Szczerba's Cajun Commander Airboat

[Szczerba]

Was having some motor heat issues. Cut out the timing chain cover. Ran the boat around the pond for 10-15minutes and the motor was barely warm to the touch and esc wasnt evem warm. Success. Have the BLE on start up power low and 8,000kv frequency. Time to play with some ESC settings now. Going to stick to 3s for now, since the motor isnt rated for 4s.

[Szczerba]

Trailer work.

[hotwheels000]

Nice job as always, digging the trailer I have the swampdog air boat. Really slow, doesn't like to bump up to 3s due to vibrations.... still lots of fun. Looking forward to running it on snow covered ground if we ever get any up here in the evergreen state.

[ScGRaceR]

insane trailer!

love this! ive been saying to my friends for weeks im going to buy one hahaha

[Szczerba]

Originally Posted by hotwheels000

Nice job as always, digging the trailer I have the swampdog air boat. Really slow, doesn't like to bump up to 3s due to vibrations.... still lots of fun. Looking forward to running it on snow covered ground if we ever get any up here in the evergreen state.

Didn't plan on building a full trailer but that is just how things work out sometimes. I had seen the SwampDog before. This Cajun is alot of fun on 4s. Looking at AQ offical videos, it doesn't hop on plane like mine does. I am still playing with ESC settings and 3S/4S.

Originally Posted by ScGRaceR

insane trailer!

love this! ive been saying to my friends for weeks im going to buy one hahaha

It's alot of fun if you have water close to you. I only have to walk about 1 minute across my yard and a field to get to the pond in the videos.

[ScGRaceR]

Originally Posted by Szczerba

It's alot of fun if you have water close to you. I only have to walk about 1 minute across my yard and a field to get to the pond in the videos.

i have water everywhere!. i just checked this out in the LHS and the box is HUGE... have you looked at the 3D printed stuff or whaterver is included ( saw it on the side of the box )

[Szczerba]

Originally Posted by ScGRaceR

i have water everywhere!. i just checked this out in the LHS and the box is HUGE... have you looked at the 3D printed stuff or whaterver is included ( saw it on the side of the box )

Just small little trinket parts. Nothing cool enough to track someone down with a printer.

[Szczerba]

Just building dreams.

[Mike Flea]

Looks like it came from the factory with the boat, great job on the trailer!

[Szczerba]

Originally Posted by Mike Flea

Looks like it came from the factory with the boat, great job on the trailer!

Thanks. A few more pictures I took.

[Szczerba]

Ran 3 full 2200 mah 3s lipos today with no heat issues on the BLE or motor.

Some random videos. 1080p it




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[Szczerba]

Also, the rear pinion shaft set screws came loose the other day. Just a quick motor pull, loctite and it was good to go.

[Nova's Ark]

The 2.2 blue Jeep is custom built. The chassis is mig welded 3/16" steel tube and was made by RC Crawler Chassis Extraordinaire "DMG" or Death Metal Garage created by Jerry Justice. The chassis was then powder coated blue. It uses an upgraded Axial transmission under the hood with a Dinky RC delrin Split skid that uses Axial transmission gears as a transfer case, resulting in double gear down. Axle are made possible by Vanquish Products. The front is a V2 AR60 housing, the rear axle is a licensed Currie Enterprises "Rock Jock" that is centered. It uses a VP transmission case, front axle c's and steering knuckles, and VP titanium links. The jeep uses a Castle Creation MMP 1 Cell ESC with Tekin Racing Pro4 Motor running off 4S lipo battery. MIP driveshafts. I haven't created a build thread for the blue jeep, so I don't have anything to link you to on it's build up. The jeep is using Crawler Innovations 1.50" Width 6 Bolt Wheels CWR-3004 front & rear with VP 725 SLW hubs, 6.0" Double Deuce Comp Cut Foams; CWR-1025 front; CWR-1026 rear; no tuning rings, Tires are cut JConcepts Scorpios.

Crawler Innovations acquired the Aqua Craft Cajun Commander Air Boat from Szczerba Built along with a custom built trailer for the boat. The trailer didn't make it into the video, but there are pictures of it and it's build up in the link below;

Szczerba's Cajun Commander Airboat

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Thank you for watching.

[Szczerba]

Love the airboat/crawler/quadcopter mash up!

[CM9000]

wow, woulda loved to see that roller pin on the trailer in action if the trailer came into play. awesome video. very chill.

[joe122]

I keep starring at that boat at my LHS. Now I've really got the bug! Your fab skills are killer, love the trailer build, let alone the other fab jobs from your garage!

[Nova's Ark]

This is the last of the footage from the camcorder before it rolled into the water and broke. This short footage is from winter 2015. The boat is an Aqua Craft Cajun Commander. Upgrades include a Castle Creations Electronic Speed Control, 3S Lipo Battery, waterproof Hitec Servo and Spektrum TX & RX.

Crawler Innovations acquired the Aqua Craft Cajun Commander Air Boat from Szczerba Built along with a custom built trailer for the boat. The trailer didn't make it into the video, but there are pictures of it and it's build up in the link below;

Szczerba's Cajun Commander Airboat

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Thank you for watching.

[Nova's Ark]

It was a very mild winter in East Texas this year. In years past our small pond has completely iced over, well it only partially did this year. Taking advantage of the rare opportunity, CI ran the Aqua Sport Cajun Commander RC Air Boat and the Axial Racing SCX10.2.

The air boat upgrades include a Castle Creations Electronic Speed Control, 3S Lipo Battery, waterproof Hitec Servo and Spektrum TX & RX. The trailer is #szczerbabuilt and a link to its construction is here: Szczerba's Cajun Commander Airboat

The SCX10.2 is a kit version assembled by Gavin at CI. The truck is stock in this video, except for the upgrade of 1.9 Vanquish Products Method Race Wheel 105 in red with black rings. These are the newest version and have the wide 1" clamp ring cans. Tires are cut Pitbull Tires 1.9 Rock Beast in the standard height. Foams are Crawler Innovations Lil Nova Dual Stage Competition Cut; Soft outer front, Medium outer rear, Part # CWR-2024 & CWR-2025. The tires also have one set of Deuce's Wild 4.50 Tuning Disc's cut down to fit inside the rock beasts to add lateral width to the foam and support to the outside sidewall. Electronics include Castle Creation Mamba max One Cell ESC, Castle Creations BEC, Tekin 13.5 sensored brushless motor and Hitec Servo.

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[JeremyH]

Straight Coon Ass bro. Needs a scale pet Gator!

[Szczerba]

Originally Posted by butaford

Damn, I shouldn't have clicked on this thread! Now I have to buy an airboat.

For $300 RTR, they are well worth the money. Tons of fun. At my new house in Washington state, the lower part of my yard ponds with heavy rain. I need one again or a jet boat!