RE: OUTBOARD DRIVE home built
yes still in the sanding mode ,been trying to get more work done on my new garage, and still go boating on weekends,weather has been great here the last few sundays,so just trying to take advantage of it, be for the really cold weather so many projects
Posted on: 11/2/2009 4:36 PM by Author "sharpy022" in the forum "Speed - RC Gas Boats"
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RE: OUTBOARD DRIVE home built
i just tinfoil it cause ,it keeps the heat from the resin from shrinkage, if it were to be a one off hull your right i would do that, but i want to use this model to build a two piece plug,for laying more hulls,i,ve built other hulls the same way be for, and found that the foam shrinks from the heat while curing,so the bottom or top which ever you do first ends up a bit smaller all the way around,this is why i foil it first, can,t afford all the fancy types of resins and stuff others use
Posted on: 10/20/2009 10:56 PM by Author "sharpy022" in the forum "Speed - RC Gas Boats"
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RE: GAS OUTBOARD guys this is our new home
yes i here you there, theres only 3 of us here were i am that go out every weekend, and i can ensure you im the only one, probably in canada with a scale tunnel boat, any how just finished puttin the rest of that wood tunnel in the wood stove ha ha, starting new fiberglass hull
Posted on: 10/20/2009 12:04 PM by Author "sharpy022" in the forum "Speed - RC Gas Boats"
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RE: OUTBOARD DRIVE home built
i use construction foam, from hardwear store 1" or 2" , and gorilla glue to laminate together, i cut all the angles and shapes first on a table saw, a little larger than they need to be, once all cuts are done,i glue it all together, than start sanding with 40 grit, the 40 is real agrresive ,so you have to becarfull not to take to much,if its a little large here or there, i just use a fine hacksaw blade, as for keeping all uniform on both sides ,thats were the layers of the foam come in to play, the lines or layer edges work great for refferences to measure, the pink or blue foam works best, more dense, be for i fiberglass , i cover it in tinfoil, with spray glue, outher wise the resin would eat the foam, you could use epoxy resin right on the foam,i don,t use this cause im cheap, i will post some pix as i glass it up
Posted on: 10/20/2009 11:54 AM by Author "sharpy022" in the forum "Speed - RC Gas Boats"
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RE: OUTBOARD DRIVE home built
ready for take off. the hydro is a hull that i sell,very stable hull design works very well
Posted on: 10/19/2009 1:07 AM by Author "sharpy022" in the forum "Speed - RC Gas Boats"
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RE: GAS OUTBOARD guys this is our new home
lookin good sportster,heres mine after last run on the weekend,over the rocks and in the trees,ha ha
Posted on: 10/19/2009 1:00 AM by Author "sharpy022" in the forum "Speed - RC Gas Boats"
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RE: OUTBOARD DRIVE home built
did some more carving and sanding this week,hope to be fiberglassing this weekend, get it ready to pull a mold next week, here,s some more pix
Posted on: 10/2/2009 10:03 AM by Author "sharpy022" in the forum "Speed - RC Gas Boats"
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RE: GAS OUTBOARD guys this is our new home
more tunnel vision
Posted on: 10/2/2009 9:54 AM by Author "sharpy022" in the forum "Speed - RC Gas Boats"
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RE: GAS OUTBOARD guys this is our new home
never too quite here, just been out enjoying the weather here ,and testing boats,been realy wet here this summer,and building a new glass hull, or model for glass plug , 50"x19", still got lots more gluing and carving,another week or two, and i should have the first one ready to get wet,my woody just keeps breaking on blow overs, i love blow overs
Posted on: 9/26/2009 11:50 AM by Author "sharpy022" in the forum "Speed - RC Gas Boats"
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RE: OUTBOARD DRIVE home built
the crash happend right near the shore, hit our canoe, to close, the foam layout is just the model,i will glass the foam to creat the second model, than pull a mould off that for making the final tunnel boat, and or many
Posted on: 9/26/2009 11:32 AM by Author "sharpy022" in the forum "Speed - RC Gas Boats"
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RE: OUTBOARD DRIVE home built
had to show the crash pix from earlier this summer, the foam is the new tunnel being built
Posted on: 9/26/2009 11:25 AM by Author "sharpy022" in the forum "Speed - RC Gas Boats"
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RE: OUTBOARD DRIVE home built
well had another good weekend last week with the outboard drive,got to get some video up on here,any how i have started a new tunnel hull build, and i do have some pix
Posted on: 9/26/2009 11:20 AM by Author "sharpy022" in the forum "Speed - RC Gas Boats"
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RE: OUTBOARD DRIVE home built
ok well all is good , got the tunnel wet this weekend , and all stayed together ,burned up 2 full tanks of fuel with no gear problems,i have the boat really trimmed under and it still wants to blow over with out a little weight in the front, so im going to build a little longer hull 54" should be good,got some good videos,i will try and post this week. o and sleeper i stiil think you will need a longer boat,but you should finnish your shovel, and try it any way,maybe the nose weight will keep it level.
Posted on: 9/13/2009 10:06 PM by Author "sharpy022" in the forum "Speed - RC Gas Boats"
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RE: GAS OUTBOARD guys this is our new home
hi dom, didin,t mean anything by my post, just thought it was funny to see your new leg made like that,my cable drive leg was made 2 years ago ,and was just an idea that actually work pretty good, yours looks awsome, i have just moved on too a more scale style,and besides thats how things get improved,people using others peoples ideas, thats what keeps us all moving forward, and know i have never raced f1, im in canada ,rc boating here is few and far, f1 scale even farther,any how i love this site and all the info, maybe one day i can sell my own outboard drive unit, nothing against anyone. sharpy
Posted on: 9/12/2009 11:20 AM by Author "sharpy022" in the forum "Speed - RC Gas Boats"
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RE: OUTBOARD DRIVE home built
very cool , sleeper, your going to need a very long boat to canter the weight of a weedy motor,i know with my tunnel hull , i tryed with a 40", and all it did was cat walks, the tunnel im running know is 5 feet ,and it still pulls the front up in the air, thats with the motor trimed way back, almost too far off the neutral position, meaning foward under the transom,so ive added weight to counter the boat, as for selling these units there crazy bob , im still testing, the gears seem to be fine ,its keeping the press fit on the shafts thats giving me proplems, so ive decided to build a whole new drive, that has a larger bearing and gear, i can get the parts much easyer if a tad bit larger, and not compramize the size of the whole unit,as for selling one, i need to make one that will stay together for more that acouple of runs,but iam getting there, i will keep you guys posted, thanx for being interested,SHARPY
Posted on: 9/11/2009 12:58 PM by Author "sharpy022" in the forum "Speed - RC Gas Boats"
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RE: GAS OUTBOARD guys this is our new home
also kinda funny how the slam009 looks a lot like the new rcmk motor ha ha , whole bunch of bs o yea and by the way cable drives r not real outboards, out boards have real gears in them,and by my last look there,s only about 4 of us out there
Posted on: 9/11/2009 12:30 PM by Author "sharpy022" in the forum "Speed - RC Gas Boats"
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RE: GAS OUTBOARD guys this is our new home
where have i seen a leg just like the x ray lower leg , let me think, o yea , right here
Posted on: 9/11/2009 12:20 PM by Author "sharpy022" in the forum "Speed - RC Gas Boats"
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RE: OUTBOARD DRIVE home built
hi eddy,yea i found that siye awhile ago , thought they were real tunnels lol, they do look cool, i see you found the picture they used lanching the boat. is that a gmorty drive you use eddy, do they cast those with the drive tube installed, they look like a one piece unit, thanx for all the info guys. thought i would tell use i found anouther good gear set, its a millwaki 90 degree drill attatchment ,real small, and it can take tons of torqe
Posted on: 7/24/2009 11:40 AM by Author "sharpy022" in the forum "Speed - RC Gas Boats"
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RE: OUTBOARD DRIVE home built
hi guys just thought i would post some more pix, just put the leg all back together with some different gears, carved some parts down some more,i need to build a fiber glass hull, this one is to heavy, just put it on the scale,wow 22lbs ,thats nuts , guess i will start that this week,il show you,s my idea for a new hull design
Posted on: 7/23/2009 2:19 AM by Author "sharpy022" in the forum "Speed - RC Gas Boats"
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RE: OUTBOARD DRIVE home built
hi specialk1 , are those alluminium or fiberglass units & whos going to be running amps again?
Posted on: 7/22/2009 12:19 AM by Author "sharpy022" in the forum "Speed - RC Gas Boats"
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RE: OUTBOARD DRIVE home built
hi guys, thanx for all the input,its slowly getting dialed in ,but yes hard to dial in when i can only go a couple of laps and somthing breaks, but on the other hand it is starting to work better, every weekend the runs get longer and faster,as for the skag i think its ok for turning, seems to turn better to the left,i think thats prop torque,ive noticed if u watch the dutch tunnel,he slows right down when he turns & he never cracks it out of the hole, probably afraid to break the gears,ive only seen that one in video,and 1 other 1 accually running, the other 1 is a grey & orange yellow, says winston on it,and of coarse mine, were are all the gear drivin outboards,just wondering, cause i see alot of lower units every one have but ive only seen two others running on the water,id like to see that amps out board & boat going on the water, its probably a patio stone,were are all you gear drivin outboard guys,lets see some new videos,ive only seen 3, one being mine. http://www.youtube.com/user/winstonmicallef
Posted on: 7/21/2009 11:03 AM by Author "sharpy022" in the forum "Speed - RC Gas Boats"
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RE: f1 race boat gas
that amps outboard looks cool ,but looks like it weights as much as my boat & motor lol
Posted on: 7/21/2009 2:25 AM by Author "sharpy022" in the forum "Speed - RC Gas Boats"
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RE: OUTBOARD DRIVE home built
hi all that visit this thread,i love those pix specialk,just wondering were are those lowers from,the one looks like a gmorty,but i like the one with the plate on it,who makes or made that one, very interesting,i had the same idea,for my next castings,heres some pix of my gears from my second lower unit, was dremel gears that broke the teeth off,friend of mine tooled me its horse power, too much,there not designed for that much torque,i think hes right,air die grinder gears are still holding out good,don,t know if anyone noticed but i have turned the motor 90 degres on the top plate ,really helped keep water out of the carb, anyhow check the pix ,keep the info comin, thanx
Posted on: 7/21/2009 1:46 AM by Author "sharpy022" in the forum "Speed - RC Gas Boats"
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RE: OUTBOARD DRIVE home built
http://www.youtube.com/user/madboater022 try this link , hope it works
Posted on: 7/20/2009 8:16 PM by Author "sharpy022" in the forum "Speed - RC Gas Boats"
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RE: OUTBOARD DRIVE home built
there is a video of the tunnel on u tube, ive tryed to link it ,i guess im not doing something right , its under madboater 022
Posted on: 7/20/2009 8:12 PM by Author "sharpy022" in the forum "Speed - RC Gas Boats"
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RE: OUTBOARD DRIVE home built
nice tunnel , fast too, ive built a new tunnel, made of wood, for the motor and drive,i was just out this weekend try ing it out, made a spare lower with 1 to 1 ratio from one of my alluminium castings, i will try to post the video to day
Posted on: 7/19/2009 7:44 PM by Author "sharpy022" in the forum "Speed - RC Gas Boats"
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RE: New Zippkits Illusion Tunnel
HI WEBDR ,JUST WONDERING R YOU RUNNING A LAWLESS ON YOUR TUNNEL, VIDEO IS AWESOME LOOKS FAST
Posted on: 6/16/2009 3:04 AM by Author "sharpy022" in the forum "Speed - RC Gas Boats"
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RE: OUTBOARD DRIVE home built
SOON I HOPE NEED A BIGGER BOAT, THE CUT DOWN TUNNEL IS TOO SHORT ,NOT LONG ENOUGH TO COUNTER THE MOTOR,IF I GET TIME THIS WEEK I MIGHT GLASS A NEW HULL,OR GO WOOD,BUILD MY OWN,I WOOD LIKE TO SEE A VIDEO OF A ZIPPKIT TUNNEL IN ACTION
Posted on: 6/16/2009 2:52 AM by Author "sharpy022" in the forum "Speed - RC Gas Boats"
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RE: 1/4 scale tunnel hull
YES U GUYS R RIGHT ,I HAVE BUILT MY OWN GLASS TUNNEL,BUT TO DO IT RIGHT WITH MOLDS AND PLUGS , IS ALOT OF WORK,I WAS LOOKIN FOR THE QUICK WAY OUT ,MABE BUY A HULL THAT HAS BEEN USED FOR YEARS AND TESTED, BUT I THINK YOUR ALL RIGHT, IM LOOKIN AT WOOD, MAYBE DO MY OWN WOOD TUNNEL, O MIKE R U BUILDING A CABLE DRIVE OR A GEAR DRIVE?
Posted on: 6/16/2009 2:47 AM by Author "sharpy022" in the forum "Speed - RC Gas Boats"
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1/4 scale tunnel hull
looking to buy a large tunnel hull,i checked out a preditor x, but said shipping will hurt, areomarine is the closest place to me , but i don,t have hundereds to spend , just to get it here to canada, it,s about 350.00 us plus big shipping, and i checked out zippkits tunnel, don,t like wood hulls,any one help me out
Posted on: 6/15/2009 12:44 AM by Author "sharpy022" in the forum "Speed - RC Gas Boats"
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