup, but it pulled 300 amp peaks during the first test runs.

Lohring Miller

 

[Jerry Dunlap]

Another great looking rebuild, Darin. You are welcome to come down to any PSMBC D8 race and run in B Tunnel or just do some practice laps between heats.
JD

 

[Mark Anderson]

We have at least2 P-Limited boats in the district.

 

[HTV Boats]

Hornet should be a kick-a$$ Q or open boat. when you get it on the water keep us informed.
Mic

 

[Carl Van Houten]

Thought I was done with this hull back in 2019 when I tried to sell it. Wasn't looking for another project.

Well, nobody "bit", so it was sitting on the shelf and I decided to take the time to restore her right, and perform an FE conversion.

After "de-nitroizing" here, did the full treatment. Spend a lot of time perfecting the banged up hull, and I have to say she's better and stronger than when new!

Set her up to run on 4S with a big prop (P-OPC), or 6S for Open-OPC Time-Trials.

Haven't gotten her wet yet but she's ready to go. Just add prop and water. Just need to find the time to go to the lake.

Still trying to decide if I'm still going to keep it. Just don't have the time/energy/opportunity to use something like this in our area.

Darin,
You always do such great work on all your projects. The old girl looks really good. I saved off all the pictures you posted into my collection of boat pictures. Hopefully we can see some action videos of it soon. Call sometime and let's catch up.
- Carl