New Zipp Kit JAE 21 GT

[brad nichols]

Looks Good !!

Brad

 

[Tom David]

Ready for paint and final assembly. Cowling is from Ian in Australia.

Looks nice Tim.Good luck with that hull this season.

Tom

 

[timothy johnson]

Next Stop Tampa, final paint is done, finish the radio install and start packing for Tampa. I will be running my Beta engine, CMB nitro pipe, 60% John Otto Tech Fuel and ABC and Octura props by Andy. Every thing is dialed in from my G2 JAE 21 . Hopefully I can keep up with Stan, Justin, Rod, Marty and the other seasoned racer's that will be at Tampa. Don't miss a great race put on by the Brandon club.

 

[JUSTINROGERS]

Oh boy we are going to have fun if we run against each other as our boats are the same color. Should make things interesting. That aside the boat looks awesome. See you soon.

 

[timothy johnson]

I remember that last year Justin, the good new is Stu wont be there with the green and white. See you also.

 

[johnsteltzer]

Tim awesome boat tank looks good in there I can't wait to finish mind

 

[dr gary turner]

Going to Brandon

 

[David Bryant]

Going to Brandon

very nice!

 

[timothy johnson]

Looking good Doc!! Going to be a good JAE showing.

 

[JUSTINROGERS]

Im really hoping to get mine done for January

 

[Butch Londrigan]

Doc you GT looks great. I like the way you angled the motor (no s bend) Joe needs to do it this way and get rid of the s bend. Just my thinking. I know the Theory behind it but I still don't like doing it that way.

 

[dr gary turner]

Doc you GT looks great. I like the way you angled the motor (no s bend) Joe needs to do it this way and get rid of the s bend. Just my thinking. I know the Theory behind it but I still don't like doing it that way.

I agree. No S bend. I have seen in a boat with the S bend heat up the shaft log to the point it melted the glue holding the shaft log

 

[BobLondress]

I not only melted the glue, but burned a servo wire !

No more S-bends for me

 

[Butch Londrigan]

I will say I have old jae 5 to 6 years old with slight s bend and not a problem. Just like to be able to replace easily.

 

[Brian Spitzer]

Doc,

How many degrees of engine angle did you put in yours to eliminate the S-Bend?

Brian

 

[timothy johnson]

Thanks guys for your valuable input on the JAE hydro shaft design. For the modelers that don't have the skills and experience to add their own modifications, please be assured that the current shaft "S" bend design has been around for several years and does work. This is my 11th JAE build and I have not experienced a shaft problem, yet. The whole point of this post was and is to provide beginner and experienced boaters with ideas to advance our model boating hobby. Thanks to everyone for your posts and please keep them coming. The JAE team has provided us with a great platform to enjoy fun boating, all-out heat racing and record setting. A big thanks to the ZippKits Team.

 

[Mark Bullard]

Brian,

Doc's engine angle is 8 degrees. I used one of my setup profiles when I cut the boat out. This is a custom boat. Doc bought the boat and we used the profiles to cut the boat parts from.

 

[dr gary turner]

The boat is completely JAE design but built from different materials and different motor mount. As Mark said 8 deg.

The motor mount is Delrin. We use Delrin for mounts in all of our boats and have done so for many years.

The sides of the boat is a sandwich of thin ply, divinicyl and carbon fiber. Sponsons built with divinicyl.

The JAE design is outstanding

 

[Brian Spitzer]

Mark and Doc,

Thank you for the information, much appreciated. How much does your finished boat weigh?

Brian

 

[Ron Zaker Jr]

Mark and Doc,

Thank you for the information, much appreciated. How much does your finished boat weigh?

Brian

Brian ,4lbs is about it. If you go to exoctic materials you can drop that number. My new kit 21 gt is 4lbs 2 oz.