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05-31-2005, 09:57 PM
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RE: newbie with new toys
understood. well i looked at several pics online and all of them were tilted down, so thats what i did.. my mounts may look crude, but i think that they will work for me to at least try it out, and then as my experience grows, i can refine my design.... attached are a couple of the pics that i made...
06-01-2005, 09:33 PM
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RE: newbie with new toys
alrighty, so here it is, im building a webpage so that everyone can see many more of the pictures, and videos and whatnot of me building my first gas powered boat... please forgive me and this page is very much a work in progress, and i only work on it when the mood to update strikes me... not all the links work, not all the spelling is correct, but i think that the main thing is that this is so that everyone can see my ugly mug! hehe no really, old hands and newbies alike just might like this stuff, and its not like anything else that i have been able to find, a step by step account of building a boat... please feel free to comment, suggest, or whatever.. if theres something that you would like to see, just ask and if i have pictures of it, ill post them.....
http://mcgyveronline.com/my_first_gas_powered_boat.htm
http://mcgyveronline.com/my_first_gas_powered_boat.htm
06-04-2005, 07:42 PM
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lots of updates going up on http://mcgyveronline.com/my_first_gas_powered_boat.htm also, i still havent gotten an answer on my trim tabs question... for my 48 inch hull, where should i put them and how big should they be?
06-07-2005, 07:12 PM
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ok, cool, well im going to try it first with none(gets me wet sooner) and see how she does, then make the determination if i need them from that, something tells me that i will, but we'll see.. also, i was wondering if anyone is in texas... id love to meet up somewhere and see what ya got, how its set up, and see it run...
im in south texas just off I-10, but austin is just an hour away..
im in south texas just off I-10, but austin is just an hour away..
06-11-2005, 11:23 AM
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Use the WD40 with no fear its name derives from Water displacing 40 th attempt water and oil don't mix so when high pressure water or more pressure than still oil comes in it will flush it out . just a tid bit of useless info.
06-11-2005, 07:41 PM
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oh and while im here, and speaking of new toys, i just picked up a garmin gps.. man what a tiny cute little thing... its a etrex legend c, color screen and just about every whistle and bell ill ever need and then some... heres a pic so you get the idea....sorry about the quality of the pic, ill get a better one later and post it..
06-23-2005, 08:14 PM
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Well, now that i have recovered from my iron butt run(IT WAS AWESOME AND LOADS OF FUN) Its time to get back to my boat.. so i did, and as allways took pictures and videos...., the updates are uploading to the server right now.. so take a look and see what ive done now....
06-25-2005, 04:22 PM
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i was just thinking about the boat page that im building, and i was sondering what ya'll thought.... should i keep it all one long page, or do you think that i should break it into seperate pages? and if i break it, then where?
06-25-2005, 09:32 PM
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also, i'm getting to that point where im thinking about the radio im going to use, i have an older an 2 channel, but untill i get a chance to test it, im worring about am being a problem around a sparkplug engine... anyone got any info or tips on this?
06-28-2005, 07:13 PM
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also wondering about a radio box, ive seen some pictures of some clear radio boxes, with rubber oring seals around the top, looks like the best way to go, but where can i get such and animal....also, looking at the spectrum radio, 3 chnls, might just do the trick
07-03-2005, 12:50 AM
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well i've made some major progress.... got a new radio, just about done installing it, i now have remote throttle and steering, just some details to button up and i can get this thing wet...
07-07-2005, 09:04 PM
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well i dont have time right now to post all the details, but if you look at my site you will see that IT RUNS! i took it out today and got it wet... did ok, but ill have to post more later... anyway, thanks for everyone's help, and now that i have a floating and running boat, im sure that i'll have many more tweaking questions....
07-12-2005, 12:18 AM
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well i was most dissapointed today....i went to my local watter hole to run the boat and get some video for you guys, and this is what i found....so i went home and started building my retreival system....
08-03-2005, 11:40 AM
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well i have the peddle boat working, and i have run my rc boat a couple times and the one thing that i have noticed is that it seems that the prop is cavitating heavily, especially when taking off from idle...
what can i do to help this problem??? im going to try and get a video posted of it running so maby you can see what im seeing...
what can i do to help this problem??? im going to try and get a video posted of it running so maby you can see what im seeing...
08-03-2005, 05:48 PM
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ok, cool, well im going to try it first with none(gets me wet sooner) and see how she does, then make the determination if i need them from that, something tells me that i will, but we'll see.. also, i was wondering if anyone is in texas... id love to meet up somewhere and see what ya got, how its set up, and see it run...
im in south texas just off I-10, but austin is just an hour away..
ok, cool, well im going to try it first with none(gets me wet sooner) and see how she does, then make the determination if i need them from that, something tells me that i will, but we'll see.. also, i was wondering if anyone is in texas... id love to meet up somewhere and see what ya got, how its set up, and see it run...
im in south texas just off I-10, but austin is just an hour away..
08-03-2005, 09:13 PM
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well i just got a little video of my boat on one of its shake down runs, and as you will see its not all that fast, my old outrigger electric was WAY faster than this thing...but its not dialed in and its just running an old tired homelight engine... someday ill upgrade to bigger and better things(engines) but feel free to take a look....
http://www.mcgyveronline.com/boat/bo...0in%20lake.AVI
http://www.mcgyveronline.com/boat/bo...0in%20lake.AVI
08-03-2005, 09:16 PM
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hey thats awesome, we'll have to get to gether and compare notes....where do you plan to run, im beginning to not like my local lake due to the other people and large boats....and im in austin every other week or so.....
Joe
hey i live just west of austin and im just about finished building my new challenger. it wont be able to keep up with a gasser though
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08-03-2005, 09:43 PM
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i usually just run in my back yard beecause i live on lake travis on the pedernalas branch. the water is prett smooth here and if you go out at the right times there is no traffic. how old are you anyway?
