Pro Boat Stealthwake rudder upgrade and fiberglass transom

In this video we upgrade the stock plastic rudder to a longer aluminum rudder with built-in water pickup. The new rudder should give us much better control. We also put fiberglass cloth inside on the transom to add rigidity and give the rudder a more secure mounting point. It will also help when we add a strut or stinger for the flex drive when we get there. This is the last upgrade before changing the drive system to a flex shaft system (which should have been the first upgrade after the brushless system).

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Here is the list of EVERYTHING we've put into and on the Pro Boat Stealthwake as of Sept. 2020. Total cost of upgrades so far = $130 USD on a boat that new = $170. We don't count the FlySky transmitter since it was originally purchased for the ECX AMP MT R/C truck, but we do count the waterproof receiver!
- Surpass Hobby Brushless Inrunner Motor 3660 2600KV [purchased from HobbyKing]
- Turnigy Marine ESC 90A [purchased from HobbyKing]
- Rudder Assembly with water pickup for 650mm to 900mm boat pn# ose-83260 [purchased from Offshore Electrics]
- Angled Trim tabs (pair) pn# ose-80077 [purchased from Offshore Electrics]
- OSE Aluminum Small Water Outlet Black : pn# ose-80895-black [purchased from Offshore Electrics]
- Aluminum grommets (2) for tubing, 6.0mm Silver pn# tfl-522b35-6-sil [purchased from Offshore Electrics]
- OSE Tow Hook / Cleat Size- Small tow hook, pn# ose-83002-SM [purchased from Offshore Electrics]
- uxcell 2 PCS 3mm to 5mm rotate-able universal shaft coupler L24XD11 [purchased from Amazon]
- 5oz heavy weight fiberglass cloth with BSI 15 minute epoxy [both purchased from local HobbyTown hobby shop]
- FlySky FS-GR3E 2.4GHz 3CH upgraded waterproof receiver [purchased from Amazon]
------FlySky GT-3C 2.4GHz Radio Controller [purchased from Amazon]
- Battery operated LED holiday lights for night driving [purchased from local Hobby Lobby store at Christmas time]
[as of posting this, we do not get anything, no money, kickbacks, ad dollars...nothing, from any of these companies or otherwise]