Seaducer FE-38

[FE_Chris]

That is one nice boat doug. So when are you gonna put some speed on that hull? Joking man. That thing hauls.

I have only ever seen one other seaducer run. It was nitro. The hull looked to handle and ride fantasticly. And you gotta love that seaducer look. I don't think anyone else makes hulls that look quite like them.

What kind of run times you get with that thing? What kind of cells you running?

[Doug Smock]

Thanks Chris,

With the current setup I'm thinking the runtimes will be approx 2.5 to 3 min., keeping it safe. I'm running 4x3s Neu energy 25/50 4900 packs for 6sp2.

Doug

[FE_Chris]

Very nice setup Doug. Those packs are out of my budget, but they sure sound nice! Kinda makes me want a seaducer....maybe I figure something out for the winter as a build. Bad thing is, I hardly see them on ebay for sale.

[LuckyDuc]

Hey Doug,

I would like to do an "irrigated tube" setup as well, and I was wondering if you ran the teflon liner without a stuffing tube directly into the strut. If so, was there a lot of slop between the teflon liner and the front of the strut. What size liner and flex cable did you use?

Thanks.

[Darin Jordan]

Hey Doug,

I would like to do an "irrigated tube" setup as well, and I was wondering if you ran the teflon liner without a stuffing tube directly into the strut. If so, was there a lot of slop between the teflon liner and the front of the strut. What size liner and flex cable did you use?

Thanks.

I use a floating stuffing tube in all my monos these days... Here is a drawing that shows how I did it in my 32" Wildthing P-Mono... .187 cable... can't recall the exact size of the stuffing tube and teflon, but the outter piece of brass that houses it all is 3/4" I believe...

[LuckyDuc]

Thanks for the pic Darin. This is my first irrigated floating stuffing tube attempt.
I'm using a Non-stinger style strut, but if I understand your diagram correctly... just the teflon liner and cable is exiting the hull and entering the strut?

[Darin Jordan]

Thanks for the pic Darin. This is my first irrigated floating stuffing tube attempt.
I'm using a Non-stinger style strut, but if I understand your diagram correctly... just the teflon liner and cable is exiting the hull and entering the strut?

Here is pic of another boat with a standard strut... Yes, in this case, I'm using a wire drive, so I just ran the teflon into the strut. On a cable, I run the entire brass stuffing tube (inner one) into the strut....

[Gerwin Brommer]

Doug.

Something wrong with the video-link ? All I see is a clock ?

[blakybob]

Strange but worthy this subject should get resurected from 2007, I was just talking to Doug about this Sunday at the pond in Atlanta holding a piece of rubber 1/2" conduit in my hand. Darin, what did you use for the tube part and what size is it? Looks 3/8"ish.

Blake

[Darin Jordan]

Strange but worthy this subject should get resurected from 2007, I was just talking to Doug about this Sunday at the pond in Atlanta holding a piece of rubber 1/2" conduit in my hand. Darin, what did you use for the tube part and what size is it? Looks 3/8"ish.

Blake

The boat in the second picture is an N1-Mono, so it's only 22" and it uses a 1/16" (.061") wiredrive, so the ID of the outter tube doesn't need to be very big... I think you are right... it's 3/8" or 11/32 or so...

The P-Mono in the previous pictures is around 3/4" or so...

Won't build another mono that doesn't have a flooded shaft.... Just works!

[LuckyDuc]

I wonder how far back I need to float a piece of 1/4" tube to get enough flex/ movement at the strut... 6" from the transom? More?

[Doug Smock]

Doug.

Something wrong with the video-link ? All I see is a clock ?

Hi Gerwin, the last video I uploaded was the clock.Try this link.

http://www.youtube.com/user/sdfe33#p/u/7/W3JdjUaIeG0

Doug

[Doug Smock]

On a cable, I run the entire brass stuffing tube (inner one) into the strut....

Since this build I have done the same thing. When I started SAWing this boat I realized the teflon had to go. Shortly after that I had to get away from my FM radio, and in came the 2.4. My FM radio didn't like the cable in brass at those high rpms.

I have a 42" mono I'm getting ready to setup. Should be interesting, I'll be running a 1/4" cable and a offset strut. I'll post some pics when I get to that point.

Doug