New Texan .12 "Classic"

[Glenn Quarles]

Friends here are a couple of pictures of the finished (almost) new .12 design I did for Mike to kit. I am happy that the design has a good mix of the classic looks of the old school (Wing Ding, etc) with a bit of modern flair. I built this boat very heavy (thick wood, lots of epoxy, etc) trying to see how it will run at the weight most kits will come out at. Just as you see it here with all of the radio, fuel tank in but no push rods and drive wire and turn fin, it weights 1 lb 14 oz. finished weight will be around 2 lb 3 oz.

GQ

 

[RodneyPierce]

very cool Glenn!!

 

[MarkDanielsSr]

Very cool indeed !!

 

[Glenn Quarles]

Thanks guys! I have had several PMs about the kits and future sizes. Assuming this works out good for Mike and the kitting deal, then yes I will be doing other sizes in the "Classic" design.

GQ

 

[RobertWurster]

That is one sweet little boat.How long till kit form ?

 

[gil sonsino]

Glenn this is a winner looking boat......liked the wing ding style rear sponsons Gill

 

[Jay Boyd]

Very nice Glenn! As my son would say "That's old school cool"

 

[Ty Faust]

Good looking rigger Glen!

 

[James montgomery]

Thats sweet looking boat hope kit comes out soon

 

[Mike Luszcz]

Looks great Glenn. I am awaiting you giving me the "lets move forward"! Talk soon, Mike

 

[Glenn Quarles]

Looks great Glenn. I am awaiting you giving me the "lets move forward"! Talk soon, Mike

Mike, I am glad to hear that! I still need to finish installing the radio and then it will be ready to run. As with any brand new design, i will want to give it a good testing before we start making kits. Lets talk on the phone to see how best to go about getting the next steps done.

GQ

 

[Jerry Dunlap]

There's even a class for that size rigger here in the great Northwet.

See ya'll Sunday evening. Try bringing some Texas sunshine, minus those nasty tornadoes.

JD

 

[Glenn Quarles]

There's even a class for that size rigger here in the great Northwet.

See ya'll Sunday evening. Try bringing some Texas sunshine, minus those nasty tornadoes.

JD

Hey, I hope to see you SATURDAY evening!!! I will bring some sunshine with me!!

GQ

 

[anthony_marquart]

those are some MASSIVE rear shoes there!!

 

[Glenn Quarles]

those are some MASSIVE rear shoes there!!

Yes the style of them are very similar to the old boats like the Wing Ding (they look a little bigger in the pictures than they actually are I think), but the wetted area is smaller than "ski" boats.

I think it gives the boat some shape instead of a stick.

GQ

 

[anthony_marquart]

it does.. I like it.. One day I'm going to make one of those "stick" boats that has hull tapered so that the transon is only wide enough to mount the strut / rudder combo to.. t

 

[Kevin Krogness]

it does.. I like it.. One day I'm going to make one of those "stick" boats that has hull tapered so that the transon is only wide enough to mount the strut / rudder combo to.. t

Haha that's darn near what I have now and I can tell you that it will probably be my one and only tiny boat for me. I love my rigger but can only get my clumsy fingers in so far in the tight radio box.

 

[Glenn Quarles]

I have built a few boats with the super narrow transom (some with no transom at all...it just comes to a point). I have found they don't run all that great and they don't really handle so great if the rudder is right behind the prop. They are swoopy looking and cool, but just don't work so great.

GQ

 

[Glenn Quarles]

Friends, here are a couple of pictures of the finished radio box, tank area and wire drive/stuffing box in the boat. The finished weight is a few oz over 2 lbs with lots of epoxy and full size radio equipment. The tank from Ryan is awesome!

You can see a couple of videos of the motor break in in the motors forum. I hope to run it soon!

Glenn

 

[Glenn Quarles]

Friends, as you know I always talk about the need for a really free drive line, especially on the small boats (drag will KILL what little HP you have). Here is a short video of he wire drive setup in this boat. What you see is me flicking the prop to get the motor off of bottom dead center and the weight of the piston falling back to the bottom, pushing the prop around.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zc4KOYuYnqs