On the Chain? That sucks!

my proboat 29. I didnt build it but its fun to play with when anchored some place.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GHwNY6AzOg

Man, I hope you made him regret that decision!

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yep,@ the mouth of the river going into pistake lake..6 pm so the traffic was not bad..i didnt have my boat and i was on a friends fat boat(cruiser) one of thease days ill catch him...you wont mis him,he will be the one with the controller sticking out of his head..

Not sure on the type but is 1/4" i bought at home depot. Just found out that instead of glassig the outside i can brush on slow setting epoxy. It should be lighter and still pretty strong. I glued the stringers and bulkheads together with epoxy and coated it all with resin i brushed on. It will keep it from absorbing water or fuel.

I have seen others build the hull with a balsa outer skin then gelcoated. I think that is the way I am going to go as well. Were did you get the plans? I would like to look at some plans to get an idea what type of structure is required.

You can use thin sheets of birch for the hull, if you steam it you can form it how you want without splitting & it will be plenty strong after you glass over it. Stringers can be 3/8 to1/2 inch plywood. Bulkheads can be 1/4 inch. General placement for stringers is a 5 inch spread. hope that helps, Randy

I got the plans from rcuniverse. In the gas boat forum. http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_75..._1/key_/tm.htm

Lots of info in the thread i linked and the plans are posted there a few times as well.

I have one for sale it's a cat from aero marine and has a 3hp engine it's complete and ready to go. You are better off buying an empty hull and starting from there if you want to build one.