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I checked it out and it's obvious he put a ton of work into it. Absolutely fantastic. You will never see video that well-done on this channel. I have standards to maintain (very low standards, but standards nonetheless). I also watched his Cobra M450 video. You absolutely need the 2200mah batteries to get the self-righting feature to work.

@@vze23c3q Now THAT is good information.

@@Dr_Jet does different types of foam matter🤔

@@jimstone5339 To a very small degree. Most foams have an advertised density X number of pounds per cubic foot. You would have to calculate displacement knowing that water is roughly 8 pounds per gallon, about 7.48 gallons make a cubic foot then convert pounds to cubic feet, and there's your answer. In the long run, the densities are pretty close, so any differences in the foam is small in the overall impact of the foam.. Vze23's rule of thumb is probably pretty close to the real world for several types of foam. I have gone to using the type of foam that works in the application. My three go-tos are EPP (the combat glider flexible stuff in this boat), EPS (the rigid pink/blue Home Depot stuff, or the very flexible "pool noodle"/packing foam. All that said, I no longer have any faith in that spray-in foam. It's structure is open-cell and it can become saturated if submerged long enough. Ask me how I know (R.I.P. Redbird).

I might be convinced to put a few kits together. As I recall, I made a bunch or parts, but I don't recall exactly what I have. I may have motors and ESCs on hand. Let me know what you want, and I'll check my inventory.

How does that old saying go? If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all. 🤐 But if you pester me for my opinion, I'll give it to you! 😎

I just did find the wire drive shaft at the reachon model store AliExpress.. they're the ones that selling the hull...

@@grrfy I’m pretty sure a Mini Dom (or Tenshock Scord) prop shaft will work.

That reminds me of the story of the Squier 51 guitar. They came out in late 2004 and they were very low priced. They received little attention because they were such a "budget" guitar. A few years later, they went out of production and at about the same time musicians realized these were really great guitars; modders learned that made great modification platforms. Originally selling as low as $69.95 at Guitar Center, you are now hard-pressed to find a stock one for less than $300. Fender made re-issues, but the OG will always be the OG.

The squire bass is actually quite popular and many bassist play them on stage. mainly so they don't mess up their good one. They don't record with them. ...

(scaleworksrc)Did you know that when a person looks up the m450 cobra your videos are all over the place.

@Dr_Jet Now that's a cool bit of history.. & just goes to show the old business saying of "supply and demand." 💯 Thanks, Doc!

@@jimstone5339 That's awesome! I tried to give this little boat the attention it deserves & it's honestly a fun little ripper 🫡

It just popped in my head, do you want money for shipping? Just let me know.

@@jimstone5339 Nah, It's all good.. 👍

@@Dr_Jet thanks

It meets my primary goal for this build: It's RUGGED!

Let's see: Long wait time for the material, a lot of material waste, every hull will have a different angle of dangle, a couple hours on the milling machine, hand-threading and filing, a ride in the bead blaster. Yeah, I could do it for a couple hundred dollars per unit..... 🙄

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Oh no, I passed inspection 100%. The real problem was why I had to do them in the first place. There's a process to waive testing if there has been testing nearby that would be similar. The evil "say no at any cost" inspector said no to our waiver letter (even though she violated policy), I had to charge the owner thousands to do testing that came up with the exact same numerical results as the waiver letter. Same results, but the owner is $3000 lighter with drilling and testing and several weeks later on the calendar. That's why housing is unaffordable in this state. Fully 1/3 the cost of a new home is government fees and compliance regulations.

@@Dr_Jet oh now I understand. Well I guess that's why they drive new vehicles and the rest drive 25 year old vehicles. One of the things I hated the most living in California was that every year I had to get a smog test and it would cost $300 or more. Every year. That was a rip off too.

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@@jimstone5339 Yep, I'm still driving my 2001 Durango. Just hit 200,000 a few weeks ago. There's a net outflow of population from California, even with all the illegal border crossings coming in. High taxes and regulations is a major motivator in that outflow.

Ouch!

@@scaleworksRC good name for a boat 🤪

@@jimstone5339 Studnut? 🤔

In this boat, I'm using expanded polypropylene (EPP). The same stuff they use to build slope combat gliders.

He lays carbon cloth on a sheet of clean, waxed glass.

It's mostly just the way the hardware works out. I try to get the end of the coupler really close to the deck to keep the motor weight as low as I can. I'm also thinking about the length of the stuffing tube from where it exits the hull to the nose of the strut. I knew my motor was going to mount a bit more aft than usual (I'm running really big batteries up front) and since the tube has to be straight where it enters the strut, it needs to be straight slightly before as well. All this added up to a steeper angle helping the drive geometry. I'll show you tomorrow.

@Dr_Jet definitely sounds like your the man with the plan🤔👌

@@jimstone5339 Scratch-built FE boats are a thinking man's game. I think that's why I'm drawn to it. Every new hull is a new challenge.

I could put on a Big B disguise and then they might sell me an ESC of that size; the problem is, they'd probably say it was too small for Big B..... 🙄 I've used the smaller ZTW g2s before with good results, I'll check it out.

@Dr_Jet I will say that it's a bit big. But I like it

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That was Brandon..... You guys all look the same; I can't tell you apart

@@Dr_Jet now that's funny 🤣

Many paints have a turnable nozzle to go from a vertical to horizontal spray pattern. Is this just a refinement of that principle?

@Dr_Jet vertical, horizontal, heavy, light, spot or fog. There is like 7 settings.

@@brandoncocola1322 🤔

That was actually a Volvo limo with a gold snowplow grill and all the "usual" pimpmobile accoutrements. It's the "Photo Cover" for my video, not really a part of it. I picked that photo because I thought it a particularly bad example of the genre.

@Dr_Jet well you got that right 😆

@@Dr_Jet I've got an unbuilt shrimp outrigger kit that I'm going to build with the Dr jet pimp mobile in mind. I'll call it the juice box 😅

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And it was named "little bastard"

@@brandoncocola1322 I believe you are correct. I thought it was a plain RSK.

I like the triple-entendre!

All the better to strut my stuff....

@Dr_Jet your definitely strutting your stuff with that one.

This is a good hull. Not necessarily a GREAT hull, but plenty good enough for it's intended purpose. I know the other hulls to which you refer. I don't have much nice to say about them so I say very little at all.

lol or fishing weights

I've never seen Uncle Ton's Garage....... Until today.

@Dr_Jet how about 'this old tony' ever check em out?

@@veno8mm I just did. Entertaining and informative.

No, I purchased the hull so I'm feeling at liberty to use any livery I want. I will do the Mozilla 400 in a proper German livery.

Still waiting for the video proof1

@Dr_Jet I'm still trying to get the proof

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