Body Guard

Hi Dom (YPC),
Thanks for the offer on the conrod mate. When I am ready to get that hull going , then I will yell for that part.
I will have to check for the addressee for the invitation letter. Will let you know very soon and thanks in advance for the invitation.
Happy Thanks Giving to you and family.
Best Regards.
Latiff

Foamworks

Hey Guys

Im new to RCU, so prease excuse me if i post this wrong.

Im new to outboards, I have a 1/4th F1 tunnel that i am building but am stil trying to decide wether i want a inboard or outboard, the outboards look realy apealing.

I see everyonce has these "g morty legs" can anyone tell me where i can buy one?
Is there any other brands of gas outboard legs? and where can i buy them from?
Have the chinese made one yet?? haha

Cheers,
Leon

trickeyF1

Hey Foamworks

I have been looking at your hulls on TM look good.
I have the same hull got it a few years back and put a Gmorty leg on it. I will look up Gregs (Gmorty) email for you. He is great to deal with and prices are good.
He sold me a complete used engine/leg/pipe for a very good price and has no problem sending parts over.

Cheers .

trickeyF1

Here you go

Greg's email: [email protected]

Foamworks

Hey trickeyF1

Thanks for that.

How does your tunnel run?

Cheers

HOOTERS racing

greg makes a nice leg hes also a really nice guy i race with drop him a line and he'll sort you out i also think hes got the best price on gas outboard legs


cheers

Body Guard

Hey Foamwork,
Frankly, you have to decide going with IB or OB. You can build a smaller dimension tunnel for IB for max performance. But for scale look with OB you have to match the overall dimension to the OB units hanging off the transom. I have already built one from scratch for OB but not sure whether the dimension is good for the OB. I'll know when I have the OB unit in my hand .
Rgds.
Body guard.

LawlessMan

Dominic,
I am trying to send you an important message. Your regular e-mail address seems to be rejecting messages. Please send me an e-mail at my new address ([email protected]) so I can reply and hopefully get thru. Thanks,
Fred (Lawlessman)

trickeyF1

Foamworks my boat runs ok but not that fast.
I have had this setup for a few years, and not done alot with it,also being the first that I have built its probabley not set up the best.
I have only receantly started getting into it a bit more, but with work and every thing else going on, time seems too be the biggest problem.
Hopefuly I can get into it some more and there seems to be more and more intrest in them.
Are you building the hulls your self?

Also I wanted to say Hi to everyone else on this site, I am learing heaps after comeing  across it!!
 Cheers

YPC

Hi Fred, thanks for this. I have sent a mail.
Kind regrds
Dominic

Foamworks

Hey

I want to do a little experimenting with the hull.

I have a 35cc QD that i might put in it. The engine is just sitting on the shelf because i cant find a hull big enough for it.

I want to get into F1 tunnel racing though. it looks real apealing.

Cheers

YPC

Hi Foamworks, welcome to the forum and a special welcome to 1/4 scale F1, especially if you chose to go outboard.
There are a number of brands available :
We have available stock of 3.

The G Drive Lawless. which is a US product and has been around for some time and must be the greatest in number.
The G Morty. which is an aus product and doing well.
Our very own X-Ray leg, made in South Africa, new to the market, but well tested in exstensive R&D and race conditions.

There are a few other good legs outthere, but I dont know if/when they are available

Let us know if we can help you with any product or info.
Remember to a;lways have a gas.
Kind regrds
Dominic (YPC)
Youngz Performance Craft.

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hello!! are Ivan B. (Italy) this is my new Zenoah and CMB 26cc for outboard and the boat that I use for testing .... hello thanks to all .... Ivan B. M-B Racing.

Eddy de Vries

Foamworks and trickeyF1,

Found Foamwork's ad at TM and it is a (copy of a) ¼ scale DPI.
I used the same (modified glassfiber) as testboat and am giving it a midlife update now.
Main change is replace the slide in radiobox with a hull-incorporated one, which I hope will be waterproof this time.
It will also go to the paintshop, to get rid of all the cracks and bruises that it got due to many blowovers and crashes.
Due to the swell at the water I normally test at, the boat has a tendency to flip from 50 mph, but (when the water was smooth) GPS topend with an M&D 231 has been 63 mph (so far).

Rgds, Eddy

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Hello ... nice your boat ...!!!! outboard of my building ... first impresion may seem a little big ... but my intention is to assemble 2 cmb 90 opposing motors .... x now sells them for engines and cmb ZENOAH 23-26cc .... I'll keep you updated ... hello IvanB.

Eddy de Vries

Ivan,

Your friend Daniele Ghiraldi uses a DPI hull as well and is looking for an outboard, see [link=http://www.intlwaters.com/index.php?showtopic=36351]here[/link].
I like your lower but I think using 2 CMB 90's with pipes is very heavy at the back.
Anyway let the photo's come !

Ciao, Eddy

trickeyF1

Hi Eddy 
My hull is also a copy of a DPI. What is your engine combo?  I think that you are getting alot more speed
than me!!   Any set up tips that you would like to share?  If they are not  top secret!

Cheers Shane.

Eddy de Vries

Shane,

As I wrote in post #239 the powerhead was an M&D 231.
Of course the lower was our own VP (see post #3 on page 1 of this thread) with our Samba F1 tuned pipe.
Note: This is our standard lower with flexshaft and not like the one-off that specialk1 bought, see post #188 on page 8 in this thread

As also stated before the DPI is modified: I cut off the original funny sponson transoms, made them straight and gave the engine transom some extra setback, see attached pics.

My goal was to pass the 100 km/h (62 mph) and then change to my M&D 260 or QDHT, but maybe I will try to break the 111 km/h (69 mph) another Dutch guy claims to have set (with a QDHR) with this engine before.
Anyway after the midlife update I hope to have a waterproof radiobox, so one flip doesn't mean I can call it a day and can give it another try !

If you want more specific setup info shoot a mail to the adress below and if you want more info about our outboards have a look [link=http://www.boatracingfacts.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7917]here[/link] first.

Rgds, Eddy

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Hello.... Daniel I have already sold an outboard dpi for her .... regarding 2 cmb 90 is a ilprima my madness that I will be .... :-)))))))))) What do you think of outboard?? hello Ivan B.

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Eddy de Vries

Ivan,

So far your outboard looks good and it also looks you have a great machine shop there !
Have you tested it already and if yes,how is the CMB 26 doing in relation to a Zenoah ?

Rgds, Eddy

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I have not tried water ... but only with the disk (like mercury) and kept on running flex and bushing .... just water test will send you the video .... But you build outboard ....??? Hello

Hesco Racing

Ivan,

Your machining work on that leg looks great. One area I think you should look at is the mount/swivel point. I think with such a narrow point to put bushes in the mounting block is going to be a problem.

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I'm sorry ... I do not understand what you mean .... I have a bad English ... must excuse me ..... is so low to have an angle of flex a few degrees and have the weight of the boat omtore as much as possible while maintaining a given height .... hello thanks Ivan B.

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ok.ok. understand ..... :-)))))))) Ready as soon as I send you pictures that the rudder will be clearer .... thanks