Originally Posted by
NativePaul
Is the tub glued to the tunnel? Do you lose much or any stiffness when you cut the tub out? I guess if it is not glued to the tunnel you won't lose much if any stiffness.
I know you guys are removing the tub to make more room for more power, and stiffening it up with a layer of carbon in the bottom, but I am thinking of getting one and doing it for different reasons.
I ran a Mean Machine on 4s1p for 5 minute races in my last club and it was OK, but my new club runs for 6 mins, and my MM is a typical terrible Aeromarine heavy moulding, I kind of want to splash the MM and make a light one to race with, but while I would end up with the perfect boat, it would be a lot of work and it would cost a fair bit. For about the same cost and a lot less effort I could buy a MC hull (which I hear are pretty thin and light), and cut the tub out of it to save further weight, I am only after mid 40s and my pond is wadeable all over, so I need stiffness to run well, not strength so much.