cmd eagle sgx 60/80 help PLEASE

[tim kazarian]

I am wondering if one of you eagle guys can help me. There is an sgx for sale. The ad says it's a 60/80 c hydro. It has a gas cowl. He was gonna run as an x boat. I'm a gas guy, the last nitros I owned where early Andy brown jags. Im trying to figure out if I can rig this hull for gas.. cmdi makes a narrow 3.5" zenoah mount. Does anyone know if this would work? Mounts fit 3.5" rails... Thanks!!!

 

[JeremyEdge]

No Andy's 60 boat is 39"

 

[ALLAN YUEN]

Better contact to Andy Brown he knew about it so will help you

 

[tim kazarian]

Thanks... I appreciate the help. I will see about contacting Andy. Would you know why someone would have a gas cowl on this hull? I dont race.... So I'm not sure why the gas cowl makes sense for the "x class". I might just pull the trigger on it anyway and give nitro another go.

 

[Bill Zawada]

Tim,

I sent PM. Call me ASAP.

Bill

 

[Andy Brown]

The seller is refering to the boat as a 60/80. The first Eagle SG that we built was a 67/80 boat. It was 41" long. I think it was 3.8" inside. We later made a smaller boat for the 67 engine. It is 39".

When we built the first Gas SG is was based off the 80 boat and was 41" long. As to why the sellers boat has a gas cowl. Maybe he was planning to put a gas engine in it. I do know someone who is successfuly running a Zenoah in that original Eagle SG 67/80.

So to anwser your question in short. Yes, our mount will fit in that boat.

One possible problem is that the sides are higher than our gas boat, so the carb won't clear the deck without notching the side. We used light ply to build those boats and they depend on the continuous deck for strength. If the deck is cut the boat will be weakened and would surley break where the notch is cut. The possiblity of adding carbon fiber could solve that problem.

As a referance our current Gas SGX is 43".