71dartswinger

here are the pictures of the airboat i started back in december and have restarted to finish for my grandson
24"x 12" flat bottom powered by OS .20 and if not enough i have a Fox .25

toklat

Very nice. How do you have the wood curve up to the deck of the craft?

71dartswinger

spray with water and denatured alcohol then clamp or wedge bottom to runners and let dry
i had to do this one three times to get it to be touching before i glued it.

i put a wedge under bow and set two gallon cans of paint on deck for weight
bottom is 1/16 inch plywood

toklat

I will try that. Do you have to put some kind of coating on the plywood to make it more water proof?
Also is it electric, and if so what size motor and what other electronics are you using?

71dartswinger

all wood inside and out has been coated with fiberglass resin the deck is a plastic sign i am trying
it is 1/16" thick will see how it holds up
power is nitro OS .20 or fox .25 and i do have a magnum .40 if i really want to go fast
but this is for my grandson to drive so SLOW IS GOOD he is 3 years old

toklat

Oh that will be fun for him. When do you plan to have this finished and run it for the first time?

71dartswinger

it will be built by this weekend but i have to save up for a radio system
i have two other boats
Dumas big swamp buggy with asp .46 and a alligator tour airboat<a href="http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss29/71dartswinger/?action=view&current=019.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss29/71dartswinger/019.jpg" border="0" alt="Complete"></a>

toklat

OK. How much so far have you spent in building this. And then also how much total with the radio system?
What kind of radio system?

71dartswinger

1/8" plywood 11.00 Lowes
12"x48" x1/16 plywood 12.00 Local hobby shop
epoxy 5 min and 60 min 25.00 lowes will have over half left
super glue 5.00 lowes used about half
resin 14.00 lowes used 8 ozs
misc hardware (screws/bolts/lock nuts/brass rod/ bushings ) 5.00 lowes
OS .20 used Ebay 25.00
Futba radio 65.00

around 110.00 complete the epoxy/resin /super glue i will have for repairs and other uses so you can buy smaller tubes if you want

71dartswinger

If Carlos of claserdesigns was done with his i would have bought one from him
I thought i could build cheeper but i didnt and his designs a good boat
i had to finish my build to prove to me i could do it

toklat

let me know after you run it how the body holds up

71dartswinger

boat is done except radio/servos
will post pics thur after my 3 year old Grandson adds his touch to his purple airboat

(the hull is plywood only the deck is plastic sheet)

71dartswinger

here are my 3 year old grandsons additions to his purple paint choice

RS 38-40

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You know there are folks that pay big money for paint job like that . I like it .