JAE .12 Rigger Christmas Build

[capnswanny]

Here is my Christmas gift build thread for my new JAE .12 Rigger. This boat was gifted to me by Diegoboy (Danny) with hull and sponson's already built and LED lights installed to set the mood!
Thankfully, I made Santa's nice list because olwarbirds (DJ) generously donated carbon spars, collets, and an adjustable strut!
Thank you so much gentlemen, I am taken aback by your generosity!!!

I started by dry fitting the sponson's and cutting out where the light wiring feeds into the hull.
After that I stripped down the hull and did my first CF inlay.
I clamped the tub down while it set to take a very slight warp out of it:

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[capnswanny]

Build Continued...

I fabricated a motor mount from angle aluminum, decided I'd have the motor lay flat and do an 'S' bend on the stuffing tube to try and keep it below the tub so I can have a flat cowl:

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[capnswanny]

Build Continued...

I made a servo mount from flat aluminum, beat over in the bench vice and cleaned up:

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[capnswanny]

Build Continued...

I fixed mounts down with g-flex, 403 added and a couple drops of black paint to darken the mix to blend with the cf:

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[capnswanny]

Build Continued...

Decided to extend the rudder so the leading edge of the blade meets the front of the prop. Still some filing, sanding, and polishing to be done:

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[capnswanny]

To be continued.....

[macace123]

Nice looking good

[grsboats]

Sweet but personally I wouldn't extend the rudder .keep the back of it in front of the drive dog...this is a rule for most riggers and here is no exception.Gill

[capnswanny]

Thanks Gill, I shall rectify that!
Any recommendation for placement, like trailing edge rudder to leading edge prop?
Again, thanks for the advice!
Corey

[grsboats]

You're welcome and the trailing edge of your rudder must be in front of the front of the drive dog (looking boat from transom)..the pic is from a Jae .12 light equipped with a Novarossi .12 I built years ago.hope this help.Gill

[capnswanny]

You're welcome and the trailing edge of your rudder must be in front of the front of the drive dog (looking boat from transom)..the pic is from a Jae .12 light equipped with a Novarossi .12 I built years ago.hope this help.Gill

Big help, thanks!!

[NativePaul]

Do you know that you can modify the Vac-U-Boat JAE.21FE hatch to fit the JAE.12 pretty easily? It needs trimming all the way round, and where you trim it at the back will still be in the raised section so you fill that with some scrap trimmings and taper it down with a file or sandpaper, pretty easy to do in a couple of hours and most of that is waiting for glue to dry, and it looks really good, better than it does on the .21 in my opinion, and much better than it looks with a flat deck. It also allows for J bend.

Check it out, the .12 is the middle one in this picture.

With a flat (ish, (J bend & 2860 motor)) hatch.

With the modded Vac-u-Boat .21 canopy.

[tlandauer]

I fabricated a motor mount from angle aluminum, decided I'd have the motor lay flat and do an 'S' bend on the stuffing tube to try and keep it below the tub so I can have a flat cowl:

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Awesome motor mount! Your build looks great!

[capnswanny]

Thanks Paul, that looks more complete with the cowl. I'll drop Phil a line on Monday and get one coming.
I modified his turbine cowl much the same way to foot my Navy Jet inspired cf hydro (my avatar) Phil's cowls are the goods!!

Do you know that you can modify the Vac-U-Boat JAE.21FE hatch to fit the JAE.12 pretty easily? It needs trimming all the way round, and where you trim it at the back will still be in the raised section so you fill that with some scrap trimmings and taper it down with a file or sandpaper, pretty easy to do in a couple of hours and most of that is waiting for glue to dry, and it looks really good, better than it does on the .21 in my opinion, and much better than it looks with a flat deck. It also allows for J bend.

[capnswanny]

Thanks Tim, I appreciate your kind words!!
I was pleased with the way it came out using just a jigsaw and drill press. :)

Awesome motor mount! Your build looks great!