F1TUNNEL

Hi David,
Check with tony at www.hobbysupplies.com in Melbourne. There are pictures on his web site.

Dion.

arraiano

Hello Dion

Welcom to these thread, i quiet a old modeller but very new on boats and these is one of the nicest threads with some hell of nice guy always willing to help and thats what makes the thread special,the secret,people that really like these hell of a nice hobby.

Joe Arraiano

YPC

Hi David and Dion
Welcome to both of you - look forward to sharing this great sport with you guys in 2011.

I will try to add some value to both of your questions.

Carbon Rods - I use the standard 6mm Carbon rod with a 3.5mm I D. I then use 3mm S/S threaded rod- be sure that it extends by ar least 50mm into the rod. Use a good, slow setting epoxy. When fitting the threaded peace into the CF tube, coat it with the epoxy and syringe epoxy into the tube. Fit the Ball End 50% onto the threaded rod prior. Turn the threaded rod it into the CF tube as if you woud be tuning it in if it were threaded. Clean away exess epoxy, tape in place and leave for 24 Hrs to cure. I have never broken a Rod - Genuine !

Carbon Rod seals. - First let me start by saying that ALL radio boxes leak - sooner or later - FACT. I have seen some boaters spend more time on the radio box than the build- Only to find ' IT LEAKS'
A system we have used for years- and yes it has failed at times- mostly due to user error- Never the less, for many, it is the most convenient system and simple in design.
We fit and seal the radio box in position prior to bonding the deck and hull. The centre of the deck beam becomes the lid of the now water tight preinstalled radio box. The servo cutouts and mounting points are machined out and the servos simply drop into the radio box- then sealed around the perimeter with a quality marine silicon. The joint line on the servo is now below the deck (inside the radio box) so in effect the servo is sealed. The Hitec 805 bb servo's are water proof at the servo horn, however we place a small 'O' Ring around the servo horn with some Red Rubber Grease, as we do on the standard throttle servo and this seals it well and good.
Always enclose your RX and Battery in a Good Ballon and seal it with a good few winds with a rubber band.
We seal the radio box access hole with a few strips of Duct tape - works like a charm.

Well To You ALL
It was a great 2010 - It was great sharing and learning from you all. 2011 is going to be an exsponential growth year for the Gas F1 Outboard class. We have 15 Gas outboards racing at our local district club and exspecting close to 30 at our 2011 Nationals- so we have grown. YEAH !

Have a wonderful end to the year and a blessed time with your family and loved ones.

We are of to our farm in the Eastern Cape for a few weeks of absolute fun in the sun !.
We will be back on the 5th Jan 2011- The moulds are prepped and the order book is growing. We are very exited about some of the new products, so very keen to get going again. Man - I love this job !

Merry Christmas
Hallelujah Jesus !
Kind Regards
Dominic (YPC)
Youngz Performance Craft

F1TUNNEL

Hello Joe and Dom,

Thanks for the info Dom- any recommended places to by rod ends from? I like the anodized alloy look. Do you still have trim set ups available for the G-morty leg. After reading your info about trimming I think I may need one of these to avoid changing the angle of the pivot pin. I am also keen on your pipes I just dont have an engine yet to bolt it too-I will have to go to some meets where I might get lucky with a used engine? What are the shipping costs like to Australia Dom? I checked your web site already! Many thanks to all,

Dion.

F1TUNNEL

Ah Dom, after more reading and looking at the g morty leg I can see that it would take a fair bit of modifying to get trim adjustment without the pivot pin angle changing. Always learning!
Dion.

F1madness

Hey F1tunnel welcome to the forum.
Theres loads of info and great guys on here who are willing to help.
Im hoping ill have my 1st gas F1 in the new yr so all exciting stuff.
Rgds F1 madness

F1TUNNEL

Thanks F1 Madness-I'm sure I'll have many questions for you all. All the best with your build! I am up to sealing the interior of mine-I am a little concerned that I have not got the bottom sheet flat enough on the center section- there is a 0.5-1mm gap betwwen the sheet and one of the bulkheads causing a bit of a ripple. Do you think this will be a problem? Is sanding and filling the answer or do I have to somehow remove sheet and start over? As it is not a race boat and this sheeting is out of the water when the boat is running, should I not get to worried about this?

Cheers,

Dion

F1madness

thanks bud,im in the middle of a build for brushless/lipo set up if you wanna have a butchers http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_10156702/tm.htm
If you get flat that would be better,iv never seen 1 of the illusion tunnels in the flesh
Rgds F1

SPARTACO

SPARTACO

buon anno  a tutti

Eddy de Vries

Good new year wishes to all from this side as well !
Hope the water will be less solid soon, because my boat is (yellow now and) ready again after the midlife update.

Rgds, Eddy

ThomasSalin

Looking Good Eddy!

Thomas

F1TUNNEL

NICE ONE EDDY!!!! IT IS SO HOT HERE YOU CANT GO OUTSIDE!!!!!

F1TUNNEL

Does anyone have any recomendations on a throttle servo? I was told to get a hitec 5645mg. Which is more reliable-digital or analog? Any advise would be good!!!

F1madness

Happy new year to you all.
Hey eddie looks great,look forward to seeing it run

F1 MODVP

Looks great Eddy!  Lets see some video when the water opens up.

YPC

Hi Eddie
Very neat - well built - awesome looking set up. I have no doubt it will 'fly' from the strart. Look forward to the pics.
I dont know how I would mannage living in a country, having to wait for the water to melt. It bad enough just waiting to get to the dam when I am testing.

HAPPY HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL !

I have a very busy January ahead to get some early orders on the go - and to wrap up our new O/B leg development and testing completed.

All the best for 2011
Regards
Dominic(YPC)
Youngz Performance Craft

F1madness

Hope you guys dont mind just thought id post some updated pics of the F1 im currently building.

arraiano

Hello Daz

Hope you had a great New Year.
There is no snow now no excuse in not putting the F1 for a bath.
Please dont forget the fotos,looks great.

Joe Arraiano

F1madness

Hey joe,not to bad,things didnt go as they should but thats life.
No snow at mo but on its way back and water still frozen,went the other day to maiden run my daughters boat and ice was about 3-4"thick LOL.
I wont bud just gotta decide what colour/colours cant make mind up yet LOL
Rgds Daz

Body Guard

Hi everyone,
Hope you all had a merry Christmas and a great new year celebration.

Can't wait to see some footage of that hull running Daz.

Joe you haven't got your hull yet ?

When is the new leg coming Dom. ? I wanna get your tune pipe for the outboard. Please pm me the price.

Is Rob on the job now Eddy ?

Cheers all.

F1madness

Hey latiff.
im looking forward to this 1 myself,hope fully the will clear and ill have it ready for when it does,only got 1 more thing to get for it apart from paint LOL
Hope your well bud
Daz

ThomasSalin

Nice and clean build F1madness!

Thomas

F1madness

Thanks thomas.
This is the last 1 before i start my first gas project so really looking forward to it
Rgds F1

arraiano

Hey Latiff

How you doing,how was that new year?
Hope great.
Have you started production yet?
Please remember to email me when that starts so we can arrange things since i am looking foward too that.

Regards

Joe Arraiano

Ps tried to pick you up on Skype but the dif in hours is alot.