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1/4 scale tunnel hull - 6/15/2009 5:44 AM   
sharpy022



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Status: offline 		looking to buy a large tunnel hull,i checked out a preditor x, but said shipping will hurt, areomarine is the closest place to me , but i don,t have hundereds to spend , just to get it here to canada, it,s about 350.00 us plus big shipping, and i checked out zippkits tunnel, don,t like wood hulls,any one help me out


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RE: 1/4 scale tunnel hull - 6/15/2009 12:15 PM   
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Status: offline 		Zippkits has a very nice tunnel hull.  Not sure about the scale but it,s made for this size engine.  www.zippkits.com


I am building one now.  I am also building my own outboard unit just like you.  We are not on the same path, because mine is different from yours.  But I think we want the same end result.  I will be posting pictures soon.

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RE: 1/4 scale tunnel hull - 6/15/2009 12:59 PM   
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looking to buy a large tunnel hull,i checked out a preditor x, but said shipping will hurt, areomarine is the closest place to me , but i don,t have hundereds to spend , just to get it here to canada, it,s about 350.00 us plus big shipping, and i checked out zippkits tunnel, don,t like wood hulls,any one help me out



Don't let the fact that it's wood turn you off.  Arguably the best gas hydro you can buy is Blazer Marine's Whiplash which is a wooden kit.  You can get it in a glass version, but all the guys serious about going fast get the wooden kit. 

Zipkits do quality kits & stand behind their product.  They do all the testing so that you don't have to.  If I were in the market for a tunnel & cost was an issue, I would definitely have a good look at the Zipkits tunnel, then again if cost wasn't an issue I'd still have a good look at it.

just my $0.02

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RE: 1/4 scale tunnel hull - 6/16/2009 12:13 AM   
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cant help with a hull but i agree that the shipping to get stuff here sucks its going to cost me $400.00 just in shipping to get all my stuff to me and im only 45 min from the boarder



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RE: 1/4 scale tunnel hull - 6/16/2009 7:47 AM   
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Status: offline 		YES U GUYS R RIGHT ,I HAVE BUILT MY OWN GLASS TUNNEL,BUT TO DO IT RIGHT WITH MOLDS AND PLUGS , IS ALOT OF WORK,I WAS LOOKIN FOR THE QUICK WAY OUT ,MABE BUY A HULL THAT HAS BEEN USED FOR YEARS AND TESTED, BUT I THINK YOUR ALL RIGHT, IM LOOKIN AT WOOD, MAYBE DO MY OWN WOOD TUNNEL, O MIKE R U BUILDING A CABLE DRIVE OR A GEAR DRIVE?


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RE: 1/4 scale tunnel hull - 6/16/2009 11:47 AM   
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It's interesting you should ask about cable or gears.  I am building this one as a cable but have looked at gears for a while now.  I used to work for a company that went thru several of those die grinders a month.  I took apart about 30 of them and kept the gears, bearings and shafts.  I am looking at possibly building one similar to yours with gears in the future.  I am also toying with the idea of 1 input shaft for twin output shafts.  It would have counter rotating props and I think it would be neat.

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