Miss Circus Circus / Dumas Kit

[the german]

Hi to all 1/8 scale guys out there

I got a Dumas Miss Circus Circus .Now i was wondering how i can lighten the hull.

Any suggestions ?

Thxs for help

Alex

 

[FloridaScaleBoater]

Alex that Hull is going to take a lot of work to make run properly and competitively the ram wing, the angle of the center section forward is way too steep you going to have to get rid of that which is going to add more weight. the bottom is just not conducive to today's power

 

[the german]

Alex that Hull is going to take a lot of work to make run properly and competitively the ram wing, the angle of the center section forward is way too steep you going to have to get rid of that which is going to add more weight. the bottom is just not conducive to today's power

Thxs Rick

So you would say ........"trash can" right ?

Alex

 

[FloridaScaleBoater]

What is the weight of the boat empty now maybe I can help

 

[the german]

What is the weight of the boat empty now maybe I can help

Rick

The weight of the boat (less motor and pipe) is 12 pounds.

 

[FloridaScaleBoater]

Alex I don't consider that to be very heavy put the rest of your gear and then take a weight and see where we stand

 

[Hydro Junkie]

Is this a completed hull or a kit waiting to be built? The available options are, obviously, very different

 

[the german]

Is this a completed hull or a kit waiting to be built? The available options are, obviously, very different

Mark

It's a 95% built boat and already painted but i will repaint the hull with the original color codes.

My dad gave it to me when i moved to the USA 4 years ago and told me "to take care of it" ....... so the last option for me is to dump it into the trash can cuz there are some memories.

I don't want the fastest 1/8 scale but a decent " runner". I guess he would love to see this boat one day running.

Thxs for all the help guys

Alex

 

[Samuel Hagan JR]

The weight seems about right for a scale.

 

[Hydro Junkie]

I have to agree, it's in the ballpark since my 2000 Elam is right around 14. That said, everything I was building was hopefully in the range of 11 or 12

 

[the german]

Alex I don't consider that to be very heavy put the rest of your gear and then take a weight and see where we stand

I just have to put in a CMB Green Head and a CMB "big belly pipe ........... and fuel of course .

 

[ChrisCapaldi]

Hi Alex, I have built 2 of the hulls and was able to get both to run pretty well. I've seen others do the same so with a little testing you should be able to get the boat to run without issues. I would start as is and see how she does. From there you may or may not want to make any changes. I ended up removing the rear shoes and adding ride pads on the front sponsons but I've seen the hulls run fine without changes like these. If there is anything I can do to assist just let me know.

Thanks,

Chris

 

[the german]

Thxs Chris

I guess i have a few questions

 

[Lennard Cuenco]

one of the best runnin scales I have ever seen is dumas circus, it's not the boat, it's the guy building/running it