Recent content by talonxracer

I may make a few, I had to remake the plug as I tried with balsa(all I had at the time)and it just didnt work out well, I prefer MDF or bass wood for plug making.

Here is the cowl with some yellow on it, it was very humid this morning so the paint blushed and of course a bug landed on it,,,,at least it is where the canopy windscreen will be going. She will have to be wet sanded the windscreen added along with some additional stripes and maybe a few decals...

Looking nice, there is ton's of room in there for some massive battery power, parallel the packs for awesome run time....

I plan on white DuraCoat S/L on the bottom surfaces, the top of the sponsons will get just a clear, the airfoil portion of the center section will be yellow and the cowl will be yellow/white and red, with a black cockpit windscreen.

Ouch! What did you attempt to skewer?

Here is the cowl I got from Mike (spoonefcrx), fitted to the airfoil along with a coat of primer, it looks awesome on the Barracuda. Also included is the prototype outboard cowling plug I made yesterday to get an idea of how it would look...The engine cowl is 3/8" wider than it will end up being...

***update*** Here you go Mike,,, Here is the cowl I got from Mike (spoonefcrx), fitted to the airfoil along with a coat of primer, it looks awesome on the Barracuda. Also included is the prototype outboard cowling plug I made yesterday to get an idea of how it would look...The engine cowl is...

I thought I would add a pic in this forum for the guys who dont peruse the FE section. 29.5" long all wood and CF construction. Here is a overhead view of my scratch built tunnel, A overhead view And the custom cowl that spoonefcrx laid up for me

***update*** I have the center section glued up and the stringers sanded down to fit the top decking, The sponsons are have two ultra thin coats of 105/207 applied to to the ride surfaces to seal them. The top of the sponsns will get a second coat today and Keelson sides will be coated after...

I need to post pics of the completed sponson(minus sealing), yes I did use a peanut butter thickness mixture of 105/205 + 404 high density filler from West Systems to make a fillet, but it still produces an edge. I used the same procedure on the Nemesis and I have no issues with hooking at all...

LOL,,,I hadnt even seen that there was a boat named the dolphin already, time to think of another name,,,maybe Barracuda...

There are several places, but I usually use either of these two places. http://www.cstsales.com/products.html http://www.acpsales.com/home.php

I decided I needed a tunnel for the UL1 motor I finally nabbed for a P-spec boat, and since there are no more kit's available I decided to scratch build one. I used a conglomeration of ideas for the build borrowed from my Nemesis, Villian S1, and my Drifter L cat. It has 29.5" sponsons and 6.75"...

I have a spare baseplate with oiler fitting and the small tank from Fred if you are interested, I had to migrate over to electric tunnels and sold all the nitro stuff.

I finally found a UL1 motor to use on the 3.5 lawless lower(on a new home built hull) and plan on getting a 7.5 lawless for the NEU powered Nemesis as the 1515 2D is very rough on the small .150" flexshaft. I will use a standard compression collet as there is more than enough room on the 7.5...