^Well that was interesting. I liked the turbo whine, but was that a diesel motor? The description says the motor was 1 liter and it seems the a boat that light with a flat bottom should go faster than 62 mph.
Posts: 10938 | Location: SWFL | Registered: October 10, 2007
Very small boat, very stable boat. Remember water has an ADHESIVE factor, so while a John boat will be stable, it won’t be fast due to the adhesion across the bottom surface.
Canoe with outriggers?
Posts: 2132 | Location: south central Pennsylvania | Registered: November 05, 2008
Originally posted by midwest guy: What is the motor?
It's a Cuyuna 2 cylinder 2 stroke engine originally used in snowmobiles. Detuned for reliability and common in ultralights back in the day. Around 30 hp.
Haven't gotten it running yet. Carb is messing with me. Will start and run on ether but won't run on it's own. Been sidetracked by other projects, need to get that gangly sumbitch out of my garage.
Maybe Tuesday.
Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent.
Posts: 15227 | Location: Downeast Maine | Registered: March 10, 2010
Didn’t some member’s wife make a “Lawn dart of death” remark years ago.
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Posts: 9912 | Location: Jawjah | Registered: December 30, 2005
First, and most importantly, good luck on the engine resurrection project!
Secondly.....
quote:
What is the motor?... Around 30 hp.
For reasons due to either
1) my poor Google-fu, or 2) fundamental physics
this was the result for a Google search for the phrase "30 horsepower airboats"
quote:
About 896,000 results (0.66 seconds) No results found for "30 horsepower airboats".
I also wish your friend luck, but I think he may find his use for this engine to be something more prosaic than an airboat.
Chicken dryer, I like that! Though, my friend has maybe a dozen chickens/roosters and, contrary to the saying 'mad as a wet hen' his avians seem to like being out in the rain.
Posts: 15027 | Location: North Carolina | Registered: October 15, 2007
