Old school and Modern builds....for the fun of it!

[Bill Gibson]

Bob Tuttle Sport 20 cowl fitting....a really nice boat! cowl looks and fits good! Older CMB or New Novarossi for power!
Decking the Dumas Dragon Fli .20 Mark II! It will be an I.B. and use a K&B 3.5 for power, and I WILL run it for fun!!
Hobbiest first, racer second!

 

[Wasted wages]

Cool boats !!!
Our hobby is not always about the racing,,it's about having fun, whether building, or having a lazy fun day at the lake, just running around the bouys !!

Until someone drops a second boat in the water.... then it's on !!

 

[Steve White]

One of my first hydroplanes was a Dragon Fly 20 with a Veco 19 in it. Had a lot of fun at local ponds running that boat. Never raced it, just had fun running it. Used a JG prop, seems like F25, G25, H25 if memory serves me correctly. Painted it with Testors Dope.

Very cool builds!

 

[Bill Gibson]

Cool boats !!!
Our hobby is not always about the racing,,it's about having fun, whether building, or having a lazy fun day at the lake, just running around the bouys !!

Until someone drops a second boat in the water.... then it's on !!

Thanks! And its ALWAYS on when someone puts another boat in the water LOL!!!

 

[Bill Gibson]

One of my first hydroplanes was a Dragon Fly 20 with a Veco 19 in it. Had a lot of fun at local ponds running that boat. Never raced it, just had fun running it. Used a JG prop, seems like F25, G25, H25 if memory serves me correctly. Painted it with Testors Dope.

Very cool builds!

Thanks man! Ive still got some Jimmy Gale props in my prop box! Veco 19s were good running lil motors back in the day!

 

[Steve White]

Seems like we would shim the sleeve to 155 degrees on the exhaust port timing and bring the head down a little. Do remember the flat baffle on the piston! Oh yeah and replace the RC carb with a piece of brass tubing to extend the intake and just run the exhaust baffle. Oh yeah, and the aluminum heat sink on top of the head after the fins were turned off on the lathe.

Those were the days!

I'm still a hobbiest first for sure and spend more time playing at the pond than racing. Test and tune is fun.

 

[brad nichols]

Nice builds there Bill !!

Brad

 

[Tom Foley]

Thanks! And its ALWAYS on when someone puts another boat in the water LOL!!!

My DragN Fly 20 with the Nova Rossi gonna smoke yours !

 

[Steve White]

I may have to build one now - like that later pickle fork version.

 

[Blair Warren]

Good stuff Bill!

 

[Bill Gibson]

Nice builds there Bill !!

Brad

Coming from someone with your skills Brad, I consider that a real compliment!! THANKS!

 

[Bill Gibson]

I may have to build one now - like that later pickle fork version.

DO IT STEVE! And post pics !

 

[Bill Gibson]

Good stuff Bill!

Many thanks Blair! How are you doing these days?

 

[AzMandella]

I have one of Bob's sport 20kits . Really nice kit . It will be about a month more before I can get back to boat building .

 

[Steve White]

DO IT STEVE! And post pics !

Are the kits still available?

 

[Bill Gibson]

My DragN Fly 20 with the Nova Rossi gonna smoke yours !

Bring the PAIN!!!!!!!!

 

[AzMandella]

Are the kits still available?

Bob Tuttle's kits are available . He is NAMBA276 on here .

 

[Blair Warren]

Many thanks Blair! How are you doing these days?

Doing good Bill, thanks for asking. Hope all is well with you and your family.