F1madness

Cheers NH
No prices have or anything been sorted yet ,main goal is to get it all moulded and get the 1st out and on the water ,ill know then how much time,materials etc then prices will be worked out

F1madness

Bit more done LOL
Lower OB moulds now done and ready to make 1st parts ,not 100% happy with but will see how 1 comes out





Still along way to go

F1madness

Quick trim and split the moulds for F1 canopy,Ob top, just need to final trim them,drill holes wetsand and polish them up
Ob lower all waxed ready to make parts
Next job now is to make parting board and prep main F1 hull for moulding

rcguy1411

Very nice would love the engine cover ok and hull great work

F1madness

LOL Cheers bud
Getting there now got a few projects on the go at mo so juggling between them all LOL

F1madness

Woohooo
Another busy but exciting day, starting parting board for F1, still a fair bit to do yet but can't wait to start moulding this 1, history in the making lol very 1st of my F1 to be moulded

crazybobIII

Sweet lookinging tunel hull looks like a runner are you going outboard or inboard with it!!!!!!!!!!!

F1madness

Hi CB
It will be inboard for racing as we cant run exposed exhausts in a our club so RCMK K30 RZ is the power to be LOL

F1madness

Finished the parting board for F1, wetsand,polished and added locating pegs
Just gotta fill small gaps now with modelling clay and start waxing

crazybobIII

well that sucks a out board would look great on it !!!!!!!!!

F1madness

HAHA it does but the other problem is cost of OB's
I wanna get steerable drive for 1 at some point but again its cost

F1roddo

Look bloody great Daz! Been following the progress closely on FB, can't wait to see this bad boy on the water.

Cheers
Chris

F1madness

Thanks Chris
Im starting to mould topdeck today so wont be long finger s crossed we'll have the 1st 1 out the moulds and start building it up

F1madness

Topdeck now moulded
Just need to cut some wood to back them up and add that and leave it for about week

F1madness

Released F1 topdeck mould,wetsanded and polished up
Should be ready to mould bottom soon

F1madness

Final piece of the F1 puzzle moulded
Will leave a couple of days and trim it up

zen40

Nice work indeed, looks great.

F1madness

Thanks zen40
just waiting for moulds to fully cure now ,gonna make a start on the canopy and OB parts next week and mould the 1st 1s while waiting

zen40

Very cool, the work you are putting into this is superb. Having watched many full size tunnels for over 40 years and a few model boats, have you thought of ever making a servo adjustable drive strut to be able to trim the boat while in motion. I know trim tabs work to a certain degree but being able to finely adjust the drive line would be very handy. All but a few models I have seen, mainly monos tend to get that cavitating bounce at some stage.
wings and foils seem to work to a degree as well but all fight against what perhaps could be sorted with slight adjustments in the thrust line. I have a couple of struts that I may have a play with to attempt to make adjustable via the addition of a bearing, control horn and servo linkage.

Outboard Jay

Zen40, You should check into the AMPS trim mechanism...Very simple and effective.. there is a thread that deals with AMPS hulls and the trim on RC Universe. They are not manufactured any more and are collectors items...the units were specifically built for nitro engines and originated in UC...the whole AMPS approach was realism with a scale look that was a miniature to the full size F-1's of the 70's - 80's...during their "heyday" there was much controversy over the cost and the fact that the AMPS set-up just wasn't competitive with the nitro gang who advocated "go fast and turn right" apposed to having to actually "drive" the hull over a course that may include left turns also...I even used the AMPS mechanism on nitro 3.5's and 7.5's...I could keep up with the "hot shoes" on the straights, but tucking the engine under to negotiate those sweeping NAMBA ovals, left me trailing. They were a great innovation that I really enjoyed...enjoy the thread !!!

Jay

F1madness

Hi zen40 ,thanks for compliments its been alot of work from design,build and moulds but almost there now
as for the trim its a good idea and Eddie De Vries VP outboard has servo trim on it aswell as the AMPS like Jay stated
some1 else also made a trim system up for the MHZ drives aswell but cant remember who
Due to our club rules we have to rn inboard ,cant run exposed exhaust but would like to run stern drive on 1 at some point so still got steering from prop thrust ,as for trim quick blip of the throttle works just aswell with fixed strut ,less to go wrong and think about while driving the boat especially under race conditions
My previous F1 had abit of porpoising but soon worked out why and cured the problem and would turn on a dime aswell as been pretty fast and stable so hoping this will be the same if not better hehe will soon find out

F1madness

Very big day today
Released the F1 moulds and gotta say I'm real happy it's took alot of work and time to get this far, the pics are as released
Need and wetflat and polish then ready will be ready to mould the 1st 1

Moulds trimmed


Hull moulds released






Canopy,OB top and lower moulds waxed and ready

zen40

Amazing!!! Great job, interested to see the project evolve.

F1madness

Thanks Zen40
Its getting there now and hopefully couple of weeks ill have the 1st hull out the mould still alot to do and a few hrs moulding LOL but hopefully all be worth it

zen3

Looks great. Wish I had the patients to build. But I do know my shortcomings and there is no way I could.