Hey Carol Dixon,
Can you upload a photo or two to the member galleries?
I would love to see what your boats look like.
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- Sun Jan 30, 2005 6:17 am
- Forum: Airboat Talk
- Topic: River Ranch
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2048
- Sun Jan 30, 2005 6:05 am
- Forum: Airboat Talk
- Topic: Riveted hulls
- Replies: 96
- Views: 17544
Cracker, I was not worried aboat the galley space, I just gured that everyone had got whay they wanted from those photos. I am still trying to figure out how to insert an image into these forum posts. Youv'e got a keen eye, and I was wondering if anyone would notice how few t-bars were in that parti...
- Sat Jan 29, 2005 7:53 am
- Forum: Airboat Talk
- Topic: Slick Bottom Alternative?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2138
- Sat Jan 29, 2005 7:21 am
- Forum: Airboat Talk
- Topic: Riveted hulls
- Replies: 96
- Views: 17544
No problem Cracker. I see you have been doing your homework on the aircraft sheet metal. I would use the alclad for the bottom sheets, and the transom. Those areas need the extra corrosion protection. Alot of people believe that disconnection the battery with a switch will slow down corrosion while ...
- Fri Jan 28, 2005 4:22 pm
- Forum: Airboat Talk
- Topic: Riveted hulls
- Replies: 96
- Views: 17544
I just measured our white boat. It is a 5.5' boat. This means it is that wide at the front of the boats bottom, where the bow begins to rise. When I pull a tape from the transom center, and up to the top of the sides, it lands on 4'. When I measured the front, one side of the boat is four feet as we...
- Fri Jan 28, 2005 11:49 am
- Forum: Airboat Talk
- Topic: Riveted hulls
- Replies: 96
- Views: 17544
Cracker, I am not positive, but I think the are cut from two 4' width sheets. Most of these hulls measure 5'6" or 5' accross the flat part of the hull near the front. Right where the bow section starts to turn up. I would think you could get it done with two sheets 4' wide. If your fixin' to start b...
- Mon Jan 24, 2005 9:39 pm
- Forum: Airboat Talk
- Topic: Riveted hulls
- Replies: 96
- Views: 17544
Yeah Cracker, Actually I have. The wide thin style hulls I think you refer to are what I believe is a Miami style boat. These style hulls were first developed by Franny Taylor (I think) Other builders include Thurman, Cloninger, ext. My Dad still has a Thurman, and it performs well, and slides like ...
- Mon Jan 24, 2005 9:15 pm
- Forum: Airboat Talk
- Topic: STEERING
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3197
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Dave,
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- Mon Jan 24, 2005 8:52 pm
- Forum: Airboat Talk
- Topic: Riveted hulls
- Replies: 96
- Views: 17544
Cracker, You keep thinking about that pile of material Pinkston has listed don't you. I don't blame you. If I had the cash I might snag it myself. The part about the patterns is what gets me. Shoot, if you check into what that material sells for, it's probably a darn fair price for the metals alone....
- Mon Jan 24, 2005 8:46 pm
- Forum: Airboat Talk
- Topic: lycoming plug wires
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2321
Yeah Marshmaster, I have the Bendix s-200 "shower of sparks" mags on my 200 lycoming. It is actually an old system that was popular years ago. It uses a main set of points in each mag for normal running, but has an extra set in one mag for starting. The extra set is the retard points, and comes into...
- Mon Jan 24, 2005 5:22 am
- Forum: Airboat Talk
- Topic: lycoming plug wires
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2321
you can buy new parts for your bendix mags on-line at aircraft spruce for one, but the prices on new airworthy parts are very steep. I don't know where you are located, but if you find out who the local aircraft mag man is, he probably has a box full of these components in "as-removed condition" tha...
- Sun Jan 23, 2005 1:07 pm
- Forum: Airboat Talk
- Topic: spark plugs and gap on a 540
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1814
- Sun Jan 23, 2005 12:55 pm
- Forum: Airboat Talk
- Topic: lycoming plug wires
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2321
All shielded ignition harnesses used on aircraft are used with resistor plugs. They do this on aircraft to keep radio interference down to a min. On your airboat this will probably not be a big concern, so you want to get non-resistor wire for best spark energy. The hardest part is getting a good co...
- Sun Jan 23, 2005 12:35 pm
- Forum: Airboat Talk
- Topic: Riveted hulls
- Replies: 96
- Views: 17544
Marshmaster, I agree that for all around performance, I think that the Palm Beach style hull is the best design ever devised. It evolved over several decades in the diverse airboating environments down here in Florida. There are other areas where airboats are run that this boat would not be the one ...
- Sat Jan 22, 2005 7:19 am
- Forum: Airboat Talk
- Topic: Riveted hulls
- Replies: 96
- Views: 17544
- Wed Jan 12, 2005 6:26 pm
- Forum: Airboat Talk
- Topic: OLD AIRBOATS
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1770
- Sat Jan 08, 2005 6:32 am
- Forum: Airboat Talk
- Topic: rudders
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1581
- Sun Jan 02, 2005 7:14 am
- Forum: Airboat Talk
- Topic: New Air Boat in Alaska Need Help ????
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1494
Alaskatours, If you can't foind a manual, I would try running it on premium pump gas and an ester synthetic pre-mix oil at 25:1. A ratio this heavy should be a safe starting point. The worst thing that could happen is that you oil foul a plug. Get it hot, and run for a few minuits at a high throttle...
- Sat Jan 01, 2005 6:30 am
- Forum: Airboat Talk
- Topic: boat
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1327
There is a company called Mosquito airboats out there who is building small stuff for John boats. Also, right now there are two drop in units for sale on ebay. One is a 25h.p. Onan unit that looks pretty good. The other is a Muculloch 4cyl 80h.p. air cooled 2cycle. This engine I have always thought ...
- Fri Dec 31, 2004 7:16 pm
- Forum: Airboat Talk
- Topic: besafe happy new year
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1012
- Wed Dec 29, 2004 7:55 pm
- Forum: Airboat Talk
- Topic: Riveted hulls
- Replies: 96
- Views: 17544
Yeah Marshmaster, Fix that thing. You might try calling Don Tooten in West Palm. (561)686-2486 "Don's aircraft" He builds the finest Palm Beach hulls around, and did one fine job on a hull we have that had issues similar to what you've got. He won't try to rob you, but gets a fair price for high qua...
- Wed Dec 29, 2004 5:01 am
- Forum: Airboat Talk
- Topic: Riveted hulls
- Replies: 96
- Views: 17544
Is it a full deck? Is the transom ok? Does it have polymer on it? Those questions would impact the difficulty of the repair job. If the hull is still basically sound, then the bottom could have a new sheet capped down the middle of the hull. Must of those style boats have two bottom sheets that meet...
- Sat Dec 25, 2004 11:48 am
- Forum: Airboat Talk
- Topic: OLD AIRBOATS
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1770
- Fri Dec 24, 2004 7:51 am
- Forum: Airboat Talk
- Topic: Name it!
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3205