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Here's the specs
The "Roadrunner Rigger"
Builder - Tom Mitzlaff
Length - 14.5"
Width - 9"
Motor - Graupner Speed 480 race
Speed - Control Great Planes Electri-Fly C-30 Mini w/BEC
Reciever - GWS Pico
Hardware - .098 flex shaft,brass stuff tube
Prop - Octura X431 - plastic
Cells - Sanyo CP 1300's (7)
Speed - ??? aprox 25 mph
Good....It moves ! My hydro ( I call it the Roadrunner ) is great
thanks to everyone at Micro Hydros input. It constructed of 1/16
balsa laminated to 3/32 basswood. Outside is 3/4 oz per yard fiberglass
cloth epoxied to hull with West System epoxy and carefully squeeged
to remove all excess resin to eliminate weight. Outrigger booms
are 1/8 inch carbon rods (kite). I painted it with car paint from
Napa. The inside was sealed as light as possible with epoxy. The
motor mount is handmade with aluminum. Cooling system is 1/8" aluminum
tube, with a pickup made of brass tube 5/32".
The rigger hops on plane, turns great...... I may need to adjust
my turn fin a little as it almost flipped itself when I turned hard
once....it really zips through a turn. This was my first attempt
at a hydro, and I am now working on my second hull, which I am building
a mold for to allow me to build one from Carbon & glass... Im going
to try to get one really light. I have plans on AutoCad, and have
a DXF file. Ill clean it up a little and send it also for the guys
who want to try it.....
Tom Mitzlaff |
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