Looking for Sport 40 parts

[scottmeyers]

I've been strictly an 1/8 scale guy over the years but just acquired a Sport 40 size hull and have no hardware for it nor do I know what to use. What have you got? I need motor, pipe, fin, rudder, props, etc.

Looking for currently competitive components, not yesterday's stuff!

Thank you, Scott

 

[FloridaScaleBoater]

The first question is, what hull did you aquire?

And we can go from there.

 

[seaducerpete]

Scott I would recamend a vac45 with cmb nitro pipe

 

[Glenn Gates]

Scott, The Virginia Craftsman fin and Speed Master hardware and strut are fine items to the best of my knowledge but rudders and props may vary depending on the brand of hull.

 

[Robert Pickard]

Rudder on my sport40 is a seaducer rudder made for the 20 mono

 

[anthony_marquart]

SM 20 mono rudder also works good for me on 40 hydros..

 

[ken stang]

I have a CMB RS 45 with a parobolic pipe. I also have all the hardware you need. It is speedmaster hardware. KEN

 

[scottmeyers]

Thanks guys. I'll follow up on the pm's two of you sent tomorrow.

I don't think many of you would be familiar with this hull. It is a copy of a full size "H350" hydroplane as run in ACHA. This hull is reportedly the fastest used in the Canadian version of sport 40. It was given to me as a gift by one of the teams I did work for this season. I saw it this past weekend in Quebec... beautiful hull! I wasn't about to check it on my flights, so they will be shipping it to me shortly. I'll post some pics as we move along.

There sseems to be some differing opinions on motors. I run the cmb 67hr in 1/8 scale so I am familiar with this design, but I notice that many feel the 45hr is not a good option. Can anyone explain why?

Can someone describe the differences between the 'vac', 'hr', and 'rs'?

 

[scottmeyers]

Here's a couple pics of it. Sorry... I didn't take any shots of the bottom

 

[wayne middlemiss]

Replica of the bergeron , nice look

 

[scottmeyers]

That's correct Wayne! In fact, Bergeron made the plug/mold himself and ran it r/c before building them full-size, so technically this IS an actual Bergeron! The only difference is that the r/c version lacks the little 'shoe' at the rear of the outside non-trip, but that'll be easy to add

 

[scottmeyers]

I should correct... Paul Pigeon build the original which then went to Bergeron...

 

[seaducerpete]

I know the rs is a disc motor and the vac is a drum motor not sure about the hr