Expresscraft Cheeta Test Run Pic's
11-22-2009, 04:06 PM
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Test run went great !
Man it was fun to run a R/C boat again, it's been a while !
First 5 min's I had about 15 people watching me, they loved the boat !
Got the Cheeta in the water ran around slow at first to check water cooling system
I made a few slow passes to check radio trim no adjustments needed ! luck !
Hit the throttle she lifted right on to plane and ran great but was running a little wet ! see pic's
That's ok, a few small adjustments will take care of that !
After 10 min of running I stopped to check things out, every thing was perfect !
Check the GPS 40.6 off the bench settings . Man I'm happy, that was my goal speed .
She has a lot more for sure as it was running very rich, tuned pipe needs to be shortened
and header needs to be cut to correct length.
I need to get a prop as I was using a prop from my cat 7016/3 to big !
Second run
I made a small adjustment to the strut to lift the bow still was running wet but better.
I ran for 1/2 hour and only used 1/2 of the tank of fuel . Next time I won't fill the tank.
After running I checked the GPS 42.8 before I could not take a pic of the GPS the battery's died.
I'm very happy with this boat I think with time I will get it in 50 MPH range, better then I wanted !
Now I will go strip her down and paint !
Sorry no video I could not get the camera in video mode !
Steve
Man it was fun to run a R/C boat again, it's been a while !
First 5 min's I had about 15 people watching me, they loved the boat !
Got the Cheeta in the water ran around slow at first to check water cooling system
I made a few slow passes to check radio trim no adjustments needed ! luck !
Hit the throttle she lifted right on to plane and ran great but was running a little wet ! see pic's
That's ok, a few small adjustments will take care of that !
After 10 min of running I stopped to check things out, every thing was perfect !
Check the GPS 40.6 off the bench settings . Man I'm happy, that was my goal speed .
She has a lot more for sure as it was running very rich, tuned pipe needs to be shortened
and header needs to be cut to correct length.
I need to get a prop as I was using a prop from my cat 7016/3 to big !
Second run
I made a small adjustment to the strut to lift the bow still was running wet but better.
I ran for 1/2 hour and only used 1/2 of the tank of fuel . Next time I won't fill the tank.
After running I checked the GPS 42.8 before I could not take a pic of the GPS the battery's died.
I'm very happy with this boat I think with time I will get it in 50 MPH range, better then I wanted !
Now I will go strip her down and paint !
Sorry no video I could not get the camera in video mode !
Steve
11-22-2009, 04:27 PM
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RE: Expresscraft Cheeta Test Run Pic's
SWEET!!!! Congrats! Sounds like a great first test run...lucky no radio adjustments. I am JEALOUS!
Maybe a 6518-3??? or even a VooDoo XX Tater??? Keep us all posted on the progress and Happy Turkey Day!
Maybe a 6518-3??? or even a VooDoo XX Tater??? Keep us all posted on the progress and Happy Turkey Day!
11-23-2009, 06:20 PM
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Thanks guy's
Very fun build and ran great right off the bench too !
After painting the Cheeta I'm going to get my cat done . That will be a nice build!
I will post pic's of the Cheeta after it's painted .
Steve
Very fun build and ran great right off the bench too !
After painting the Cheeta I'm going to get my cat done . That will be a nice build!
I will post pic's of the Cheeta after it's painted .
Steve
11-25-2009, 10:23 PM
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great picts... looks like it was running good fro the first test run !! Good luck with it !!! Thanks for the picts !!!SK.
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RE: Expresscraft Cheeta Test Run Pic's
hey... steve nice run pics.. looks like it goes nice... i saw it when u first starting biulding it u did alot of work to that thing.. please paint it already so we can run!!!!.. <input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"></input><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"/>
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hey... steve nice run pics.. looks like it goes nice... i saw it when u first starting biulding it u did alot of work to that thing.. please paint it already so we can run!!!!.. <input id=''gwProxy'' type=''hidden''></input><input onclick=''jsCall();'' id=''jsProxy'' type=''hidden''/>
hey... steve nice run pics.. looks like it goes nice... i saw it when u first starting biulding it u did alot of work to that thing.. please paint it already so we can run!!!!.. <input id=''gwProxy'' type=''hidden''></input><input onclick=''jsCall();'' id=''jsProxy'' type=''hidden''/>
Thanks for the kind words, not that much work. It was a easy build and fun. After paint we need a nice day to run.
Now that you are on RCU you have to post pic's of your boat !
Steve
