well ive been flappin my gumbs about a drifter well i got one now and i have it almost assembled i figured i show some pics to whom wanted to see one , i will be updating this thread as i go ...let me know what you think

Very nice boat. Who makes it? What is the power pack? Looks like a belt drive. How fast? Did you do the paint job?

EXCELLENT, nice lay down gearbox! Looks like 16 cells, that should really haul out. Looks like you are done, almost.

I wish I was that fast with the Maritimo I've had for a year... Almost done mine, just a little glue...

well she has a nemisis motor the hull is made by h&m , it is gel coat finish , the turbo trans is gear to gear drive hooked to a 1/4 flex shaft , it is 35 inches long , right now im running 16 cells , all im waiting on is the esc. it was lostin the fedex mail so it has to turn up , im dieing to drive this .........

man, that looks WICKED!

how does it perform? are u happy with it? how do u know what prop to use? Im asking cos im thinking of doing something similar with the maritimo hull, except I want a twin drive setup.

i also had to make the brakets for the trans and i used pan head stainless screws to fasten it to the hull and also used alot of silicon below the mount to take up any vibration to the hull ....mr fine from fine designs said my setup will be well in the forties close to 50 set up right so i hope it does 45 and has some run time , next year im going to switch to lipo packs too..

if you are setting up a martimo hull call finedesignrc.com, his name is chris and he will steer you right for sure

my hull is the same as the maritimo hull just has a differnt deck ..i never drove it yet it is almost done though

good job
looks cool
what nemisi motor is it ? a XL i presume

The Maritimo and Drifter L are similar, the Maritimo is almost 2" wider with slightly different handleing.

I'll be setting mine up for Direct drive, Mega 22 30, 3turn, 18-20 cells, x637-x640 prop with a Hacker 77 ESC. Only needs .150" cable, it's a light setup.


I havespecial H&M hardware, SAWEET. Pictures to follow when done.

Almost done the carbon fiber motor/servo frame, once that's done just glue it in and wire it up!

Yes what wind is the XL motor?? What gear ratios and what prop to turn?

well zeek i know your hull is at least a year old , i have a maritimo and a drifter here at my house and the hulls now are exactly the same withe just a differnt deck , but yes yours is 1 inch longer then mine but that is it ..

hi the engine is a 10xl and the prop is a octura x445 the trans is a 66 spur and a 44 pinion this way the motor will not have to work itself to death ....should be a good setup huh guys ??

Sounds good, I didn't know they changed the hull. Your good to go with gears, very versitile. The 10 xl is a great motor for those cell counts.

I wish I wasn't so picky and slow at building, measure 2 billion times cut one....maaaaybe twice...

well yesterday i recieved the last part of the boat so i can use it , i ran her today andall i have to say is wow what a fast nice boat , the run time is about 5 minutes with 16 cells , i checked the temp is the boat the cells are running 145 degrees and the motor was 137 degrees so i think the setup maybe pretty good , when i first gave her a good shake down from a stop she jumped about a foot out of the water and took off from there ..

so did you go with a gear drive because of the larhe hull ? or just the run times ?
tha boat look trick
congradulations
what was the total bill ? 700 US ?

hey Crazy , could you get some more pictures ?

ill post some soon , boat with out radio and reciever and batterys was around 800 us

updated pics , finished project [sm=thumbup.gif]

Sweet! Nice batteries man.

If you have one of those inexpensive Duratrax Temp guns like me, you may need to add approx 10 degrees to those figures. If you have the nice temp gun for about $60 as I have seen they are far more accurate. Just want to make sure your awesome project gets a great long life. Kudos, nice cat![sm=thumbup.gif]


http://cgi.ebay.ca/Raytek-Mini-Temp-...QQcmdZViewItem

One of the better ones...

i forgot the name of mine but it isnt a duratrax its a good gun , but i think so far everything is runnin good last night i stood the boaton the transome , it got a little aired out but it saved it self after i let out the throtle

YAAAAA BABY!! Wheelies in a Cat.

got some good video of it my friend will edit it soon , some real good boat action , my boat hitting a thunder cat from behind and flippin . looks like a real offshore boat crash . but video will come soon it will be good ..

video of my drifter runnin today , seems like i need lipo power this spring the packs arent working so good this year ....may need some serious cycling too ..

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v1...t=000_1834.flv

it says the file no longer exists...

thats a cool setup, what kind of speeds do you get from it?

i didnt know you could get the drifter with a yellow gel coat...i thought it was just white or blue..

what do you use to keep the hatch down?