Rebuilding A BJ26

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  • xxSLiMxx
    Member
    • Aug 2009
    • 42

    #1

    Rebuilding A BJ26

    I crashed my BJ26 and decied to make it my own "custom" boat. I have a few question tho before i can move on with my project.

    1) Where should all the weight be in the boat? Near the back, middle, or front?
    2) What kind of paint should i used to paint the hull?
  • tiqueman
    Fast Electric Addict!
    • Jul 2009
    • 5669

    #2
    Generally, you want your center of gravity (cog) in a cat somewhere between the upper 20s to low 30%. Something like 27 to 33%. Set it up so that battery movement (forward and backwards) gets you in that range. On a stock BJ26, if you remove the batt trays and slide the batteries back a bit, its pretty darn close to great. Also, removing the trays allows you to set your batteries a little bit lower. The lower you can get everything, the better. Hope that kinda gets you the answer your looking for.

    As for paint, ask 30 people and you will get 30 answers. If humidity is LOW where you are, Krylon is a good economical choice. I sprayed my Bj w/ Krylon in extreme humidity and had tons of issues. But in the end it turned out ok. The thread is on this forum probably a few pages back now. I usually like to use professional grade automotive paint. Base coat clear coats. But, for small FE boats, its somewhat impractical because of the quantity you have to but, if doing more than one color, it quiclky gets over 150 bux. For a quick, single stage paint, Inerlux I think it is, it is sold at West marine, is a great paint that adheres directly to gelcoat w/ no primer. Very easy to use and sprays very well. But, no matter what you use, prep is EVERYTHING.

    Good luck

    Scott



    EDIT; OH AND VERY IMPORTANT... TAPE YOUR HATCH DOWN ALL THE WAY AROUND THE PERIMETER TO KEEP THE WET STUFF OUT.
    Walmart, clear electrical tape works perfect.
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    • xxSLiMxx
      Member
      • Aug 2009
      • 42

      #3
      Originally posted by tiqueman
      Generally, you want your center of gravity (cog) in a cat somewhere between the upper 20s to low 30%. Something like 27 to 33%. Set it up so that battery movement (forward and backwards) gets you in that range. On a stock BJ26, if you remove the batt trays and slide the batteries back a bit, its pretty darn close to great. Also, removing the trays allows you to set your batteries a little bit lower. The lower you can get everything, the better. Hope that kinda gets you the answer your looking for.

      As for paint, ask 30 people and you will get 30 answers. If humidity is LOW where you are, Krylon is a good economical choice. I sprayed my Bj w/ Krylon in extreme humidity and had tons of issues. But in the end it turned out ok. The thread is on this forum probably a few pages back now. I usually like to use professional grade automotive paint. Base coat clear coats. But, for small FE boats, its somewhat impractical because of the quantity you have to but, if doing more than one color, it quiclky gets over 150 bux. For a quick, single stage paint, Inerlux I think it is, it is sold at West marine, is a great paint that adheres directly to gelcoat w/ no primer. Very easy to use and sprays very well. But, no matter what you use, prep is EVERYTHING.

      Good luck

      Scott



      EDIT; OH AND VERY IMPORTANT... TAPE YOUR HATCH DOWN ALL THE WAY AROUND THE PERIMETER TO KEEP THE WET STUFF OUT.
      Walmart, clear electrical tape works perfect.
      Your reply has helped alot! Thank you very much!!!

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