General questons from a gas newb
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General questons from a gas newb
Ok folks,
I had planned on builbing a Falcon cat. It appears to be a very fast hull. I'm also toying with an EXP thunder cat, and Topsecrets Gen 2. Anyone have any other favorites?
Will a J&G top end go on a CY engine(I found a smoking deal on these in Draper, Ut)?
Will the redline motor coupler work on the CY and rcmk blocks as well as zenoahs(I've sent a couple of emails to Redline with no response)?
Does anyone have a book they can suggest to see how all these pieces go together? all my prior experience comes from a 3.5 outboard tunnelhull. Fun but nothing like this.
Thanks for the help,
Dan
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RE: General questons from a gas newb
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Ok folks,
I had planned on builbing a Falcon cat. It appears to be a very fast hull. I'm also toying with an EXP thunder cat, and Topsecrets Gen 2. Anyone have any other favorites?
Will a J&G top end go on a CY engine(I found a smoking deal on these in Draper, Ut)? No it will not
Will the redline motor coupler work on the CY and rcmk blocks as well as zenoahs(I've sent a couple of emails to Redline with no response)?
Does anyone have a book they can suggest to see how all these pieces go together? all my prior experience comes from a 3.5 outboard tunnelhull. Fun but nothing like this.
Thanks for the help,
Dan
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Ok folks,
I had planned on builbing a Falcon cat. It appears to be a very fast hull. I'm also toying with an EXP thunder cat, and Topsecrets Gen 2. Anyone have any other favorites?
Will a J&G top end go on a CY engine(I found a smoking deal on these in Draper, Ut)? No it will not
Will the redline motor coupler work on the CY and rcmk blocks as well as zenoahs(I've sent a couple of emails to Redline with no response)?
Does anyone have a book they can suggest to see how all these pieces go together? all my prior experience comes from a 3.5 outboard tunnelhull. Fun but nothing like this.
Thanks for the help,
Dan
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RE: General questons from a gas newb
I haven't seen the Red Line coupler but most people just use the one from Aeromarine and that weill fit the Zenoah, Sikk and the RCMK. When installing most of them on an RCMK though you have to see if you have at least a .005" gap between the coupler and the bearing. I modified all of my Aeromarine couplers by grinding down the end so that there is more gap than that to be on the safe side. I've got maybe 1/16" or a hair more on mine.
In hopes that I didn't misunderstand you as far as what you're calling motor couplers which some might call the motor mounts then the Zenoahs and RCMK's use the same mounts. The Sikk can only use the rear (crank end) mount but not the rear as the bolt pattern and other things are different.
In hopes that I didn't misunderstand you as far as what you're calling motor couplers which some might call the motor mounts then the Zenoahs and RCMK's use the same mounts. The Sikk can only use the rear (crank end) mount but not the rear as the bolt pattern and other things are different.
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RE: General questons from a gas newb
I tried to post photos<div>it may be to late at night</div><div>I put togather my first last year mostly from photos i took at a race & alot of questions</div><div>I've got two areo marine hydros W/zens and a mixtur of their hardware and warehouse hobbies</div><div>Pics" are worth a million words</div><div>can try latertap</div>