here is a hydro that i have built it is small and fast
there is a wite up on it some where on RCU but (lol) i cant find it
well i have a mini brushed peakradier motor in it and the -mini-t electronics and the servo !
the rudder is for expermental pourpouses only so it may look weird
and it is running on a 6 cell pack but will soon run on a 11.1 volt lipo and if that goes well i will be putting a hacker BL motor in to it !

here is a vid of it its just reving cuz i have no water ! lol

lol BTW in the vid i said it was a "tunnel hull" i dont now what i was thinking lol just disregard what i said !

http://media.putfile.com/mini-hydro

SWEET eyecandy but what happend to the cat you were building the one with the outboard?

Matty_C

looks great, let us know how it runs. and when u go BL give more info... nice boat... have fun

well that white cat it is done and i went up to my condo with both boats
and i ran the mini hydro i had a battery and it went about 25mph

but the white cat boat is a literal rocket ,BUT!!!! i kinda messed up on the hull
OK so i put the white boat in the water and it is sitting with that aggressive stance!(pic) i have a 19 turn motor on 6 cells i hit the throel and bam it popes out of the water like it literal was just moving with the out drive in the water !!! then it flattens out but it seems to be that the boat is sticking to the water to much, almost like there is a big wing on the bow of it and is pushing it down ! also it is hard to drive cuz i want to roll on you!!! (my fault[] ) also i turned a corner at full till and compley rolled it and sunk so i puled it in dumped the water out and hit it again it poped out of the water like a jumping frog then flattend out and it was leaning to the side like it want to flip over on its side
but i got a speed pass and i estimated a fast 30mph eazy ! so i have to paint it and then i will get a vid of it and show you what i mean about it wanting to rool and flip on me !

ok so the mini hydro:
well it ran good but because i had a preformace motor in it, it coulnt rev up to speed in the water so it didnt hesitate to get up on a plane, wile moving at a 15mph pace it looked so stealth ! with the carbon fiber look it was like a missel! so i opend up the hatch and found my self with a COLD motor[>:][X(] and NO water in the hull !!!
so then i brought it back to shore and shaved down the prop a bit, i then put it in the water with a full battery and zoom zooom never seen a small boat go so fast ! like maby 25 mph i coulnt control it i turned just a bit and blam it went off in the directon !

i love the boat and i cant wat to see how it is with a BL and a lipo !!!!!

Nice boat, can't wait to see the vid. Now we know what eyekandy looks like.

is that your own water pond?

lol no it isnt
it is my cottage and that dock you see behind me goes out about 150 feet and hold about 5 BIG boats
it is on lake simcoe in orillia, ontairo
it is the bast place i have ever been, it is all sand in our bay anf we can get out boat in and out if i eazy
the perfict place to run the rc boats, cuz it is shelterd from the wind and is calm and there are good spots to run the boats cuz there is one place abut 50 feet by 200 feet that is all 1.5 feet deep so when you flip the boat or it goes dead u can wal out and get it and its all sand

that pictre was taken just last week and it was cold out but a little bit of the watter was open so i just HAD to put my boats in, it has been a long winter!

eyekandy i love your boats so much that i think i might build my own cat and put a out board on it but it wont be a out board from the hobby shop. wait and you will see.




Matty_C

hmmm i wonder
well thank you i like it to
and it looks so nice sitting in the water |
ok so im going up to my cottage this wekend and hope fully there will be water open and i can get a vid of it and the mini hydro !
i can get more pics of it if you want
and the inside and such
just ask

that would be great. thanks




Matty_C

here are just a couple cuz my camera died as i was taking the pictures

i stilll have yet to paint it i cant wait its going ot be killer
i just got some dimond plate vynal and it looks so real i might do that !
i wanted to do just a normal 3 tone paint scheam but then i thought mabey just all diffrent colours
i dont now yet but firt i have to get it runing good
it runs in a strait line really well ! but turning it will catch the water and flip !
can u help me []

iam not shure on how to stop it when you get a vid i should be able to help.
sorry i cant help now iam just a puzzeled as you[&:]. by the way thanks for the pics.
i want to know do you think a hydro would look cool with a outboard on it cos i dont have any good cat plans but heeps and heeps of hydro plans? or i have an old balsa tunnel i could make the engine fit on? i dont know what to do?[&:]


Matty_C

well a hydro has a very thin stren and putting that weight on it wouldnt be good unless it is like a 3 point out rigger then u could do it

i owuld glady send you the cat plans but unfortunitl i dont have any lol
i drew it on a piece of wood and cut it out and then gluded it and then wood glue
no plans just off the top of my head and i think i built it in a bout a night but then i ran out of glue lol
camera is done brb with more pics !

ok i got more pics
i also put 2 picks of my upstairs work bench and my basemant work bench (that is where the magic happens

iam still puzzeled but you have a nice set up ill get a pic of mine in a minute.



Matty_C

The little hydro looks real nice. What hull is it? It would be so cool if it was made from carbon fiber.

LAter,
Tim

this is my workshop well its my dads but iam in there all the time tuneing engines making stuff.

nice cracker box
lol
your work shop looks like my garage after im done working
more coments welcome

thanks the engine in the 2nd pic is the engine iam useing in it the crackerbox it is mine and my dads project and my christmas presant
and i think i have solved my problem iam going to make a micro crackerbox or a hydro with an inboard and a speed 700 12v watercooled but i need some one to decide what one i have plans for a 1983 Miss Renault unlimeted hydro or baw 21 sport shovelnose
or micro cracker or hydromite 2 and thats all i have on hydros and crackerboxes please some one decide for me i dont like to make decisions.


Matty_C

hydro !!!

thanks eyekandy if you want any plans ask me and ill see what i can find for ya. ill go with the hydromite 2 i think.
plans i have are monos riggers hydros tunnels any that you want.





Matty_C

meh i have every plans out there on my comp thansk tho
i have even custom made boats that i have built that are on my comp , completed plan print them off and cut then out
they are 1 off plans
but sorry no one can have them [X(] becasue they are hopfull going to get pattend and cut and put into producton soon

hey wow i have 1000 posts !!!![X(][X(]

will they be a kit if so put my name down for one.




Matty_C

no i dea yet i just have 4 boats they will be kits yess and maby if your lucky i can get some preformace ready to runs like 8 cells packs and 16 turn brushed with a water proof esc and digital radio hopfuly going for 450 bucks cnd painted and rtr only thing u need is a charger !