New .12 Texan SAW

[Glenn Quarles]

Thanks for the help guys...I'm trying to make it work.

Glenn

 

[WallyRC]

Hi Glenn

If you were to run oval, design a turnfin for the little rigger what size and shape would you suggest?

Karl

 

[Glenn Quarles]

Karl, I think I would start out with a turn fin about 1 inch wide and 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 inch below the bottom of the sponson and make changes from there depending on how it was working. Make sure to put in some bend to help keep the right sponson on the water as it goes around the turns, and make sure the bend line is parallel to the surface of the water or your boat will act up down the straights.

Glenn

 

[Glenn Quarles]

Another try at pictures.

Glenn

 

[Glenn Quarles]

Hummm, not so good....let me try another.

 

[Glenn Quarles]

One more try...

 

[Glenn Quarles]

Sorry guys, I'll try again later.

Glenn

 

[Slideblues]

Glenn, I sampled the image and doubled it with my photo editor but its starting to degrade, Try it with a larger image to start and I think ya got it:

Gene ;D

A common size is 640x480

 

[TomMoorehouse]

looks like your using some kind of program that makes thumbnails for you. you need to fine the actual pictures. they wont have thumb in the file name

 

[WallyRC]

Thanks for all your help Glenn !!!

 

[Glenn Quarles]

OK, I think I was able to resize the pictures in the camera...let's try again.

Glenn

 

[GTR]

Hi Glenn

With the size of those front sponson I don't think you could call it a 'Texan' looks more like a bladerunner. Those front sponsons are soooo narrow. Obviously they work a treat though. How do you see something that small at the speeds you guy's are running - just drive the front of the roostertail I guess. :

Another great effort - well done ;D

GT 8)

 

[Glenn Quarles]

YEA HAW, it looks like it worked pretty good. I will post a couple more pictures...you should be able to see a lot of the things I have been talking about.

Glenn

 

[Propjockey]

I think ya got it, Glenn. Looks good!

Is the back end MonoKoted?

 

[Glenn Quarles]

Another

 

[Glenn Quarles]

Again

 

[Ian Inverarity]

Glenn,

Very interesting! Do you just tape that film down over the radio box? Also I presume that is the aeriel sticking out the back? Do you have trouble with it being cut by the prop back there? I have a rudder water line that keeps getting cut on my boat.

I can see why it is so light, and how it has different compromises from a heat racing boat!

Ian.

 

[TimD]

The last pic really shows the "no transom" concept.

Does it actually float??????

 

[Glenn Quarles]

GT, yea the sponsons are narrow, but I only wanted a riding surface (it is actually as wide as my other SAW boat) and a place to put the booms...everything else it just along for the ride. I could have made them much smaller, but I needed to keep enough "volume" for floatation.

Tim, good question, yea it floats! But just barely...it makes my wife nervous. I have built SAW boats in the past that haven't.

Propjockey, no it is not Monokote, it is signmaker's vinyl. I didn't want the weight of a radio box lid, and couldn't find any tape wide enough so I tried this stuff and it works GREAT. It is just the right amount sticky, water tight and doesn't leave any mess. When I put it on to run the boat there are none of the wrinkles...I just stuck this on quickly for the pictures.

Ian, yes that is the aerial and yes it has been nicked. The boat has blown off twice (it was awsome!, but that is another story) and both times the prop got it. It doesn't ever cause problems during normal running.

Glenn

 

[TomMoorehouse]

wow.... gee wizz... you can tell many many hours went in to thinking about that design.... very impressive

does anything cover the fuel tank? more vinyl?