lipinski

Guys
Does any body use tee bars in their boats. I am building a 50 inc apache with a slightly mod zenoah mostly for fun, would it be worth it for me to ivest the 30.00 for one.
http://www.americanrcboats.com/produ...are/teebar.htm Thanks for the help

Lakefrontlivin

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HI,
I use them on all my boats. It makes it easier to install the stuffing tube if you aren't too good at glassing or epoxy..
Tom H.

Piranha Surface Drives

"T" Bars are the way to go. Great for support of the cable tube. Could use a pice of wood.
But wheres the BLING BLING in that.

jdoug

I just got mine in from Zac @ AmericanRC. Very fast shipping and a well made T-bar. I think they are worth it. It will keep the shaft still when hitting waves and won't let it flex out of position or slide back.

wayneuk01

U could allways make your own out of alloy plate and put the saved money towards a new prop or something else !!

martno1fan

make one from 1/2 ply, cut a peice to match the v of the hull glass it in and i cut a small groov for the tube to sit in si half the tube is above the groove or more an oval shape.i drill a pilot hole and epoxy two studs into the wood either side of the tube.then take some ali flat bar and bend it to shape so it will hold the tube when you bolt it down using nyloc nuts on the studs.i hope you can understand what i mean,anyway heres a pic of mine.at the transome end i use a larger diam tube for it to go into so i can remove the stuffing tube easy by removing the nuts on the bracket.the larger tube gets glassed in.im in the process of doing this on my new build .

rickburnout666

http://cgi.ebay.com/Quality-Made-T-b...QQcmdZViewItem
Thats the one i got , and a good price too, sent to the UK was still less than ebayers sell them here in the UK,They are well worth the investment it`s made well and looks great [sm=thumbs_up.gif]

wayneuk01

lol ..the prices here in the uk are silly !!!!eg $29 here £29 .ihave also seen a few of verns hulls $160 boats sell for £240 ..!!naughty!! i hate it when people get mugged on the prices but if people are willing to pay them more full them..

Piranha Surface Drives

I sell alot to you guys over there in the UK.
But the shipping costs $$$$$ ,It just aint rite.
Most orders are under 2lbs ,and i have to charge 15-20 dollars
to ship. I know i could sell more but the shipping is a killer....

martno1fan

What you may think is high to you mate is not to us here you say $20 is high well i can tell you a package of 2lbs here is gonna cost you arround £15 which works out at $29 and im talking door to door in the uk so $20 from the states is better value especially when the parts or whatever are much cheaper to start with.

Piranha Surface Drives

Thanks ,I did not know that. Now i dont feel so bad....

wayneuk01

NINE OT OF TEN TIMES THE QUALITY OF GOODS FROM THE USA IS MUCH BETTER THAN SOME OF THE SHODDY EQUIPMENT WE GET SOLD HERE AND ARRIVES MUCH FASTER THAN SOME OF MY PREVIOUS EXPERIANCES HERE IN THE UK . I ALLWAYS ORDER DIRECT FROM THE STATES ALSO CUTS OUT THE GREEDY UK MIDDLE MEN (U NO WHO U ARE ) & MR TAX WHO NORMALLY LIKES HIS SLICE OF THE PIE ..LOL $20 SHIPPING MAKES ME SMILE AND MANY OTHERS IA SURE P.S SORRY FOR CAPS IAM NOT SHOUTING BUT CARNT LOOK AT SCREEN AND TYPE AT THE SAME TIME & JUST NOTICED ..sorry[:@]

Believe It

t-bar is the way to go [8D]

MrMikeG

If you can fit it in one of those padded bags shipping is cheaper and much much faster!

Piranha Surface Drives

All my stuff is polished,So i cant just send it in a bag.
Yea it would be cheaper ,But....
I want you to receve it the same way as when i packed it.

MrMikeG

Do you put bubble wrap in the box? So wrap bubble wrap around the drive and put it in the bag, pretty simple isn't it? I received Tuned pipes in bags without a dent, I would hope your drives are a little stronger than that?

Piranha Surface Drives

Sharp edges------?

Zac Price

Cool to see my Tee bars in so many places!