Fibreglass 1/10 scale drag boat

[rol243]

you can always fill up the fuel tank if needing more tail weight. lol.

[Old School]

Some cosmetic progress. Awaiting shorter screws to install hardware. My son will eventually replace the exhaust pipes with more appropriate upswept pipes plus fit the ignition leads.

[rol243]

Looks very nice indeed. this also now looks to be a static model not set for drag racing. ?

[Old School]

I filled the dummy V-8 with epoxy and securely screwed it to the deck which is backed with bonded 2 mm carbon fibre sheet for strength. It is intended to be a functional model.

[Old School]

Finally back on track after a slight diversion into building a metre long sailing boat (a new interest for me). Strut and rudder assemblies fitted. Awaiting upswept drag pipes for the dummy motor plus an ESC (most likely a Turnigy 120 amp model) to complete.

[rol243]

Looks very nice. wonder if you might need to fit a direction fin for straight tracking.? test and see i suppose.

[Old School]

Actually there is a small dagger type fin on the starboard sponson for directional stability (hopefully). There may be an image on the previous page.

[rol243]

looks like you offset the strut too. good.

[f1rogers]

Has it been in the water yet?

[hughb]

No not yet. I’m in the process of moving interstate so it will still be some time before it’s maiden run. However as shown it’s pretty much ready to roll, so soon as I get a chance i’ll be taking it down to the dam.