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well need less to say i was board out of my mind , and wanted to umm change things around !
well before i tell you what i did , you see if you can tell me !
other then the paint (lol) look at the hull type !
and it a traxxas blast
well here ya go ,
i think it makes it look a lot nicer
and it is going to get painted i want it to look like the foutain
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what are the before photos?

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lol oups sorry
well most rtrboats have it , well all rtr boats have it
its the eazy way of putting it togther
here thay are
not the best but u should get the point

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u gonna put a lip at the end? like this picture here look at the tip (no idea how to put a picture on so i'll giv u the link)
[link=http://www.bullockmarine.com/fountain/fountain_photos_gallery_fountain_graphics.html]Look at the tips of the hulls[/link] they gonna be pretty hard if oyu want to make the tips like that. also to make it look even more like a fountain hull you could shave off the line that goes down the center of the boat.
Dan

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oh lol i know what a fountain looks like , i my parents own one !
and yes i have taking that center line into consideration , but have not taken it out for the reason , looking at my boat it has a cent rail down the middle of the deck , so i think that it acts like the center rail
and also , the lip on my blast is the piece that they fused the upper deck and hull together , and it was big , so know it is gone i have put fiberglass epoxy around it to hold it togther ! and it worked !
so it is comming out how i like it !
looks realy good and i now have to make a canopy cuz the original one is in davey jones locker !
il get pics in a bit !

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pics !

lol i have to put the graphics on tho
tell me what you think !
i think it look HOT

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Nice job Eyekandy, looks more like a kit now than a cheap rtr boat.

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:D Looks real nice ! I have a blast here to I’ve been making plans to do some sort of fast mods on and a nice paint jub also . Nice job.

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What brand of rudder are you running ? [:-]

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hey !
im running octura rudder and strut with a home made bracket , cuz of the deadrise angle !
lol i just came back from my cottage and it ran great ! also not havving the lip on either side , it make the water come up and have more a diffrent displacment ! and for a strange reason it carves the turn better!
but any way , i was running it in the lake pretty hard , came up and down a couple of swells ! and then all of a sudden STOP
the rudder worked , cuz i saw it move , and so did the motor , cuz when i fired it up you could see the boat rool cuz of the motor torque ! !
so i get in my canoe and find that there is no prop !
i look in the hull and i can see the flex shaft but it doesnt come out the end !
so its gone , to the bottom of the lake ,
i lost the prop half of the flex shaft !
oh well

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Hey man, sorry to hear about your prop and prop shaft! I too lost my prop and prop shaft on saturday on my Kyosho Hurricane. I guess that means its time to upgrade :D

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yep !
but if you alrady have a upgraded stuff , u need to buy a replacment
lucky i have a spare flexshat that is about 2 feet long , and my friend plays bass gutiar and he is getting me his old strigs on his gutiar , he says that there are .98 mm string , so i guess im in luck !:)
i also am thinking of putting a step in the hull ! about 5 or 6 inches from the back and .5 inches deep !
what do you think , i have found the planing surface and it is at the 5 or 6 inch mark , so i can get it to plane a little higher ! with more speed
and then i will drop in a novak ss5800 cuz they come preasemable and there eazy !
so it sould be pretty cool

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I found a couple extra flex shafts laying around in my tool box. I've just got to decide which one to put in. Oh well, another project to get up and running again.

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lol yep !

is the hurrican , the cat boat ????
i thought they were neat just the hull if it is what i think ur tallking about

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Yep, that's it. Its not by far the fastest thing out there, but until the other day it was my most reliable boat I have. Whenever my Super Hawaii died, I would go rescue it with my Hurricane. lol.

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oh cool
speed isnt all wayse the case , but most time it is ! :D
that is where the step comes in the hull , hope fully it will incrase the speed and planing time
what do ya think

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isnt the triton a copy of the hurricane

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I'm not sure. If the Triton is still in production, and is the same as the Hurricane, then maybe I can just replace the stock prop shaft. Here's some pics as of 1 minute ago. How hard/practical would it be to convert this thing to like a 700BB Turbo motor?

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the triton is the same hull !
and for a 700 serise motor would have a lot of juice to move it
but take out the sterable out drive

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VDub99AML ,
From the looks of it, it shouldn't be that difficult to convert from one motor(s) to a 700BB. Getting the deck off would certainly make it easier, but shouldn't be absolutely necessary. While it's certainly possible, couldn't say how much benefit you'd see.
- 'Doc

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Yeah, I don't know if I want to do it or not. I have my SH setup with a 700, and I'm still working out all the bugs to get it going.
For right now I think I'll play cheap and get it back up and running with a somewhat stock setup. This past weekend, I did an experiment on this boat and hooked up 2 3300mA batteries in series to see if the Lemans motors could handle it-nope.lol
So, I scrapped up the 2 21T motors that are in it now. It seemed slower than it was with the Lemans motors. Does anyone know if in fact the 21T's are slower?

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i have no idea , but i would say the 700 would be awesome , sure the hull is big enof to hold the 2 packs , and with a new drive line , u could make that boat a rocket !
Just make a 700 motor mount out of a piesce of aluminim and use a drill press !
its realy eazy
then get a flex shaft and runnning hardware , but be sure to make the prop depth a little lower , cuz of the speed it will come out of the water more and u will lose momentun

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Good heads up on the prop height-- didn't think of that. I'll have to check and see if my LHS has a 700 motor in stock-- prolly not.

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The two 3300 mA batteries, what voltage were they? The capacity of the battery (3300 mA) is comparable to the size of a gas tank, not what's in it. If the motors weren't rated for the combined voltage of the two packs, no wonder they didn't like it.
- 'Doc

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ok back on topic !
well i went out and went swimming in the lake , and got my boats canopy !
so i want it to look like a the foutain !
so i took off the back engine bubbles and i am taking out the guys , cuz they are out of scale !
tell me wht you think ,
i am gona make a nice big air scope for each motor and make them off set !