I have a few hydros on the build deck and I’m kinda done with the quest for speed at the moment. So this should be an interesting change. There seems to be quite a bit of room inside so once I grind out the ‘Great Stuff Foam’ I’ll determine a workable cell size and go from there. I suppose cowl mounting and some sort of capsule cover are my first big hurdles.
FYI it is 30” in length and I have no clue as to manufacturer
I would be a sucker for that hull also. That thing looks really cool,and from the pictures you posted very professionally built. Keep us posted on your progress.
So I do have a outrigger here but I bought it as is from Terry. I haven’t built one in a very long time but research says CG should be 15-20% behind front sponsons(15-20% of hull length?). There seems to be a theory of weighing the strut as well. This came up again and I found it when researching the 1/8 sport hydro(yet to be built).
Looks cool.
My initial thoughts were that it might have been one of the Kneeler type of hydros. Or vintage stock class of hydro. But I don't really know.
Looks like it will be fun though.
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Killer paint. Looks like it will be a fun project!
Vac-U-Tug Jr (13mph)
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Well I?m back at this one. I got a little distracted by a couple 1:1 projects
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But they are complete now So back to the O/B hydro
I have this thing almost good to go. I mounted the ProBoat O/B using a 3/4? think plexi standoff so I could actually get some travel out of the steering. I had the servo mounted in the back section but my CG needed as much help as it could get with that O/B back there. Little 120 esc is under the servo. Two 3000mah 5s packs go as far forward as I can get them.
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I found a 1/10?ish scale driver in my pile o parts and mounted him to some foam which squeezes into the cockpit area to hold water out(I hope) and holds the battery set in place. I made a little CF cowling for the missing area behind driver before the fuselage (to be epoxied to fuselage yet).
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Now I just need to figure a way to pull that foam driver base out with ease (currently not an easy task) and get the fuselage mounted , also for easy removal.
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I ran a pull wire under the foam platform the driver sits on from the middle front to the rear starboard with a loop. Pulls up easy, very little water in this boat after a run. I was really not sure how to seal this one but it looks like what I did worked. So here is my vid
That's a nice running boat . Looks like it handles great .
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