HEY HAMMER!!!!!!!!

[wswatzell]

HAMMER,

Too bad your family is not closer to Michigan. <_<

I would love to run boats with you.

 

[nitrotoys]

Im glad someone else said something i was thinking the same thing as PJ, about the sponsons being so far apart, Hammer whats the advantage of them being so far apart? More stability in the turns or what?

Tom

 

[Ron Olson]

Marty, say Hi to Hammermom from us!

Tom, the wider stance on the front sponsons keeps the side-to-side rocking down in the rough water that they have in Japan.

 

[nitrotoys]

You think Japan is the only one with rough water?

LOL You should see coldwater lake on a windy day.

course me, I CAN RUN IN IT. Till the white caps swallow the boat.

time it right, you can jump the tips.

Tom

 

[TomMoorehouse]

hey man.... who's that guy in the yellow?

 

[Grimracer]

OK, Tom good question.. But my question is why are they standing next to the nuclear reactor... :blink:



Grim

 

[Hammerhead]

Running on water with minor levels of radiation while using paint with negetive magnetic reflection properties adds a few mph. It also polishes the prop and turn fin for you.

Those are locks between the Edo river and Tokyo Bay.

 

[wswatzell]

:lol: Hammer, your too funny!! :lol:

 

[Hammerhead]

Check these out! R80 klegcell foam is really nice. Using a router table and plexyglass templates. I was able to pop these two sponsons out in about 20 minutes.

Now just slap some plywood on them, and they are finished.

Hammer

 

[TomMoorehouse]

Hammer.... i would be very interested in seeing how you cut them.

what do the templates look like? and how they were cut

 

[Hammerhead]

Hammer.... i would be very interested in seeing how you cut them.
what do the templates look like? and how they were cut

We cut the the templates out of Polyurethane plastic using a bandsaw. Then marked the templates out on a piece of Klegcell. We hand cut the foam on a bandsaw to the correct angles.

A better way is to use a Router table and laminate trimmer bit, but I don't have a bit long enough to cut the full width of the sponson. My Router only takes up to a 1/2" bit and the bit is only 2 1/2" long. It isn't long enough to cut a 21 sponson!

In order to move up to a 4" long bit I need a 3/4" chuck for the Router, Or have a custom made bit which will cost about $300. The danger of that is the bit may break, but not with cutting only klegcell foam.

I have Two(2) 8' x 4' x 2" sheets of R80 Klegcell foam. It is much stronger than any polyurethane foam you can buy. One 21 sponson weighs 30 grams uncovered with only the foam. It really is some amazing stuff. If you use Polyurethane foam now to make sponsons and try Klegcell you will never go back. Klegcell is much more ridgid, light and strong. Klegcell is much more easy to shape and cut than Polyurethane foam

I anyone wants some just let me know and I will ship it out to you ASAP! My email is [email protected]

Dennis