Recent content by JJ450S

OK, So the bore of the strut should be 1/4" and the strut bushing bore is 3/16" (obviously for a 3/16" shaft). 2" in length?? That seems pretty long, I haven't measured any but I was thinking around 1" or so. Or, is that 2" dimension from the transom to the aft end of the strut?? I was...

Hey guys, Haven't been here for a while, kind of got out of it for a little while. I still don't know much about this stuff. .21 Mono, making my own running gear (accomplished machinist) and would like to know the common bore size for the strut. I will be running a 1/4" flex cable with a...

Thanks guys, I will mount the trim plates flush with the bottom then give it another shot. Hopefully the weather will cooperate this weekend, here in Oklahoma it has been like a roller coaster, one minute it is hot and windy and the next it is colder than an alaskan well diggers a__. Yesterday...

I will try and answer most of the questions Tracerbob, the strut is not adjustable and is set parallel to the bottom of the boat. Terry Keeley, not sure on the prop, don't have the boat in front of me, it has a strait shaft with two u-joints, one at the engine and one at the prop shaft. Jerry...

Hey guys, finally got the crackerbox fired up and on the water but it has a major case of the bounces. It does ok until it gets on plane and then starts trying to come out of the water. I lowered the trim tabs and it helped, added some weight in front of the engine (only place to attach it...

Missbudpilot55, the boat is a nitro powered boat. Rattle can would be nice but I also have an airbrush setup that works well enough for what I do. Roxyflash, do you know if I can get Klass Kote through a dealer or do I order it directly from klass kote? I know a local body man that may have...

crrcboatz, did you get a chance to snap some shots of the comp 30? No big deal if you didn't. Thanks JJ

Now that I have brought the crackerbox from the grave and it is all sealed up I am ready to paint it. What would be a good cheap paint that I could get locally that is nitro proof and will stand up well. Thanks JJ

Ok, I went home this weekend and measured this hull. It measures 29 inches long and 9 and a quarter wide (beam I believe is the correct term). The transom is 4 inches at its tallest point. It has NO "rails" in it, only a couple of wooden blocks about 6 inches long and half an inch wide cut at...

Great, that would be wonderful! Thanks JJ

Hi guys, I talked to Andy at AC a few minutes ago about some information on setup of what I thought was a Comp 30. I now think it is NOT an AC boat as he tells me he uses 1/8 inch stringers as well as a sticker that has the name and number of the boat. I do not think mine has the sticker and I...

Well I got it mostly rebuilt this weekend and got it sealed up, it will have all week to cure. I thinned out some epoxy with lacquer thinner as Dr. Hydro suggested and it worked out great for my first shot at it. I just mixed the epoxy and added what I thought was enough thinner and got to...

Thanks guys, I have heard one can use razor blade or a thin piece of square-edged plastic to thin the epoxy around evenly on the surface, does the foam brush and toilet paper technique work better? I think I am going to stay away from the fiberglass resin, I thought it might somehow soak into...

I was wondering if fiberglass resin would work to seal the wood on my project crackerbox. I did a search of the forum and found most use west system or system III but that is not readily available in Oklahoma. I think fiberglass would add a little strength also but I don't know how the epoxy...

I am not really sure on the hardware budget, probably around $150. I would like it to be a kit that includes everything, i.e. strut, rudder, shaft, connectors etc. I do not know whether to use a surface or subsurface drive, offset or inline rudder. I like the gardner mount mentioned by 4-est...