The Hobbyking Swamp Dawg Air Boat finally tuned up from the Aus warehouse. They are getting slack with there turn around time. Anyway............
It has been out for a while and the last couple of times I went to buy one they were soldout. So this time I bought one. I am prob going to buy my son one also.
So here it is, the build didnt take too long at all. The kit is very simple to put together and dosnt come with instructions.
Mine out of the box had terrible ripplies in the two piece hull. Ill have to silicone or glue the two pieces together befor it goes in the water. Its annoying to have to do it but what can you really expect for a $40 boat.
Here are some pics.
The un-boxing, it came double boxed which was good. Thats somthing Hobbyking are very good at. I have never had a damaged item from trasnport.
The two piece hull. Have a look at the poor quality of their attempt to join the two hull pieces together.
Not the normal kind of outrunner youd expect. It comes with a funny motor mount two. But I have sussed out a way to fit my turnigy motor for some more speed.
Also the prop and prop adapter are weird. Not your normal type. I have read that the prop is usually out of balance.
Not finished but quickly put it together befor I left for work this afternoon.
Not the front of the hull. Ill have to fix that befor it scoopes up the water and sinks my dawg.
I am using the 25A ESC that came in my AXN Clouds Fly.
I have finished soldering the motor leads to the ESC and have turned it on.
My prop is out of balance also, sounds loud. I even think that the motor might be out of balance too!!
I have given the swamp dawg a spin on the carpet and it is fun.
I am using my DSX9 transmitter with the rudder of the boat controlled by the aileron ch. I mixed the rudder with aileron to use the rudder as it seems more natural. Ill see which I prefer.
Nah no way the surface is too shiny,
Maybe sikaflex or a polyurethane would be better ,
Or an epoxy
I use a hobbywing esc so I have reverse,and the stock servo died on me,my props noisy too
I wear them every where in winter. The missus told me off for wearing them to the shops. I dont see the problem.
I just put the swampy in the bath, it took in lots of water which is annoying as I still havnt glued the hull together. I was hoping I could go for a quick spin in my inlaws pool but I think Id be going to a swim once it does the titanic on me.
Ill have to get some G clamps and 30 min epoxy the biatch together.
wrong way round wobbly, the slower the cure the more rock hard it gets, the faster the cure the more flexible/rubbery it is
line up 2 coke lines worth of epoxy, one with 24hour and one with 5 minute, let both cure and you will be able to stick a scraper under the 5 minute epoxy and get it off in 1 peice, the 24 hour once fully curely youll need a chisel and hammer to get it off
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