350 direct drive

[gator]

Anyone out there running a 350 direct drive on their boat ?
thanks :?:

 

[plumcrazy]

built one for my son a few years back it was stout for s dd

 

[Robby Bondurant]

I run a dd 350, built the thing by myself and learned a lot, some by trial and error and a bunch from listening to others. Robby.

 

[gator]

What size prop are y'all runnin ? How does the boat run ?
thanks :?:

 

[gator]

What size boat y'all have ?
thanks

 

[Anonymous]

DD 350 will work good on a 12 foot hull or a 13.5" foot that's not too heavy.

4 blade Warp Drive will work well too, around a 72"

 

[airboat4fun]

Hey Gator, my first airboat was a 13' fiberglass hull powered by DD 350 with a 68 X 34 wood paddle prop. It was heavy and underpowered, but it got me to the weeds and I learned an awful lot with it.

I have a friend currently running a DD 350 with a 5 blade warp drive on a 12'Glades style deckover. The boat is pretty good in the water, but it doesn't run dry.

I had another friend who ran an Oldsmobile 350 DD with a 70 X 36 wood paddle, and then a 2 blade narrow Sensenich on a 10 1/2' Glades style deckover. This boat ran real well for a DD.

by the way if you don't get the response you want right away to something you post, you may want to give it a couple of days.
This is the most informative airboating resourse in the world... THANKS TO ALL WHO PARTICIPATE

 

[gator]

Thanks for the replies. I'm getting more answers as time goes by. I think i'm just gonna go with a pe150, 220 hp ground power unit. I see stories of boaters running the GPU and they claim they can run dry. I had to sell my 13' glass hull that had a 220 which i had built myself on it last year due to financial reasons. I was happy with the unit. Just lookin to get away cheap with the 350 i guess. Thanks again.

 

[Robby Bondurant]

I have a 12' 8" hull that's 7' wide. I just got it set up right today, and it's running dry ground with two people. I have a 72X30 wide blade from Florida Airboat Propellers turning it 2900 RPM's. The boat is heavy of coarse but it rides good on water and now will run dry, so i'm happy.

It all depends on how it's set up though. Eerything has to be set up right for it to run good, or just how you want it to.

 

[Whitebear]

I love it when folks build their own and meet with success. Especially the younger folks ! How about some pictures Robby !?

Scotty

 

[cowboy]

Yeah, way to go Robby. Got her going your way now. Awesome.

For all you Southern Airboaters out there who may not know, Robby ain't even 20 years old, and built himself a boat.

That's what it's all about there.

Now if we can just get him to post some pictures of that rig.....

 

[Whitebear]

Cowboy

I just saw this thing hiccup again. Re: posts in site related. Your post was there, I refreshed and it wasn't there, I posted and my post whent through but now your post is back but after mine?

My post should be AFTER yours. Otherwise I wouldn't have known Robby was one of our younger users.

This is what rick wanted to see or know about. Your post was flat gone for 3-4 minutes after it was there. This is what Joel was talking about when he thought someone moderated one of his posts.

Scotty

 

[cowboy]

It was me that time Scotty.
I deleted my post.

Then I saw your post, and re-posted it again.

I was not 100% sure that Robby was the one who said they were so young, and built himself a boat. I was pretty sure, but not 100%.
Heck after I saw your post, I felt that you knew for sure it was Robby who said that about building his own boat.

I should be able to remember that fully. Sorry Robby.

Anyway Scotty,
It was me.

 

[Whitebear]

hahahahahahah Guess Im a bit quick on the trigger tonight

Scotty

 

[cowboy]

Yup Scotty,
Sheez man!
It was'nt there for more than 15 seconds!

I just knew that nobody had seen it.

 

[Robby Bondurant]

Yep, ya'll got it right. And thanks for all the support, it really means a lot to know there are people there to help and support. I will be at the reunion on Saturday if ya'll are going to be there. I will also try to get some pics posted though. I've been needing to do that but have been real busy. Thanks again, Robby.

 

[Whitebear]

Ok, I'm slowing it down some. Just so ya know, I run dual monitors with 4 chat windows running on one and two web pages up on the other one at all times, plus I have two IM programs running.

I do cover a lot of ground in an evening.

This is just with the laptop I carry around overseas. At home I run multiple (3) computers and a bunch of monitors.

Ill slack up some here Sorry bout that

Scotty

 

[cowboy]

It's cool Scotty,
I like your style man. Don't change a thing.

No harm done. No big deal.

Main point for me is Robby building his own boat.
That Is a big deal.

Way to go again Robby. 8)

Somebody grab some pictures of Robby's ride this weekend!

 

[SwampMatt]

I think that's what Moodfood runs.

I don't know how I missed this one!

Yep. 14' x 7' fberglass hull. heavy by itself, and overloaded with crap like an air horn from a locomotive LOL

350 with a 72x32 wide prop from Florida Air Prop in Winter Haven (Wood)

Cruise at around 2000/2200 depending on skinny water or deep, W.F.O. it only turns about 2900.

I wish I had less prop. Cntry141iq offered that advice one of the first times I ever met him. He is right. A 72x30 prop would have done this boat right.

Bobby - I'm thrilled that you got that prop and your boat performs as it does!!! WAY TO GO!!!

You're gonna have some fun. Heck, I'm havin' fun with that dogger! But I'm just gonna leave the 32 prop on it. When I fix it, it'll be fixed with a whole new boat. I want an aluminum hull with poly and a motor with a gearbox. And a couple of minis on one trailer.

Yes, airboating is a bug. and it BITES!

matt.

 

[crabby]

350 direct drive on a 13'6 cottonmouth hull with polymer, boat is heavy will turn 2900 rpm, won't run dry