SX400 Q SPORT HYDRO BUILD

[JSCARPINO]

Hello All

I thought I would post some photos of my ML Boatworks SX400 Build

This kit went together very well.

Nice engineering on ML Boatworks side of things....

I added my own parts and designs to finish the boat to my liking.

I have attached photos.

The part of my design I did first is the motor mount.

I designed it so I can drop in a 56mm motor or a 40mm motor by simply changing

out the Carbon Fiber secondary mounts.

I can use any bolt pattern or length motor....

I designed a stuffing tube mounting set up so as to make the penetration through the hull

easy and precise.... I designed a G-10 transom mounted hardware back up plate with drilling

template... The G-10 is .125 thick and all holes are tapped for the rudder & strut.

If you have any questions on any other parts just ask.

Also I built my first ESC using a 200 amp castle phoenix ice lite airplane controller.

I turned it into a boating model with water cooling.

I need to thank Mike for the pointers on how to do it right,

Thanks

Joe

 

[Dick Loeb]

Very nice build

 

[longballlumber]

Do you have any pictures of the conversion process? I am in the process of doing to same thing with the same controller. There is only one side of the controller (motor wire side) where you have enough space to put an aluminum plate/bock on BOTH the board heat sinks (aluminum plates on the board) AND the fets...

Did you put anything on the fets and what thermal conductive epoxy did you use? Some have talked about the:

loctite brand - http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/195733/1000-119-ND/3508035

or

Arctic Silver - http://www.arcticsilver.com/arctic_silver_thermal_adhesive.htm

The opposite side unless you have a plate specifically machined, you can only get onto the board heat sinks.

Later,

Mike

 

[HOTWATER]

Very nice Joe! Thanks for sharing the pics!

-Kent

 

[Kris Flynn]

Stop it, you are making me want to build one

 

[HOTWATER]

Kris, you don't want one...you NEED one! Lol!

-Kent

 

[Mike Luszcz]

Joe, as always...super super impressive work man!

 

[brad nichols]

Excellent work, very nicely build and finish. show more pics when it's painted!!

Brad

 

[Rokieboater]

Saw this boat run this weekend and all I can say is WOW!!!!! Fast and handled well. A few more tweaks on set up and its a winner.

 

[Mike Luszcz]

You guys gotta get us some video soon! I would love to have a great video for the website! Mike

 

[HOTWATER]

Excellent! Anybody get a vid?

-Kent

 

[Rokieboater]

I will take video next time I see it run. Could be a couple of weeks.