Octura auto bailer

[WrknItUp]

Whats the reviews on these things? Are they worth buying? Am i the only one who has water inside the boat? Ive got everything like 99% sealed off i cant figure out where or why i keep getting water. stuffing tube hatch no holes, all sealed only other thing is the factory drain plug and ive superglued it. hoses and hardware fine aswell. Checked all the seams. said screw it a little water wont hurt considering it is a boat. But yeah Octura auto bailers are they good worth buying? Do i have to make the drain hole larger or it slide right in. Heard about using sponges but after awhile wouldnt the added water weight affect the performance?

[Fluid]

Auto-bailers have no place in FE boats. You need to find out where the hull leaks. Saying "screw it - it's a boat" is a cop out and will return to haunt you.

Seal up the boat and submerge it in the bath tub for two minutes looking for a trail of bubbles from the leak point. A common path for water is the stuffing tube, slip a short length of silicone tubing over the inboard end to seal it. Most boats which are properly sealed can run for five minutes and have only a few drops inside. Water and electronics don't mix.




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[tharmer]

I use the bailer in my hydro. It seems I could never get it to stay dry what with running thru other roostertails and such. Works fine. Mount it on the side of the boat that's outside to the direction you turn the most and as low as possible.
-t

[WrknItUp]

Any one else?!

SO we have a no dont waste the time and money, and we have there good and use them low and on the ouside of the direction you turn most. Any thing else on these. likes dislikes anything helps. I have the hull 99.9% sealed no water. still i have a very small pinhole leak i cannot find on the back of the boat right by the drain plug if thats not whats leaking. So i figure Im going to try them out. Like tharmer said these things eat roostertails. Even taped up. Atleast if its moving its not leaking in.

[Deserthobbies]

SO we have a no dont waste the time and money, and we have there good and use them low and on the ouside of the direction you turn most. Any thing else on these. likes dislikes anything helps. I have the hull 99.9% sealed no water. still i have a very small pinhole leak i cannot find on the back of the boat right by the drain plug if thats not whats leaking. So i figure Im going to try them out. Like tharmer said these things eat roostertails. Even taped up. Atleast if its moving its not leaking in.

i bought one but havent used it yet, however i did put it on a tupperware bowl with some weight in the bowl and left it in a sink of water all night and the ball seals good, only had a few drops of water in it by morning.

[WrknItUp]

i bought one but havent used it yet, however i did put it on a tupperware bowl with some weight in the bowl and left it in a sink of water all night and the ball seals good, only had a few drops of water in it by morning.

Thats awesome! Sounds like somthing i need to buy for my FE boats. Even taped off i dont know how where or why i still get about a 1/4th of a cup of water in the hull. in about a 10 15 min period. Nothing major i keep everything in balloons ziptied closed just incase it happens to flip.

[G-UNIT]

I've never used one but alot of folks call them auto sinkers, because if anything gets between the ball and seal it will let water in. and I mean anything, like a piece
of alge, seeweed, sand dirt ect... so I would not recommend them.
look for other threads on this in this forum. JMO.

[tharmer]

Keep in inside of your boat clear of fragments.
-t

[Fluid]

Keep in inside of your boat clear of fragments.

Or just do what experienced boaters have done for decades - learn how to make a boat that stays dry inside. It isn't difficult, hundreds have done it.

...i keep everything in balloons ziptied closed just incase it happens to flip.

Then how do you protect your cells?



I love it when newbies tell other newbies how to avoid problems with "solutions" that experienced racers discounted years ago. You can lead a horse to water, but apparently you can't make his boat not take a drink. Enjoy your leaky boats guys....


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[WrknItUp]

With all due respect Fluid, I bet there was a time in your life where you were standing in our shoes with some FE know it all telling you whats right and wrong. like its fact. Lets hear in detail how you have a Dry boat at the end of a run or even a flip im curious. Its part of learning which most of us noobs are doing. Your setting a real fine example for scalding someone on there opinion. Help first then be a dick, But thanks for your sugestion were working on it.

[Darin Jordan]

I'm with Jay... My boats stay dry inside. Period. It's not brain surgery. Just a little attention to detail.

The exception to this in my 1/10th Scale Miss DeWalt, which was never designed to stay dry inside. The components are treated to prevent failure.

On my Gas Mono, the Autobailer works, but you have to be REALLY careful to keep it clear. Just a little shaft greese or debris will clog it up from the inside. Also, flexshaft grease on the OUTSIDE can get flung up inside it as well, if you have it down near the keel, which is where I would think it would be most effective.

You are MUCH better off keeping things dry inside.

[tharmer]

The two are not mutually exclusive. My hydros pick up water when they run through roostertails and to build shells to prevent this just adds too much weight. the bailer weighs what, an ounce at the outside?

The only caveat I'd add is to be sure your retaining wire is secure so the ball can't possibly drop out.

-t