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Use compressed air or a vacuum to remove the dust on
the inside and outside of the hull.
Wipe down the entire boat with alcohol.
Use a tack cloth to lightly wipe all surfaces.
Spray your color coats.
When cured, wet sand with 800+ and clear coat the
entire hull. We like automotive clear in very light coats.
Allow to flash and apply 2 medium wet coats.
Make sure the clear is completely cured before final
assembly.
Apply your decals.
Wipe the area with alcohol, allow to dry.
Remove the backing from the decal. If you have trouble
removing the backing, press or squeegee it firmly, and try
again.
Align the decal and press firmly to surface. Roll or
squeegee in place.
Remove transfer sheet from top of decal.
Final assembly
Put the boat on your stand. This is where it will live, when
it’s not in the water.
Install everything. It may be necessary to clean out paint
from some of the holes.
Wrap your battery pack in foam rubber.
You can wrap the receiver in foam rubber or you can use
double sided tape to attach it to the underside of the
radio box lid.
We leave the receiver antenna inside the radio box for
racing in protected water (2.4 ghz Futaba FHSS).
Mount the switch. We mount it thru the lid with a switch
mount.
Turn the transmitter on first, then the receiver.
Make sure the trims are centered.
Put the rudder servo arm on. It should be parallel with the
servo, and 90 degrees to the pushrod. Use the sub trim
Install the aluminum pushrod seal mounts through
function, if your radio has it.
If not, get it as close as you can.
use the servo hole that lines up with the pushrod
hole in the radio box.
Attach the rudder to the pushrod. Is the rudder
straight? If not, adjust the clevis or ball link until it is.
Be sure to put the screw in the servo arm…
Adjust the throttle so that the carb is wide open
when you pull the trigger all the way back, and
closed when you push the trigger fully forward.
When the engine is running, you can use the throttle
trim to set the idle speed.
Take the time to get this right. It’s no fun running
your boat onto the shore because the engine won’t
shut off…
Make sure all your water lines are firmly attached.
Use those teeny little tie wraps at each fitting.
the radio box and stretch on the rubber seals.
Push the threaded end of the rudder and throttle
pushrods through the big end of the pushrod seals.
Attach both ends of the pushrods, making sure the
seals are on the outside of the radio box.
Lightly sand the insides of the rails where the radio
box goes.
Set the radio box in place, touching bulkhead 4.
Make sure the box is in correctly (rudder servo in
rear).
If all is well, attach the radio box.
We use silicone sealer on the sides only.
Put a little blob of glue on each corner. Only glue the
sides, not the bottom.
If you ever need to remove the radio box, you can
simply run knife blade through each glue blob.
