mhayes462

I would like to know how everyone else mounts theirs. My freind has a Lazer 45 and his is held down with hooks and a rubber-band. Or can I epoxy it to the hull/rails, screw it, or something else? What is the best way?

Believe It

mine have a screw on each side going into the stringer. Put silicon on the threads so it makes a seal while going through...good to go.

BMAD01

mhayes, I'm currently putting a new radio box in a Stryker for a buddy at the lake. I epoxied the box to a piece of 1/4" plywood. It is going into a 3 point mount in the hull. There is a piece of ply epoxied to the bottom of the tunnel with an angle cut in it for the wood on the bottom of the box to wedge into. Up front is 2 pieces of oak epoxied to the bottom of the hull for the ply on the box to sit on. I'm using 2, small 90* aluminum brackets and bolts thru the stringers to hold the box into the hull. I am using Speedmaster servo mounts with a piece of plywood underneath them epoxied to the bottom of the radio box, inside. (Speedmaster mounts come with the ply) The reciever platform is epoxied to the bottom of the box also. What I'm getting at is - The least number of holes you have drilled thru the box, the less chance for water to get in. This setup as only 3 holes drilled thru the box in it. Two for the pushrod seals, (Aeromarine) and one pinhole for the antenna lead. There will be 1 more hole drilled thru the lid for the on/off switch. I know this is a Cat setup, but the same principle could work in a V hull. Hope this helps, Brian

TERBObob

My Feedback: (21)

use some CORROSION X and you won't need a leaky radio box

rickburnout666

Fix the box to the stringers with screws, and still use CORROSION X ,for double the safety, Without a box means fixing sevos,batteries,reciever/s fail safe and whatever else you use to where ?? no radio box is not exactly what i would call, the neatest option, but does work OK for some people who spend too much on CORROSION X , and cant afford a UN-leaky radio box ,
plus i prefer my 6v , 2000 mah batteries, and leads to be in the unleaky radio box, just incase the boat takes a dive

Believe It

i agree.... not too sure i want all my electronics in the open in the hull. After flipping my boat on the 2nd (or 3rd) lap in a heat at last club race and sitting dead wood for a bit, so much water was in the boat that it was up over the radio box. Now i have no problem running exposed servos, as the steering servo in my cat is exposed, i just rather have it all in a box if its doable for the setup.

edmkills

I use the same basic set up as bmad but my servo mount screws go through the box and into but not through the ply epoxied beneath.
Still basically leaves only 3 holes.

[img][/img]