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[JERRY2KONE]

Cool videos there. Considering the laws of physics I knew it could be done. The trick is not to stop for any reason. Stability is the key. As long as you have a stable platform and you can keep it going straight you are golden. Trust me you do not want any kind of string to deal with at those speeds. If anything at all gets crossed up you are going to have a real mess on your hands. Think of it. If the string touches one of the spinning tires it will act like a high speed winch and wrap everything up right in the middle of your run. You just have to go for it, and for safety sakes place some kind of floatation in your design, and have a means for retrieving the vehicle should anything at all go wrong. Good luck with that.

[reno911]

Thanks Jerry, I am still uncertain to the string or foam method. I have some bubble wrap as well as the idea if blowing up some small balloons under the lid. I see the concern in the rope and believe you me that already came to mind. I figured I would try some runs with some line on a spool first to see its reaction than go for there/

Rawfuls, I am down for some trials tomorrow. I am trying to get a boat on the water tomorrow as well. I will bring the video camera, I should be able to get some of the trials on tape. I am planning on completing the all out actual race either next week or the week after.

I finished the diffs, 100k weight in all three. The Paddles are all go. All that is left is to mock up a hull for the front. I think I am going to see what the trials look like before I decide on how serious I need to take the floatation or string ideas.

I plan on taping the sides of the body to the mudguards for a slightly better seal.

I also moved all of the shocks to there highest setting, and took out some of the preload in the rear to have the front sit upwards.

Tomorrow will tell if I

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[reno911]

Status report!

Yesterday was pretty uneventful. I woke up later than I wanted to, and got out to the Marina. Met up with Sy, a local racer, he brought his Proboat. It was bl on 4s. He is handicapped so we were goofing around near the boat dock, his chair doesn't do sand. See circled area.

This side has little to no bend to the beach and left me with little to work with. I tried to line up a straight section of that beach that went into the water for a bit than out. Well after the first attempt, which took a steer for the worst since there was no real good land to water to land straight, the Switch for the ESC got water logged and started a series of glitching. I had forgotten the switch, since the MMM's switch never had this problem. But I got back home aired everything out and it worked fine. Back to the drawing board.

Sorry guys I was a bit upset that I didn't get anything completed. But Sy made me feel better, he dropped his radio in the water towards the end of his second battery, thankfully I was within range to grab the hull of the boat before it shot off on its own.

Was some good news though. Sy and I set up the two for one race before we started screwing around, mine on land and his in the water. I am about 10-15 mph faster. So seeing as his Proboat is very similar to my buddies supervee. I am thinking I may have the advantage in speed. As long as I do not lose too much momentum in the water, or lose control, this is a sign of things looking up for me.

[nitrostarter]

Ok, so did you chicken out?

[pinkpanda3310]

Thanks fo the update. I want to know how smooth the water was?

[reno911]

Well I have been a bit busy but this is this a go as soon as I get everything organized. The first take I met up with Sy, a local racer, who brought his boat. Unfortunately since he is handicapped we couldn't get to the part of the marina that I wanted to so I more or less took a chance at a less cleaner line of run. Lets just say I failed.

It has been pissing rain this weekend so I have been inside the last two days getting things prepped. I moved the battery to the front, esc to the rear, and I have mocked up a few things for waterproofness. The 1st attempt I waterlogged the On/Off switch on the HobbyWing and it caused the car to go into a major glitch. I have it in a balloon now. I have also been working on a lot of the RC's I own. So this is back and forth on the work bench for now.

I have been discussing it locally more and more and I have been gathering a few guys that have boats that will most likely make it out as well. They have been great help, and I may even look at a few other places around town to run the thing. We have quite a few man made lakes.

I have found a nice front bumper though that I think would help some with acting as a hull. http://www.t-bone-racing.com/catalog/i193.html

[rawfuls]

Anymore news!?

[reno911]

I lost the rx due to the water, and my half assed waterproofing. So no more of that. I am still working on it.

I have a rustler rx box I am going to mock up and finish waterproofing the esc's switch.

I may switch venues as well, I may have another little lake that should have a better entrance and path of travel that will work to my liking stronger than the marina.

I know I promised results earlier, but things seldomly go as planned in my world. I will get this completed and have video as soon as possible.

[reno911]

Quick update!

Had our first winter storm so there is snow on the ground. I got bored and started tearing apart the ESC. Got rid of the stupid fan. I will coat it with a few coats of liquid tape, than work to cover the rx and on/off. After that the thing should be more or less h20 proof. I have to run to harbor freight to get some marine grease for the servo as well. With snow on the ground I need it to be water proof so I can still go out and play.