"I am just getting my site going so there will be many more change's to be comeing regularly".
"THANK YOU AND PLEASE COME BACK"
"THE ROOSTER"
This is the grasshopper
The hopper is a replica of the starwars speedster I built this boat for my son. The hopper is a Snow, Ice, Water boat. It now is powered by a towers hobbies .40 & swings a 11x8 pusher prop. estamated speed on Ice aprox 30mph with very good controll due to the duel rudder set up. "It just has to go faster on water."
test stats on the Grasshopper
Well we found that we had to coat the bottom with ski wax for the hopper to go well on the snow, & the snow had to be hard but we figure that the hopper goes about 20mph on snow.And now that my lake is glare ice we tested it out for real at full throttle across the ice being clocked with a 4 wheeler it was traveling at 42mph & we found that it will go beyond radio controll in a hurry. We had one mishap while testing, We launched it off a rock protruding from the ice about 8" & the hopper took it well minus A little hull damage. Whoops that what testing is all about.
"This is the snowraven".
The snowraven started life as a child's sled from WalMart.
The raven is powered by a 30 cc weed eater motor mounted upsidedown to cut down on torque roll .
The raven is 34" long 20" wide & weighs 14lbs & swings a 15x8 pusher prop Top speed slow on the snow due to it's weight, aprox 25 to 30 mph on the Ice & totaly uncontrolable due to the single rudder set-up. Soon to be changed to a duel set up.
More on the raven to follow.
The snowraven bottom will be covered with kevlar.
snowraven top.
prop guard.
"This is my 47" scarab in the makings."
I will be making a mould for this boat.
The scarab will be powered by a homelight zipstart, other specs to follow
The foam before cutting
The first cut
Stage 1 top
stage 1 bottom
The hull & me
Left over's
"More to follow on the scrarab soon"
Well the guy's at Home Depot thought I was nut's buying a new weed eater in Feb. untill I got out my tape & starting measuering. Then thay knew I was not going to be wacking weeds with it. there first ? was what are you going to use this for? & when I told them thay were like hay we don't think the warr. will cover it if you blow it up. So brake in will be a major part of keeping things togather. But wide open is where it's at.
"This is my boy's electric"
"The Roostertail" It is 30" long, 9" beam & weighs 4.5 lbs It is powered by 2 trinity MachedMadness motors & has dual stern drives & takes 2-7.2 volt battery packs. This one came from ebay complete minus radios & motors.
The Roostertail sitting still
The roostertail at full throttle here you can see where the name came from
The roostertail in sharp turn
"More to follow on The roostertail"
This is my very first try at a weeder powered boat "The Rooster"
The hull is a replica of a 28 foot Maine built lobsterboat from SouthWest Harbor. The Rooster Has undergone some major change's since these pictures were taken. "updates to follow"
Here is The rooster complete with radio
Side view
Here is a stern view
The rooster returning to shore no cabin
"ROOSTER UPDATE"
New rudder set up.
This is the junk yard warlock.
This air boat is constructed from all recycled material. The Hull is Aluminum sideing from a camper, Hardware is from screen tent poles, rudder is salvaged mudflap, motor is a 30cc weed eater salvaged from transfer station i.e. Dump, & radio's salvaged from crashed r/c truck. The warlock swings a 15x10 pusher prop.
The junkyard warlock.
This is my old clodbuster renamed "Quantum Leap" This truck has canterlever suspention, aluminum ladder frame, body lift, custom paint& is electric powered running 2 Monstermash motor's It is no longer 4 wheel steering only frount. due to It go's so fast it was uncontrolable. it also sports aluminum gear box's with steel gears.
Quantum Leap
Thanks for looking at my web page much more to come.
If you have any qustions or comments please feel free to email me "Russ".
