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Old 01-01-2012 | 08:17 AM
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Default RE: 4th boat build. Mini-Kaze Stepboat


ORIGINAL: oldfrog

Really nice looking build going on here Tim, nice clean radio box too.
Thanks, Roger. I think its going pretty well. This hull is really time consuming to build, and its hard to keep it light. On the first Kami I built, I used more 3/16" birch plywood which is a lot heavier. I dont recall the weight of the frame on the big boat, but this one has to be half or a third of that. The finished frame is 1 pound, so with the skin, electronics, and powerplant/fuel tank I'm hoping to be right around 3-3.5 pounds. I've got my fingers crossed.

More pics to come..