Buoys???

[Terry Keeley]

Just tryed regular old contact cement, works amazing!!! Noodle buoys here we come!!!

 

[ClayGlover]

Just tryed regular old contact cement, works amazing!!!  Noodle buoys here we come!!!

You might try 3M #77 spray adhesive for convenience. It's basicly spray on contact cement. It's used it on EPP flying wings with no meltdown.

 

[Gordon Dawson]

Overtons has them. The part number is : 19177

search it by the P/N

http://www.overtons.com

We use them in our club races here in San Diego. The buoys will break before the boat will. We usually go through one or two in a days racing because they are not very tough.

 

[Terry Keeley]

Noodle Buoys!!!

I ended up using the contact cement and ran a bead of hot melt glue down the seam, to pull it apart you need to tear the foam so they're pretty strong. Eight buoys for about $12 and no bits of foam everywhere after a hit, not bad.

Here's a pix beside a gallon jug for comparison...

 

[Propjockey]

Nice Terry!

Next set, use alternating red and white noodles so you get a striped effect. If you can't see THAT, you don't need to be on the water!

Propjockey Racing...where's my glasses? :blink:

 

[Gordon Dawson]

Noodle Buoys!!!
I ended up using the contact cement and ran a bead of hot melt glue down the seam, to pull it apart you need to tear the foam so they're pretty strong. Eight buoys for about $12 and no bits of foam everywhere after a hit, not bad.

Here's a pix beside a gallon jug for comparison...

Terry, that is a great idea; a lot cheaper than what we are doing. Looks as they are real durable too.

 

[bzubee]

Okay Terry lets see the (after pictures), after you hit them a few times like you normally do! You'll have shredded foam all over.

 

[Terry Keeley]

Okay Terry lets see the (after pictures),  after you hit them a few times like you normally do!  You'll have shredded foam all over.

I got a negative score once when they added up all the buoys I cut. :blink:

 

[TimD]

So when is the crash test planned for? :lol: :lol:

 

[John Knight]

I just made a set for a practice lake that we can use. Used Terry's concept with the noodles but made some adjustments.

* Could not get round noodles so got 6 sided ones.

* Used spray on glue and glued them together using the 7 noodle configuration like Terry did.

* I then used 80# fishing monofilament and tied it around the top and bottom about an inch from the edge. Will hold it together during impact.

* Got some scrap 1/2" water piping from a nearby construction project. Cut a 1/4" deep groove in the middle of a 6" long piece.

* Got a 2' wire fishing leader. Cut the swivel off, put the wire into the groove of the pipe, and crimped it off with a crimping sleeve.

* Inserted the leader through the center noodle and have a new buoy with a clip (fishing weight clip) to attach to the sub-buoy.

Cost was $2.00 per buoy. That is the best part. What is the worse part? Only color I could get 6 identical ones was PINK! I'll call them faded out red ones. My wife calls them pink firecrackers. But you can see them easily!

Thanks for the idea Terry!

John

 

[Grimracer]

* I then used 80# fishing monofilament and tied it around the top and bottom about an inch from the edge. Will hold it together during impact.

John

Just thinking.... it might be cool to use surgical tubing for this. That way when the buoy gets hit the assembly would flex..

Grim

 

[John Knight]

Good point. All I had was the fishing line at the time. Even old fuel tubing would work but we don't normally have old stuff in this length. Yep, a better idea.

 

[Preston_Hall]

You have to watch what you use for the "float" line. (surface to subsurface buoy line)

We had always used cotton rope and I had the bright idea of buying the nylon so it wouldn't grow alge as badly. Well, the nylon was used exactly as the cotton but a good hit would snap the nylon every time. Never have broke the cotton ropes.

 

[bzubee]

For the huntsville bouys we use bungy cord works and it holds up for a long time. Just use zipties to form a loop around the object.

 

[Don Ferrette]

" You have to watch what you use for the "float" line. (surface to subsurface buoy line)"

Yeah, just ask Dick Tyndal about that one. Huntsville in '98 during the SAW part of US-1, all Dick had to do was go out & get a time to wrap up US-1 in E (60) mono. All the course buoys were pulled out for this so it was a wide open lake right? Wrong. Dick went down to the right side to make his pass when his rudder hit one of the sub buoys (that had those metal dog bone clips on top the attach course buoys) & he found himself with no ability to turn & watched US-1 slip right thru his grasp. You should have seen the "dinger" in the rudder's leading edge. I wouldn't be surprised if Dick's got that rudder mounted on the wall with a sign that says "the one that got away..........." :huh:

 

[Terry Keeley]

I just made a set for a practice lake that we can use. Used Terry's concept with the noodles but made some adjustments.
* Could not get round noodles so got 6 sided ones.

* Used spray on glue and glued them together using the 7 noodle configuration like Terry did.

* I then used 80# fishing monofilament and tied it around the top and bottom about an inch from the edge. Will hold it together during impact.

* Got some scrap 1/2" water piping from a nearby construction project. Cut a 1/4" deep groove in the middle of a 6" long piece.

* Got a 2' wire fishing leader. Cut the swivel off, put the wire into the groove of the pipe, and crimped it off with a crimping sleeve.

* Inserted the leader through the center noodle and have a new buoy with a clip (fishing weight clip) to attach to the sub-buoy.

Cost was $2.00 per buoy. That is the best part. What is the worse part? Only color I could get 6 identical ones was PINK! I'll call them faded out red ones. My wife calls them pink firecrackers. But you can see them easily!

Thanks for the idea Terry!

John

No sweat John. What part of the world are you in?

 

[Don Ferrette]

John's an east coast boy & a southerner ta boot!

Hey John- post a pic of the pink firecracker! B)

 

[dave roach]

Go to a swinning pool supply store and pick up 10" dia pool noodles hook then to a 1/2 of a brick and when you hit then the noodles bend over so you do"nt hurt your boat.

 

[John Knight]

Terry,

I am a native Virginian but now live in Charleston, SC. No snow to contend with but have blazing summer heat with humidity so thick we can cut it and serve it up on a plate.

Don,

Will get my son to take a picture for me and post it.