56" Cat. My First Boat build!

[rscheffer]

Small tipp.
Loose the cowl locks that are on the back side and replace then far screw locks wich can be taped air/water tight.
Of not you will get water in side your hull and damage you elektronics.
We here in europe juse screwed bolds/locks ond boats like yours on at least the 4corners an mostly in the middle of the sides as well wich wil be taped over when we tape our hatches.
I know ist morre effort to get boating but our years of experience has proven this is the only insurance to keep the pressius insides dry.
Most people dont have anny clue of the forces that a hull gets when it crashes.
And yes we all crash from time to time. Smille......
Keep up you build.
Greats from The Netherlands.
Ramon

[twissted]

thanks I have started on that already. I will get into that when I show the install of the new hardware. Thx for catching that though.

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So the 180mm rudder came in and at fist look it is a nice piece. To bad it's a nice fake! The hydraulic rams are more then twice the length that is needed and the bolt that is used to hold the ram to the base runs all the way through. the base mounts are good looking but you can't use a larger pin and drill a hole to run the cable through. Speaking of cable! It comes with solid shafts that are for looks only.

So here is some pictures of the install and also the left over pieces that you don't need. Also I should point out that it took over 4 hours to come up with this fix. The red electrical fitting are used to sleeve the rod end after I cut the ram housing to the length that was needed. I used a step bit to make it fit on the small end of the plastic. As for the bolt that runs through I made them super short on the side that has the threads in it on the other side I drilled to fit the next size bolt and taped it. I also cut the bolt super short so that the treads didn't go through. I Loctite in place after this is a done deal. As for the ram shafts I cut them down to about 7/8" and then drilled the shaft hallow and soldered them is side. The up side to this is the shafts that are sent are made of brass and chrome plated( ez 2 drill and solder). The down side is you need a small bit and be careful(slow). I also egg shaped the mounting plate hole in the center to get a good fit. The rod ends that connect to the rudder are also to long and will need to be cut down or replaced. I still need the add a piece of tubing on the end that I cut so that it looks like a ram again.

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Here is what the picture shows as mounted on a fake boat (must be the rudder doesn't work)!!!
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!!!WARNING!!! THIS RUDDER REQUIRES HEAVY MODIFICATIONS TO WORK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I will say this the billet work is awesome and this is a very solid rudder. It is a solid rudder and has no break-a-way system to it!

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The 185mm prop next to the 150mm.

[Cooper]

So what was that rudder made for?

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I'm installing it on my Genesis. as far as what it was made for I have no idea. The parts that make it function are wrong. The rods are solid so there isn't any way to add cables un less you drill them out and solder some in as I did. As far as I can tell it has nice parts and they left the parts that make it work out. have a bolt run through the middle of the ram so that nothing can pass through? Are you kidding me? I did enjoy making it work though!

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Gone fishing!!!

I added some hooks to the hull. I front and also on the hatch I have one as a handle to lift the hatch.
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This is for retrieving with a fishing pole. There hooks of a pair of old boots.

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So this is the decals that will go on the sides of this hull the paint will be yellow.

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Here is the first time that I ran the boat. Video of what happened below. I have another drive shaft some place. I hope it's the right one. I didn't even open it up. That sucked.

VIDEO:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5y9DjASbkI

[B Neal]

I'll bite,
I'm sure that wasn't caused by bearings on the prop shaft?

[iridebikes247]

Rusted flex ? Kinda a cool souvenir for adays running though.

[keithbradley]

Rusted flex ? Kinda a cool souvenir for adays running though.

It would have to be very, very rusted to break under such little load. I don't think he hit more than 30mph on that run.

It's kind of obvious why it broke... It isn't surprising to see that nobody is helping him, but I'm sure he's figured it out by now anyway.

[flraptor07]

It would have to be very, very rusted to break under such little load. I don't think he hit more than 30mph on that run.

It's kind of obvious why it broke... It isn't surprising to see that nobody is helping him, but I'm sure he's figured it out by now anyway.

Looks to me like the wrong wind cable!