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Forum: RC Airboats
04-27-2006, 04:45 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,009
Posted By canadianjosh

RE: Twin engen

Check out my baby, twin .40's spinning 11x7's. First pic is my first ever twin, basically two engines on floats. The next pic is my re-designed hull and engine setup, the boat is drying off after...
Forum: RC Airboats
04-03-2005, 11:54 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,208
Posted By canadianjosh

RE: plexigalss hulls

Plexi would work great, CA actually welds it, not just bond. You could spring for a lexan bottom instead for ruggedness.
Forum: RC Airboats
10-12-2004, 06:35 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 3,074
Posted By canadianjosh

RE: Speed .... limited ???

My best thought for any of you trying to break a speed record is to modify or build a nacelle like a main fuse for an airplane, and then essentially attach floats that will just support the weight of...
Forum: RC Airboats
10-12-2004, 06:29 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 2,283
Posted By canadianjosh

RE: Airboat won't turn

See the bottom of the hull. There are rails for straight tracking in snow, these help you go straight when tobbagganing. When in the water they also keep the boat straight, but due to no beveling...
Forum: RC Airboats
06-21-2004, 12:47 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 345
Posted By canadianjosh

RE: Cumputer is on life support

Ahhh, it looks like you have a hewlett -packard. My general statement on mass produced comps other than dell is to stay away from them. However, since you have the side panel open you seem to have...
Forum: RC Airboats
05-31-2004, 01:20 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 1,319
Posted By canadianjosh

RE: Ages?

Hey I am 19 I am a fulltime computer science student. Originally I was going to major in physics and then decided to go into computer science. I built my first airplane when I was in grade 6....
Forum: RC Airboats
05-31-2004, 02:52 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 2,090
Posted By canadianjosh

RE: SPAD Airboat

My original plan was not for a stepped hull, I had planned to use one single piece for the bottom, however cutting all of the flutes just seems like too much work for my quickie experiment, so i...
Forum: RC Airboats
05-27-2004, 11:43 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 2,090
Posted By canadianjosh

SPAD Airboat

Hey all, I haven't posted here in a while, been pretty busy with work. However over the past 2 days I have constructed a new hull. I did this rather hastily and any future hulls will be more...
Forum: RC Airboats
05-27-2004, 10:22 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 2,563
Posted By canadianjosh

RE: My latest hull...WOF

bondo will eat foam you just have to cover the foam with epoxy first and then sand it to get a good mechanical bond. bondo is a poly resin and will eat foam.
Forum: RC Airboats
05-21-2004, 01:06 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 662
Posted By canadianjosh

RE: need help!!

Yes nylock nuts work very well one of my engines uses one and the other has a lock washer between the nut and washer. I always got tired of the nut coming loose because then i'd have to take the...
Forum: RC Airboats
05-20-2004, 03:53 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 662
Posted By canadianjosh

RE: need help!!

All glow engines run counter clockwise unless you have modded them to run clockwise. If your engine starts and runs clockwise then this is a sign of flooding, don't asl me why it does it but it...
Forum: RC Airboats
05-20-2004, 03:45 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 662
Posted By canadianjosh

RE: need help!!

I torque mine till the nut doesn't move any more with a standard length box wrench. The crank turns in the opposite direction of tightening this is why sometimes if an engine kicks back it can throw...
Forum: RC Airboats
05-19-2004, 10:03 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,380
Posted By canadianjosh

RE: Top Heavy possible fix?

My engines run sideways, and this lowers the carb below the fuel pickup in the tank, after you primethe engine this creates a natural syphon, and it will sometime drip fuel. I found that this lowers...
Forum: RC Airboats
05-18-2004, 12:42 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,287
Posted By canadianjosh

RE: crazy project

It sounds like a fun idea, I guess it depends on what type of fish you are fishing for. I am only familiar with lake trout, fly, and salmon fishing. If it's the latter you're gunna need a lot of...
Forum: RC Airboats
05-15-2004, 12:55 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 697
Posted By canadianjosh

RE: Nitro car/truck engines?

If you currently have a nitro or a truck engine try to use it. The thing about airboating is most parts are modified or homemade. However if you are going to buy an engine i suggest buying an...
Forum: Composites Fabrication And Repair
05-13-2004, 01:49 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 931
Posted By canadianjosh

RE: Fiberglass Repair

At 1/8 of an inch the holes are not too large, however for a repair that will last forever put in the cloth and epoxy and let it cure to tacky then from the underside use epoxy and microballons so...
Forum: RC Airboats
05-03-2004, 09:24 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 753
Posted By canadianjosh

RE: Att. Engine Pro's

Oil dripping from the muffler is okay in most cases if it isn't a huge amount. As the oil in the fuel doesn't really burn with the alcohol but rather it separates and lubricates all the parts. This...
Forum: RC Airboats
04-28-2004, 12:42 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 953
Posted By canadianjosh

RE: Bad day at the lake

I might try that, for now a layer of good old duct tape. I noticed that the inside of the antenna appears to be copper plated, or maybe it is a copper antenna that is chrome plated?? Anyways, the...
Forum: RC Airboats
04-27-2004, 04:52 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 612
Posted By canadianjosh

RE: Design help and insight.....

Looks and sounds good, there is nothing like the sound of twins revving together. My boat uses a separate servo for each throttle. They are each on their own channel but are mixed so that the...
Forum: RC Airboats
04-27-2004, 04:18 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 953
Posted By canadianjosh

RE: Bad day at the lake

Yes i do have a recovery craft. My dad fly fishes, so i use his flyfishing "U boat". I have allready had to don the chest waders and flippers and go get my boat. Not fun at all!!. I was...
Forum: RC Airboats
04-27-2004, 01:25 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 953
Posted By canadianjosh

Bad day at the lake

Well today was a nice sunny day, and I thought it would be well spent at the lake. Unfortunately it didn't turn out that way. I did get to the lake, and fired up my boat, and in my excitement to...
Forum: RC Airboats
04-24-2004, 09:15 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,313
Posted By canadianjosh

RE: Wings on boat

Yes I have seen these boats fly, they are WIG's. I would ike to try and build a boat that can vector the wing to lift it almost all the way out of the water, as well the wing would be above the...
Forum: RC Airboats
04-24-2004, 09:05 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 724
Posted By canadianjosh

RE: APC Props

Find some nylon rod the size of the prop hole and bore it out with a drill bit, correct me if i'm worng but aren't the smaller engines prop shafts 5/32"??, and normal prop hole is 1/4"??? you should...
Forum: RC Airboats
04-21-2004, 11:14 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,313
Posted By canadianjosh

Wings on boat

I was going through the entire 4 pages of the "34" airboat plans" topic, and noticed that some people had proposed the idea of adding canrd type wings to their hulls and how they'd go about...
Forum: RC Airboats
04-21-2004, 10:55 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,082
Posted By canadianjosh

RE: Rebuilding my iceracer

Can I have fries with that??? I think you should have a Ronald McDonald or Hamburglar driver!!!!
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