SW26 Jet conversion

[Diegoboy]

I recently bought a Shockwave26 for it's ESC. The ESC was sold out everywhere. I took her ESC that I needed, and that was it. I decided later to put the Ammo motor in her, and she flew on her first and only run.
I traded her Steerable Outdrive to SJFE, and ordered a Jet drive to put in her. I really didn't care about this one, so I had no worries about cutting her up.

Here's what I have so far...

[Diegoboy]

...and one more

[Diegoboy]

No epoxy or glue yet... Just a test fit first.

[kck741]

Hey that looks good,whats the price on the jet drive?

[Diegoboy]

Thank you!
GR2344 JET Drive "Pro-2 Small" ..... $ 54.90

[kck741]

Are you planning on going brushless for this one,Im stoked just to see how this comes out

[Diegoboy]

Oh ya. The Ammo is going back in her.

[Diegoboy]

Epoxied the suction tube in place. Still trying to figure out the cooling pickup

[raptor347]

Put a pickup tube in the outlet flow. Drill a 5/32 hole in the plastic housing and use a piece of 5/32 brass tube with the end cut at maybe 10 degrees (almost squared off, it won't take much). glue the brass in so only the short angled part extends into the outlet nozzle. Now plumb it like you would a water pickup rudder.

[Darin Jordan]

This is going to be cool... I'll be watching and wondering if I might want to try something like this...

[Diegoboy]

Put a pickup tube in the outlet flow. Drill a 5/32 hole in the plastic housing and use a piece of 5/32 brass tube with the end cut at maybe 10 degrees (almost squared off, it won't take much). glue the brass in so only the short angled part extends into the outlet nozzle. Now plumb it like you would a water pickup rudder.

Sorry for any typos, driving to Nags Head NC while typing. Would I get the same affect if I tap the pickup to the suction tube? that way it's all inside the hatch.

This is going to be cool... I'll be watching and wondering if I might want to try something like this...

You should try it. It was very easy and honestly very fun.

[Darin Jordan]

Sorry for any typos, driving to Nags Head NC while typing. Would I get the same affect if I tap the pickup to the suction tube? that way it's all inside the hatch.

I think it's going to need to be on the pressure side of the system... If it's on the suction side, it will just give one more place for the system to "suck" from...

That would suck... :D


I think if I did it... I'd have to do it with DUAL jets... Just because...

[SJFE]

Danny you couldent have picked a better hull imo. It looks to be the perfect shape. Excellent job cutting it btw. FWI that esc I sent you is beter than oem unit in the sw26. I cant wait to see this thing go. YeeHaa

[kck741]

The only thing that I would worry about is the jet drive picking up a rock through it,

DO you have to build a screen for it?

[Diegoboy]

I'll be sure to steer away form any floating rocks I may find.

Seriously. No screen. The water I run in is plenty deep enough!