rcboateric

your engine and radio box looks real nice jake, have you decided the engine placement yet?

JakeDW

Thanks Eric but the radio box is going in the Sprint cat I have a green gel glass style box for the Falcon I was just seeing how it looked in there not sure on engine placement yet been buis working gona try to figure it out tonight.[img][/img]

Jake

JakeDW

OK the hull balances with the alum pipe underneith(instead of broom stick) at 14in .So that puts my motor from transon to center of ext pipe at 15 1/16 in this works out to be 34 %

41x.34 = 13.94 I am doing this rite RITE the balance point should be the point on the bottom where it teeters back and fourth.

Jake

JakeDW

OK the rite numbers now.

Jake

Tahoe1970

Jake , make sure you are doing the balance with everything in the boat , including radio box servos , batteries , pipe , fuel bag.
Everything should be mounted in the boat except for the motor.....you can move the engine back and forth till you teeter toter on the stick. Safe to bet you could go to 35%.

Thats red sprintcat a page back is the sprintcat I built for my buddy and we had the QD pipe chromed locally. We just got our other hotpipes chromed and picked them up today. I'll post some pics before the weekend is over.

Good luck Jake , Wally

JakeDW

Thanks for the advise Wally that is with every thing in the hull and the cut down cowl on allso.

As for the pic of the red sprint cat, yea I got it off your Jims photo gallery I copied several of them to my computer for referance.As I have said befor your rigging is very nice.

Jake

JakeDW

At 35% it moves the motor up to 15 1/2 to center of pipe flange balances on the bottom at 14 1/2.This is with the Bucks box like how it is flat on the bottom,so I guess I will get another one for the Sprint cat.


Jake

rcboateric

sounds good jake, so you're good to go now to start building your new rides, my sprint cat has been waiting for yours to a speed challenge(no, I'm just kidding). hey jake, I heard ABC will be releasing a new designed 2717 17* 50 cat prop, can't wait to try it out if any prop guys have it in stock.

spudda308

Jake i think that the skeg on the bottom of your strut is a good idear. My cat slides big time at speed around corners. I dont have one and thinking of giving it a go.

JakeDW

I have read a couple of guys in a diffent forum have fast Falcons and they said using a long stand off rudder and a skegged strut help a ton for them in the corners

you can just buy the skegged strut for like 32 bucks from www.topsecretboats.com

Jake

JakeDW

Humm a GPS off sounds fun.

Jake

rcboateric

yup, it's so funny of the gps thing, I was imagining how interesting it would be if my wife and I were using two clocks to find the speed, the life is too boring, I should try it one day for fun.

JakeDW

Got to work on her a bit more.[img][/img]

Jake

rcboateric

all the stuff in the cat looks awesome, I like that T bart installed, BTW, where is a good place to put on a GPS? mines was in the right side of the floatation.

JakeDW

Thanks Eric I was thinking the same thing cutting out the flotation on the right or mabey up buy the gas bag?You and Wally have helped me a ton on building this cat the sprint cat will be here on monday cant wait to get started on it.I hope to have the Falcon ready to go in a few more days.

Jake

JakeDW

Pics with cut cowl on.[img][/img]


Jake

rcboateric

your cat looks nice jake, don't you cut two slots(window) on the transom as wally did, that way you would read 3-4 miles more on the GPS.

Ron Olson

My Feedback: (1)

Something like this? I'm thinkning that the purpose of these were to get rid of the "tailgate" effect of the transom like a pick-up truck.

rcboateric

good post ron.

JakeDW

Mythbusters did a test truck did better with the tailgate up[X(](go figure) yea I do need some vent holes up top of the transom there just got through drilling the elongated hole in the bottom for the stuffing tube.Thanks for the pic Ron looks to be a drag cat?

Jake

Ron Olson

My Feedback: (1)

Yes, that's a Drag Cat and as you might have noticed, another behind it.
I saw that episode of Mythbusters. Those vents are more like those "cargo net" type of tailgates.

JakeDW

I hope thats not true because the cargo net got the worse gas millage Ha HaThoes drag cats are cool looking to bad you have to order them from over seas.

Jake

JakeDW

Falcon and Sprint cat togeather.[img][/img]

Jake

rcboateric

the sprint cat has the less weight then the other cats like stryker F-41, insane cat and etc. just ordered a rigger prop from chris as he told me someone ran it at 92mph if that is true, my rigger would add more miles.

JakeDW

My Falcon is lighter than the Sprint cat but this is an older one how can you tell what year it was made or can you?

Jake