Byron. I make my own steel tanks (although not quite as nice as Walt's). The strut is one of Andy Brown's new mini struts and the rudder is a Speedmaster mini with the blade cut off and a knife blade put on.
Neil, the strut is one of CMDI's new mini struts and the rudder is a Speedmaster Mini with the blade cut off and a new blade made out of a knife. I put a lot of work in getting the drive line very free on these small boats. On this boat with the entire drive line RTR I can turn the prop so the piston is off of bottom dead center and when I turn loose it will turn and rock back to BDC. The bearings in the motor are the custom ceramics I sell and the strut also uses ball bearings.
h34r: Use 1/8" Music solid rod or .150 solid rod for cable driive ??? :blink:
Allan, the wire drive is 1/16" wire, the cable I use is .130" with a .125" stubshaft.
Wow very small good enough strong?? what size of prop?? :blink:Allan, the wire drive is 1/16" wire, the cable I use is .130" with a .125" stubshaft.
Glenn
Allan, yes it is pretty strong. I have run over 81 mph with a wire drive in my .12 SAW boat. It has taken a while to learn exactly how to make the wires so they hold up. I run a 1440 in the heat racing boats seen here and 2137/3 in my SAW boats.Wow very small good enough strong?? what size of prop?? :blink:Allan, the wire drive is 1/16" wire, the cable I use is .130" with a .125" stubshaft.
Glenn
So am I reading this right that CMDI's new mini strut uses ball bearings or is this a modification?
Don, yes I have used the carbon/balsa, glass/balsa, etc. They all work very well, but are heavier than the carbon/foam (which is plenty strong even for .21 boats).
Hey Andy, the offset is to get more space between the prop and the rudder. I also like a little more weight on the inside of the turns and it helps pipe mounting with the pipe right over the side instead of hanging out away from it.
