Here we go, i couldn't figure out how to finish the konig. That goes to @Nomercy for all the help. I am grateful for you well of knowledge. Ok so @bsgkid117 has opened his official site southjerseyshipyards.com so he gifted me an opportunity for a personal favorite in the VDT.
Not real great with the whole print a boat thing dont know much about what goes into designing well any of it really, still a ton to learn about all that. Way off topic, assembly was cake some sanding and e6000 and let the magic happen. Oh and heat sets..... nightmare first attempt Now back to sanding a few spots i missed with a knife
I have always liked the VDT and Invincible. Very cool ships! I'll be following this build with interest.
Just wanted to state for any audience members: Evan was/is a trooper and took this hull at a discount with it not being quite as ready as I'd like a normal kit to be. I would normally assemble the prop shafts and take care of all the heat-set inserts before sending a kit out, but with Nationals being the delivery deadline it didn't end up 100% ready before delivery. Since this is also a beta test situation, I expect lots of feedback that will improve the process for future VDT kit owners. Thanks Evan and I'm looking forward to seeing what you do with her.
100% happy and excited to help, like I had said previously for a new captain or new builder these kits are going to make building much much easier. Can't wait to see how it turns out myself. Maybe I'll use metal rudders(inside joke about my luck)
ok so this is a general all purpose photo dump. So we have shots of every e6000 joint on the boat, original plan was to try using cement board fiberglass joint tape but instead think 8 will try it on one and use gorilla tape for the other two. I must admit beta testing is half fun and half creativity. the last four socket head machine screws were a mother to get without breaking stuff. Plan is to coat everything with e6000 and let it set a day or so to dry then start laying out the shower pan liner armor and stringer. Thank you @bsgkid117 again for this awesome opportunity. Will do my best to have it figured out for fall regional no promises
Thank you friend, We shall see if the cement board tape holds up. Still on track if all goes well to make October happen
For future repairing, dont want it chemically fused if a section get to broken to be serviceable, will hopefully make section replacments a bit easier. I'm about as hard on the rest of the boat as I have been known to be on rudders
My last Derf was initially glued together with e6000 for this very purpose. When I replaced sections it was very difficult to pull them apart but there was no damage to the surfaces when they did come apart and e6000 doesnt ‘stick’ well to ABS so it was easy to clean up.
So for the engineers who understand brushless stuff. I have some 500kv motors and it being a 28 second boat looking for thoughts on using them. Still waiting on the 40 amp esc so no rush.
Isn't VDT 26 seconds? As for motors... depends on what voltage you're running at and what pitch props you're running. Do you know what batteries and props you'll be using yet? I am very curious what propulsion to use myself, since I currently have a VDT and I-boat on order. Also, for brushless you'll need one ESC per motor. They act funny if you try to run two brushless motors from a single ESC. Sorry I didn't answer your specific question, but hopefully I at least provided some useful info.
Poop your right about the 26. Well........thats gonna change my plans a bit. Shoot back to my design board I go
I'll try and get some photos/specs of mine for you this evening, might not be the best VDT in the world but at least a data point for you.
The kits can use 550 motors for a brushed setup. For brushless, I'd probably look for a 1000-1200 Kv kinda motor. The same 1250kv inrunners I use in Duke would probably work good.
