Miller High Life Scale (1/8)

[bob miller]

Looking for pictures of rear wing supports. This is my first 1/8 scale scratch-build Newton Plans, any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Also approximately where should the balance point be at? In front of or behind the turn fin?

Thanks.

Bob Miller

 

[t_hedlund]

What year is the boat? David newton has a website full of pictures.

 

[Hydro Junkie]

You should balance right about the center of the skid fin or roughly 1.5" behind the sponson. REMEMBER, THIS IS ONLY A STARTING POINT AND YOUR BOAT MAY RUN BETTER MOVING THE CG FORWARD OR AFT. If your boat is tail heavy, attach stick on weights to the deck at the front of the sponsons till you get the boat dialed in, adding or removing weight till the boat runs the way you want it to. If it's nose heavy but behind the sponson transom, I'd run it and see what happens. As with an airplane, slightly nose heavy is preferable to tail heavy for initial test runs

 

[Joe Wiebelhaus]

Looking for pictures of rear wing supports. This is my first 1/8 scale scratch-build Newton Plans, any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Also approximately where should the balance point be at? In front of or behind the turn fin?Thanks.

Bob Miller

Bob,

Open cockpit or canopy ? both 1988.

 

[Russell Bear]

https://www.intlwaters.com/gallery/displayimage...=103&pos=83

https://www.intlwaters.com/gallery/displayimage...=103&pos=84

https://www.intlwaters.com/gallery/displayimage...=103&pos=85

 

[bob miller]

Looking for pictures of rear wing supports. This is my first 1/8 scale scratch-build Newton Plans, any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Also approximately where should the balance point be at? In front of or behind the turn fin?Thanks.

Bob Miller

Bob,

Open cockpit or canopy ? both 1988.

 

[bob miller]

Looking for pictures of rear wing supports. This is my first 1/8 scale scratch-build Newton Plans, any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Also approximately where should the balance point be at? In front of or behind the turn fin?Thanks.

Bob Miller

Bob,

Open cockpit or canopy ? both 1988.

Canopy

 

[bob miller]

https://www.intlwaters.com/gallery/displayimage...=103&pos=83https://www.intlwaters.com/gallery/displayimage...=103&pos=84

https://www.intlwaters.com/gallery/displayimage...=103&pos=85

thanks for pictures of great looking squire shop scale . noticed two screws for horizontal wing is the wing fixed or adjustible ?

 

[Russell Bear]

<a href="https://www.intlwaters.com/gallery/displayimage...=103&pos=83" target="_blank">https://www.intlwaters.com/gallery/displayimage...=103&pos=83</a><a href="https://www.intlwaters.com/gallery/displayimage...=103&pos=84" target="_blank">https://www.intlwaters.com/gallery/displayimage...=103&pos=84</a>

<a href="https://www.intlwaters.com/gallery/displayimage...=103&pos=85" target="_blank">https://www.intlwaters.com/gallery/displayimage...=103&pos=85</a>

thanks for pictures of great looking squire shop scale . noticed two screws for horizontal wing is the wing fixed or adjustible ?

It was a little adjustable.

 

[bob miller]

<a href="https://www.intlwaters.com/gallery/displayimage...=103&pos=83" target="_blank">https://www.intlwaters.com/gallery/displayimage...=103&pos=83</a><a href="https://www.intlwaters.com/gallery/displayimage...=103&pos=84" target="_blank">https://www.intlwaters.com/gallery/displayimage...=103&pos=84</a>

<a href="https://www.intlwaters.com/gallery/displayimage...=103&pos=85" target="_blank">https://www.intlwaters.com/gallery/displayimage...=103&pos=85</a>

thanks for pictures of great looking squire shop scale . noticed two screws for horizontal wing is the wing fixed or adjustible ?

It was a little adjustable.

shouild i mount the rudder on the right or left ?

 

[t_hedlund]

From what i have read and been told, either side, there isn't a avadange to one side or the other. We turn oppisite of the really boat so i would do the oppisite what they do.

Tom

 

[bob miller]

From what i have read and been told, either side, there isn't a avadange to one side or the other. We turn oppisite of the really boat so i would do the oppisite what they do.Tom

thanks for the info .i have a speedmaster and a octura rudder, which one would be a better choice?

 

[t_hedlund]

nothing against octura, but i like the speedmaster , Also CDMI is coming out with a Picture of rudder bracket from Dons F. post. scale rudder bracket. might be worth waiting for.

 

[bob miller]

nothing against octura, but i like the speedmaster , Also CDMI is coming out with a Picture of rudder bracket from Dons F. post. scale rudder bracket. might be worth waiting for.

a big thank you to t hedlund, hydro junkie, joe wiebelhaus, and russell bear. bob miller!

 

[Hydro Junkie]

I am a little curious as to why the glass was used inside the sponsons on the Squire build? From what I've always been told, that's just added weight and a hindrance in doing repairs to the sponsons. Could you please fill me in a little on the rational besides the more strength