rotccapt

hi all i just found out that the hydroplane boat that i aquired for free is a dumas miller american 42 inch boat. i am preaty much a noob when it comes to gas boats but i have been running gas planes for a couple years now all the way up to 100cc.

so with this being my first boat i was wondering if a zenoah g26 air engine could be used for this boat. from what i have found this boat needs a .67 glow ening so as far as power goes i am right in the ball park with the zen g26. currently the zen is converted to electronic ignition but i could convert it back to mag if needed also my plan is to convert the head to water cooling.

now i am not looking to set any speed records just trying to use what i have on hand to get this boat running. so is a zen g26 too much for this boat?

7969

In my .02 your biggest problem will be how tall the Zen is to the top of the spark plug. If I remember these Hydros are really shallow in the engine bay so you would need a super tall cowling to cover it. If you want to keep it scale looking it will be off looking.

Hydro Junkie

Rccapt, see my post in your thread in the nitro forum and you will see why I say to not waste your time or cash

rotccapt

my main reason for wanting to do it is i hate glow i have done it for years with my planes and glow is expensive. also i already have the zenoah from a past project. so if i can shoe horn it in i will be saving money becasue i will not need to buy a new engine. my other though was a dle 20 it would require lots of mods to make it work but it can be done. also since i am not realy a big boater or wanting to race or compeat a slightly unscale look it not a big deal.