punishermustang

hi im thinkin about building an airboat with motor and electronics form an old plane. any suggestion on what material to use for a cheap hull?

Rowboat

Try thin plywood around 1/8 thick or balsa wood. It depends on what size boat you are building.

crispyspa

foam covered with epoxy works too.

Phoenixangel

COROPLAST !!!! I found that coke signs are great boats in disguise http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_8502531/tm.htm

punishermustang

yea ive got this electric twin engine plane that was give to me its old and it has been crashed a few times not worth fixing so i figured i might try to make a home made air boat and use the motor servo and esc.

warbirdmustang

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Just make sure the radio is on a ground frequency, not an aircraft frequency. Lite ply and balsa wood for a hull would work great.

cracker39

Buy a 1/2" thick sheet of Dow blue foam, 4' x 8' for about 11 bucks. That will make several airboats, airplane floats, etc. I've made two airboats so far with it. I love working with it. It cuts cleanly with a band saw, lamiates quickly with 3M Super 77 spray adhesive (just don't overspray or it will melt the foam...lite coat sticks well), and I can shape it on my bench sander. You can glue on balsa covering and decking, or just coat it with 2-part bar epoxy or poly fiberglass resin, which is what I do. I epoxy glue in a square of 1/4" lite ply to attach my motor mounts to.

http://home.roadrunner.com/~wdsummers/airboat.html
http://home.roadrunner.com/~wdsummers/airboat2.html