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[Simon.O.]

Why did the old shovel nose hydros have the sponsons open on the rear? Someone must know that here or at least be able to BS me into believing an answer.

This is one that has me a bit buggered too but my best guess is that the sponsons are flooded at rest (why ??) and the open rear allows them to drain.....fast !

Here's one, why are shovel nose hydros called shovel's; when they are infact rounded. They should be called spades. Any contest to this one?

Easy one here.
Some shovels are square on the nose and some are round or pointy.
The square or flat nose is more for coal or aggregate and the round is for soil or clay.
I have 4 shovels that are all different. DO NOT use a short handle coal shovel to try to shift wet clay.

The shovel nose hydro is very much a shovel shape in plan view and in profile or cross section.
Get a proper shovel and lay in on the ground face down and you will see what it is all about.

[tylerm]

Here's one, why are shovel nose hydros called shovel's; when they are infact rounded. They should be called spades. Any contest to this one?

A real shovel nose hydro has a shovel nose. Classic hydros commonly are called shovelnose's, when in fact they are technically round nose hydro's(real name).

Then you have drop-sponson hydro's, which have the sponson's deck lower than the main deck

Ty.

[domwilson]

At least you put the politics on the right level, was that a congressman from the left or right?

Does it really matter? Either way we're screwed and it hurts!
Ream supreme with no vaseline...

[domwilson]

i want to know were there hell my new boat is,spent $70 u.s on express postage just to have it sit in customs.maybe they took it for a squirt see if it runs okay

They're just making you wait so you'd appreciate your purchase that much more....

[ozzie-crawl]

maybe there building it up,they have found other peoples gear and finishing it of for me so its ready to go when it gets here.
i know a guy had his stock standard 6 cylinder ford falcon stolen from out side his house.
3 years went by and he never thought anymore about it till he got a call from the police saying they found his car,when he turned up to the impound yard there sat a ford falcon with a custom paint job,custom interior, a worked up v8 motor and acouple of grand worth of mag wheels.
he informed the police it wasnt his car unfortunately,but according to them it was the same chassis number so as far as they were concerned its his car,he was a very happy man

[domwilson]

maybe there building it up,they have found other peoples gear and finishing it of for me so its ready to go when it gets here.
i know a guy had his stock standard 6 cylinder ford falcon stolen from out side his house.
3 years went by and he never thought anymore about it till he got a call from the police saying they found his car,when he turned up to the impound yard there sat a ford falcon with a custom paint job,custom interior, a worked up v8 motor and acouple of grand worth of mag wheels.
he informed the police it wasnt his car unfortunately,but according to them it was the same chassis number so as far as they were concerned its his car,he was a very happy man

Lucky guy. I used to have a car that was stolen twice. By employee's of the shops that it was in. The sad part was the police said they couldn't do anything about it because I surrendered my keys to the shops voluntarily. Both times I found the car on my own. Sued one of the shops. But I was 48th in line. Evidently this has happened more than a few times.

[Flying Scotsman]

As a man of many words and opinions, as you all know. Here is my take...silence from myself..a good idea? be gentle please.

Douggie

[befu]

round nose hydros

This is one that has me a bit buggered too but my best guess is that the sponsons are flooded at rest (why ??) and the open rear allows them to drain.....fast !



Easy one here.
Some shovels are square on the nose and some are round or pointy.
The square or flat nose is more for coal or aggregate and the round is for soil or clay.
I have 4 shovels that are all different. DO NOT use a short handle coal shovel to try to shift wet clay.

The shovel nose hydro is very much a shovel shape in plan view and in profile or cross section.
Get a proper shovel and lay in on the ground face down and you will see what it is all about.

Yeah, you can see the vents along the bottom to let the water out. I can't figure out why they want the water in thier in the first place. Is it open so they can inspect them? Seems a removable hatch would work better. Is it a problem on startup as it is direct drive and without the weight of the water in the sponsons the bow lifts right up? Can't see or possible blow over at start? Anyone know.

Brian

[Steven Vaccaro]

I would like to say that Andy spends far to much time surfing for hot chicks for his avatars!

[Doby]

I would like to say that Andy spends far to much time surfing for hot chicks for his avatars!

Makes you kinda wonder what he does when he finds them

[Diegoboy]

This thread is good for one thing...

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[Diegoboy]

What do you get when you headbutt your keyboard?


trfpjuy

[domwilson]

This thread is good for one thing...

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Naaah...It's just so people can jump off topic as much as they want and nobody really cares. It's sort of like a playroom...

Andy! Get off the furniture!!!

[domwilson]

As a man of many words and opinions, as you all know. Here is my take...silence from myself..a good idea? be gentle please.

Douggie

Why break from tradition?

[tharmer]

The vented sponsons, as I understand it, were introduced to make the hull more stable when moored in the water. As the Boat mounted onto a plane, the water would all drain out. The insides of the sponsons were waterproofed so no damage resulted. It is interesting to note that the Slo-Mo-Shun IV was trucked to Arizona during the off season to dry out.
-t