72 inch mazcat drives
12-05-2008, 04:07 PM
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72 inch mazcat drives
Hi Guy's
this will be a very slow thread, My main project is the lcat. I got the itch to see how the drives would look. what do you all think.
this will be a very slow thread, My main project is the lcat. I got the itch to see how the drives would look. what do you all think.
12-06-2008, 09:03 AM
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RE: 72 inch mazcat drives
here is a link to these outdrives,from tower hobbies.under $35 for the setup on each.nice deal,WOW!!!
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...NUFACTURER=AQU
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...NUFACTURER=AQU
12-06-2008, 09:48 AM
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RE: 72 inch mazcat drives
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these are brand new. I see nothing wrong with them. craig
these are brand new. I see nothing wrong with them. craig
12-10-2008, 07:33 AM
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RE: 72 inch mazcat drives
Nice build, any pictures of the build process.
Just an observation, maybe wrong not an expert, I see a lot of cat pictures with drives like that and the prop actually overhangs the transom. Yours appears to be underneath?
If so easy fix, just block them out an inch... Nice find...
Just an observation, maybe wrong not an expert, I see a lot of cat pictures with drives like that and the prop actually overhangs the transom. Yours appears to be underneath?
If so easy fix, just block them out an inch... Nice find...
12-11-2008, 04:25 PM
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RE: 72 inch mazcat drives
The drive i ordered just got here...It seams like a real nice well built drive,,,,I would like to know how you plan on hooking up the tilt and make it waterproof at the same time??
12-11-2008, 09:52 PM
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RE: 72 inch mazcat drives
Hi Guy's
if you want to make a water proof pushrod fitting here is what I will do. rc sub drivers use these. go to auto zone. get a rubber vacume plug, the pointy kind. get a piece of brass tubing same size as your pushrod. so if your rod is 1/8 you need 1/8 tubing. sharpen the inside of the tube with an xacto blade. grease the tube, stick it in the nipple turn and cut until you go all the way thru. it should center itself, start slow. then mout it on your transum over your push rod. it is water proof to at least 30 feet. put grease on the push rod to make it slide better. cheap and they work. ask any rc sub guy. all the best craig
if you want to make a water proof pushrod fitting here is what I will do. rc sub drivers use these. go to auto zone. get a rubber vacume plug, the pointy kind. get a piece of brass tubing same size as your pushrod. so if your rod is 1/8 you need 1/8 tubing. sharpen the inside of the tube with an xacto blade. grease the tube, stick it in the nipple turn and cut until you go all the way thru. it should center itself, start slow. then mout it on your transum over your push rod. it is water proof to at least 30 feet. put grease on the push rod to make it slide better. cheap and they work. ask any rc sub guy. all the best craig
12-12-2008, 08:39 AM
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RE: 72 inch mazcat drives
His drives will be fine where they are asuming he has plenty of clearance for his props,the one thing i would do though is add a transome extension midships to mount the rudder on to put it further back so its behind the props.If it were mine id go right across the transome from one sponson to the other so you get an overhang full width of the boat just my opinion.
Mart
heres a cpl of pics of a mates cat similar to what im talking about,he put the rudder on the left to stop prop walk but your ok dead centre been twin props
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heres a cpl of pics of a mates cat similar to what im talking about,he put the rudder on the left to stop prop walk but your ok dead centre been twin props
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07-14-2010, 07:22 PM
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RE: 72 inch mazcat drives
Hi Guys
this has been a long build, but I am back at my maxcat. I am making my own airducts. they look something like Marcels on his v-2. I hope to run it late Aug. all the best craig
this has been a long build, but I am back at my maxcat. I am making my own airducts. they look something like Marcels on his v-2. I hope to run it late Aug. all the best craig
08-11-2010, 06:47 PM
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RE: 72 inch mazcat drives
Hi Guys
my bubble turned out really nice. weather here is so hot. so not much getting done until it cools off a little. all the best Craig
my bubble turned out really nice. weather here is so hot. so not much getting done until it cools off a little. all the best Craig
