RC Boats Anyone build one from scratch??
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my proboat 29. I didnt build it but its fun to play with when anchored some place.
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yep,@ the mouth of the river going into pistake lake..6 pm so the traffic was not bad..i didnt have my boat and i was on a friends fat boat(cruiser) one of thease days ill catch him...you wont mis him,he will be the one with the controller sticking out of his head..
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Not sure on the type but is 1/4" i bought at home depot. Just found out that instead of glassig the outside i can brush on slow setting epoxy. It should be lighter and still pretty strong. I glued the stringers and bulkheads together with epoxy and coated it all with resin i brushed on. It will keep it from absorbing water or fuel.
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Not sure on the type but is 1/4" i bought at home depot. Just found out that instead of glassig the outside i can brush on slow setting epoxy. It should be lighter and still pretty strong. I glued the stringers and bulkheads together with epoxy and coated it all with resin i brushed on. It will keep it from absorbing water or fuel.
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You can use thin sheets of birch for the hull, if you steam it you can form it how you want without splitting & it will be plenty strong after you glass over it. Stringers can be 3/8 to1/2 inch plywood. Bulkheads can be 1/4 inch. General placement for stringers is a 5 inch spread. hope that helps, Randy
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I have one for sale it's a cat from aero marine and has a 3hp engine it's complete and ready to go. You are better off buying an empty hull and starting from there if you want to build one.