Recovery Boat Building ?s

[kck741]

Im intend on building a recovery boat for my Sv27,and some other boats im going to be building.I was thinking making it out of 1'inch PVC but I dont really know where to start.It has to be wide enough for larger mono hulls im going to be building (45-50 inch).but also be able to retrive my Sv after a spill.I have been lucky so far with not ever having to recover a turned over boat.



Any Ideas would help


Kris

[Dr. Jet]

I've made several retreival boats. The biggest problem I see is dealing with another big, bulky, cumbersome item. I like the old "fishing pole" method. When out of reach of normal casting, I attach the fishing line to a ZigZag toy boat and head out past the stricken model. When I get past it, I reel in the line, bringing both boats in together.

There is a guy on ebay that occasionally sells lots of 10 "used" or otherwise damaged ZigZags. The SLOBS went in on a group and we each got 3 boats with radios, batteries and charger for $20. Usually, it is easy to fix whatever is wrong with them. The ZigZag fits in my toolbox, and the fishing pole is easy to transport.

[ghostofpf1]

My recovery boat made from a 2' wide piece of blue foam..ugly as heck but works really well...and cheap to boot...

HTH
Ghost

[deestingray]

Here is a novel idea by one of the guys down at my local. It uses an old kiddies boogie board and a couple of ducted fans.
Works ok and sounds quite cool. He uses 2 x 50amp reversable brushless escs on the fans, it has a very small turning circle.

[kck741]

hey how are you steering that fan powered foam recovery,is it through the fans or is it via rudder.That boat is sweet


Kris

[lonewolf]

I got mine thru another boater here on the forum.. a simple pvc frame with pool noodls for floattation and a basic brushed motor set up. Tho it does nees a "catch at the rear so the "dead" baot doesnt come in contact with the prop.

I would post a pic but cant find the one on my pc cant take another pic tmo for ya.

It woks quite well and would be cheap to build..

[J Solinger]

I like all these ideas. For safety reasons I can't recomend building a boat like this one but this photo is a reminder that "Keep it simple" is the best solution.

[deestingray]

hey how are you steering that fan powered foam recovery,is it through the fans or is it via rudder.That boat is sweet


Kris

Through the fans. Each fan is controlled seperately and allows mixing. A rudder would be a lot more effective but it would lose the cool factor.

[SJFE]

Two words ZIG ZAG. The best recovery boat I've ever owned.

[crazzy maxx]

I like all these ideas. For safety reasons I can't recomend building a boat like this one but this photo is a reminder that "Keep it simple" is the best solution.

WOW

[Avanti]

I like all these ideas. For safety reasons I can't recomend building a boat like this one but this photo is a reminder that "Keep it simple" is the best solution.

"you can come out on my boat in Greenbow Alabama, Jenny"

[kck741]

fried srimp,boiled shrimp,shrimp sandwich,scrimp salad,.........you do anything with scrimp

[FE Wannabe]

PVC Recovery Boat

Here is my PVC recovery boat that I am almost finished with.

It is made out of mostly 1/2" PVC. 3/4" on the drive train portion.
It is powered by a Titan 14.4V brushed motor.
Proboat 40amp ESC with reverse.
11.1v 5000mah cheap chinese lipo.
Traxxas AM receiver.
Most importantly a Proboat Outdrive with a .130 flex cable. This makes the recovery boat very responsive at low speeds with the directional thrust.

It has a captured area of 31" by 15" with an overall length of 43" and overall beam of 21". In one of the pictures I show my brushless Proboat Apache 24 Cat for size reference.

I had stole the idea from pictures Diegoboy (I think) had posted here.
I had changed the original design I made by raising the cross member off the water line line to help keep it from submerging a speed.

With this design I can run it at about 10mph to quickly rescue a boat. If electrical components are potentially getting wet, faster is better.

I have also assembled a majority of the PVC with screws so I can break it down quickly if I need to transport in a confined space.

It works very well and works the first time every time, even if it ain't pretty.

Brad

[kck741]

that looks cool I think im going to go with that idea,how did you mont the motor

[FE Wannabe]

The motor is mounted to a piece of 1/16" thick sheet of aluminum which is screwed into a 1 1/2" x 1" PVC pipe reducer adapter. I used that adapter because is slips perfectly over one end of the 3/4" PVC 4 way cross that I used to connect motor mount to the rest of the PVC frame and outdrive.
All of this PVC I got from Home Depot. Let me know if you have any more questions.
Brad