Gas Jet Boaters
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RE: Gas Jet Boaters
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I ran the little sprint boat pretty hard today to see how the dog bone would hold up under pressure . Well the dog bone universal joint did fine however I sheared the KMB jet pump drive shaft off . The shaft steps down from 1/4'' to 5mm . That was the weak spot ( see photo ) Here is a short video of it running . http://rcuvideos.com/video/DaVette-Sprint-Boat . I'll make another boat and go with the Graupner Jet Pump .
I ran the little sprint boat pretty hard today to see how the dog bone would hold up under pressure . Well the dog bone universal joint did fine however I sheared the KMB jet pump drive shaft off . The shaft steps down from 1/4'' to 5mm . That was the weak spot ( see photo ) Here is a short video of it running . http://rcuvideos.com/video/DaVette-Sprint-Boat . I'll make another boat and go with the Graupner Jet Pump .
Bummer ... yea a lot of vibration going on at that connection. Unless alignment is dead on and runout dead even you got [:@]
have a new shaft cut without the step and work on the runout of the dogbone coupler to get it perfect.
Honestly tho, with the engine in A/V mounts and dog bone couplers needing perfect alignment, really not the ideal connection type IMO.
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My weekends running was just carnage. took the boat to my auntys place who has a small river running through her property. its about 6-7' wide which is probably not quite enough when your doing 50-60k/hr. After seeing all the real sprint boats, they al get beaten up a bit. The biggest hole has gone right through and it only the pool noodle holding the wood over the hole. and a broken pipe mount
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RE: Gas Jet Boaters
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My weekends running was just carnage. took the boat to my auntys place who has a small river running through her property. its about 6-7' wide which is probably not quite enough when your doing 50-60k/hr. After seeing all the real sprint boats, they al get beaten up a bit. The biggest hole has gone right through and it only the pool noodle holding the wood over the hole. and a broken pipe mount
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steve
My weekends running was just carnage. took the boat to my auntys place who has a small river running through her property. its about 6-7' wide which is probably not quite enough when your doing 50-60k/hr. After seeing all the real sprint boats, they al get beaten up a bit. The biggest hole has gone right through and it only the pool noodle holding the wood over the hole. and a broken pipe mount
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steve
But did you have fun
See an RCMK in there now for power, how it run for ya ?
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I joined the deck to my hull today. It's coming along now. Starting to look like a jetsprint.
I've got a build thread going over at the Snikwah site.
http://modeljetboat.com/forum/index.php?topic=14.0
I've got a build thread going over at the Snikwah site.
http://modeljetboat.com/forum/index.php?topic=14.0
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it was a blast. just not long enough.
the rcmk is great. just that little bit more power than the Zen has made such a difference.
it was a blast. just not long enough.
the rcmk is great. just that little bit more power than the Zen has made such a difference.
I joined the deck to my hull today. It's coming along now. Starting to look like a jetsprint.
Lookin good
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I'm limited to the setting time of the resin at the moment. Typically it's our first cold week as winter sets in so the times are a little longer. I need to go buy a heap of parts before I get much further too. I just got a quote from Bruce at Gizmo Motors for a few things I need & once I have the cash I'll fire that order off. I'll have to get Ken at Retallick Engineering to fabricate a nice stainless header for me to fit the boat & also make me a pipe to suit the 29cc head I plan on putting on there. I'll also get him to modify the 29cc head too.
This is one of 2 builds I am currently working on. I must admit, I'm putting more time into this than the cat. I should probably get onto the cat soon, I plan on racing that in a couple of weeks!
After i mount the backing plate for the skirt bracket, I might have a go at laying up the carbon for the rollbar. I'll need to make a mold for that though.
This is one of 2 builds I am currently working on. I must admit, I'm putting more time into this than the cat. I should probably get onto the cat soon, I plan on racing that in a couple of weeks!
After i mount the backing plate for the skirt bracket, I might have a go at laying up the carbon for the rollbar. I'll need to make a mold for that though.
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Scott
I made the mistake of only getting the 5 blade impellor. i wish i had of got both now. but the lil extra torque from the rcmk has made a world of difference.
Dicko
Builds looking good. ive saved all the pics for future reference
I made my cage out carbon. I only done the female mold though. i used 5 layers of carbon uni's. Im not sure on the weight of the fabric now though, it is strong as ever though. i just used some 18mm custom wood screwed into a u shape and car bogged the corners into a nice curve. then used brown packaging tape layed evenly for the molding surface. it wasnt hard to sand the very small ridges the tape overlap left.
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I made the mistake of only getting the 5 blade impellor. i wish i had of got both now. but the lil extra torque from the rcmk has made a world of difference.
Dicko
Builds looking good. ive saved all the pics for future reference
I made my cage out carbon. I only done the female mold though. i used 5 layers of carbon uni's. Im not sure on the weight of the fabric now though, it is strong as ever though. i just used some 18mm custom wood screwed into a u shape and car bogged the corners into a nice curve. then used brown packaging tape layed evenly for the molding surface. it wasnt hard to sand the very small ridges the tape overlap left.
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That's funny, I use packaging tape for a lot of my molds too. The resin just won't stick to it & it's easy to pop parts off!
I have the rough measurements for Craig's Swashdrive roll bar & will make a similar sized one out of carbon. I found that if you squeeze the excess resin out of the carbon you can get a much stronger laminate. I plan on using the mounting blocks Craig provided with the kit to mount the roll bar to. I will probably only have time to mount the jet unit today & I'll get onto the mold over the weekend.
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Jason
I have the rough measurements for Craig's Swashdrive roll bar & will make a similar sized one out of carbon. I found that if you squeeze the excess resin out of the carbon you can get a much stronger laminate. I plan on using the mounting blocks Craig provided with the kit to mount the roll bar to. I will probably only have time to mount the jet unit today & I'll get onto the mold over the weekend.
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I came up with a solution . With what little drive shaft I had left on the pump I managed to find a round collet with set screws for the 1/4" pump shaft . I put a square drive collet on the engine . I installed a square drive flex shaft and now I'm good to go .
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RE: Gas Jet Boaters
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I came up with a solution . With what little drive shaft I had left on the pump I managed to find a round collet with set screws for the 1/4'' pump shaft . I put a square drive collet on the engine . I installed a square drive flex shaft and now I'm good to go .
I came up with a solution . With what little drive shaft I had left on the pump I managed to find a round collet with set screws for the 1/4'' pump shaft . I put a square drive collet on the engine . I installed a square drive flex shaft and now I'm good to go .
infinityteg .... I made the mistake of only getting the 5 blade impellor
Running the 3 acceleration is instant like a light switch and rpm is @16K ....
*So how snappy is yours with the 5 blade ?
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well dana i dont think youll have a problem with the flex shaft set up. mine and scotts has held up like that now for a while.
scott
without being able to compare the three blade with the 5 im not too sure of the difference. I find the accleration of the boat very good. While running the Zen in it turning you could hear revs drop off a little but it is definitly not as noticable with the EVO.
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scott
without being able to compare the three blade with the 5 im not too sure of the difference. I find the accleration of the boat very good. While running the Zen in it turning you could hear revs drop off a little but it is definitly not as noticable with the EVO.
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Hot dang !! .... found better performance, better intake loading and overall less blow outs and odd behavior with some intake mods !!
Added an intake bubble made from a tea spoon then attached just ahead of leading edge on intake. A bit deeper angles on intakes leading and trailing edges done as well. Together hull is working great as is without the C/G changes I though it needed
On smooth water now boat will run WOT without proposing what so ever, turns under full power generally brings a one point turn without loosing suction. Go crazy on steering and throttle boat will still unhook and do table top spins for giggles
Will post a few pics of the mod later tonight .....
Added an intake bubble made from a tea spoon then attached just ahead of leading edge on intake. A bit deeper angles on intakes leading and trailing edges done as well. Together hull is working great as is without the C/G changes I though it needed
On smooth water now boat will run WOT without proposing what so ever, turns under full power generally brings a one point turn without loosing suction. Go crazy on steering and throttle boat will still unhook and do table top spins for giggles
Will post a few pics of the mod later tonight .....
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RE: Gas Jet Boaters
ORIGINAL: Dana W
Interesting However I didn't have any porpoising with my CG moved back .
Interesting However I didn't have any porpoising with my CG moved back .
I know likely a crutch fix for the forward C/G, but had to try it out.
But runs just great now, maybe the C/G will make it even better !!
** So with yours, what C/G % were you able to set yours up at ?
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WOW , I didn't know they where making a jet ski . I'll look into what pump they're using .
WOW , I didn't know they where making a jet ski . I'll look into what pump they're using .
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RE: Gas Jet Boaters
ORIGINAL: Dana W
I ran the little sprint boat pretty hard today to see how the dog bone would hold up under pressure . Well the dog bone universal joint did fine however I sheared the KMB jet pump drive shaft off . The shaft steps down from 1/4'' to 5mm . That was the weak spot ( see photo ) Here is a short video of it running . http://rcuvideos.com/video/DaVette-Sprint-Boat . I'll make another boat and go with the Graupner Jet Pump .
I ran the little sprint boat pretty hard today to see how the dog bone would hold up under pressure . Well the dog bone universal joint did fine however I sheared the KMB jet pump drive shaft off . The shaft steps down from 1/4'' to 5mm . That was the weak spot ( see photo ) Here is a short video of it running . http://rcuvideos.com/video/DaVette-Sprint-Boat . I'll make another boat and go with the Graupner Jet Pump .
Would the KMB would be ok just for playing around? How much more are the Graupner drives & what kind of extra performance to you get?
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RE: Gas Jet Boaters
Hey everyone
Im just about to get started on a gas jet boat build and have been following this thread thought it was time to say hey
And im looking for a bit of advice everyones input would be appreciated
Currently looking at getting a hull 780mm long 350mm wide
Running a RCMK or Zenaoh gas engine
A 2347 49mm impellor diameter graupner jet unit [ would rather a swashdrive ]
How do you think this will all stack up together?
has anyone been running this unit in there jet boat cant seem to find much info on it