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Old 01-28-2007 | 11:27 AM
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Lamoilleriver
 
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Default RE: Seamaster engine pod


ORIGINAL: flynfish44

Good Morning --- I have scratch built a twin fuselage Seamaster and the nose is a plastic piece but I glued a few thick pieces of balsa together and shaped it to suit. As long as you have the pod mast you are in good shape. I purchased two round 8 ounce fuel tanks. I measured the diameter and went out and purchased four of the cheapest shampoo bottles that were slightly larger than the fuel tank diameter and longer than the fuel tank. I cut off the neck of all the bottles and used the top half of one bottle to form a cowling for the engine and fashioned the other to cover and hide the fuel tank. I made the " firewall " out of 1/4 ply and made it round to just fit inside the shampoo bottle opening. I think I had enough room in front of the firewall to mount a small throttle servo and ran the servo wires down the mast. I am almost certain I did not add any right or down thrust to the firewall. The picture I am sending is a bit too small to show any detail but I think you will get the idea.

Ihave a kit built Seamaster and did some repairs on the cowl/pod this past summer and was wondering what I could do if the whole pod /cowl needed replacing, your solution solves my problem. Thanks for sharing, excellent idea. Wish they would produce the kit version of the Seamaster again.