the first surface drive cat w/ bustle
 

http://www.portcarlingboats.com/2014/09/

https://www.google.com/search?q=1917...utf-8&oe=utf-8

also i have left over part# 25-54521 big o-ring and spring clip still in bag.
used on the trs tailstock so i guess
it'd work if you have conrads as well.
pm me your address gladly send it off to you

dan

Also owner "pull it in style" MYCO

Spinning out..that boat will never break 100mph. :coolcowboy:

tryin to figure out that rudder system? dang . How does that work?

Looks like the pinion gear moves the shaft below it....the shaft pushes the rudder out...when the wheel is returned to center, the spring above, retracts the rudder back to the retracted ( straight ahead)position.

It's borderline on a Rube Goldberg type of a device ;)

I think it works on opposing rams of sort activated by the rack on the center of the transom. Port turn - port rudder pushes out on the trailing edge and the stb. rudder stays straight like a turn fin.

The bronze age - ding a prop - just hammer it out so it looks good and go- LOL

Thanks for sharing..

Curiously I found this video. Yes I was hoping for a surface piercing rooster in 1917..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnM86owl2Wc

I think you got it nailed. Looks like that linkage can also pick up a rudder maybe.

Always been a fan of Hickman sea sleds .

I think that rudder system is where the rumor originated that surface drives are hard to maneuver around the dock.

Gar Wood invented the dump truck too, quite the genius.