This is the 3rd boat i've tried to build but i am still new to the hobby. this boat features a 26cc weed wacker engine. i've since analysed the flaws of this boat and have made new designs for a. Walmart is now selling a weed eater brand trimmer with a swiveling lower shaft (for lawn edging). the resulting shape angled correctly for use as a small boat motor. the trimmer also has a variable throttle trigger, manual choke, and 25cc engine.. Converted weedeater engines. updated on may 4, 2016. don't throw that weedeater, string trimmer, weed whacker away. so your wife wore it out. now it's your turn. just look at the fun some of these people are having with their old engines. there are a lot of these little engines going into radio controlled airplanes and boats. don't over.
Weed eater will push a 4' boat easily. problem: weed eater is an ignition engine and back when i was fooling with r/c (owned a 4,000 sq ft hobby shop fulla r/c stuff) ignition drove radios crazy.. The idea is using a weed eater engine, and the main material for the hull will be wood. my problem is that i'm kinda new in the boat scene (i'v been "playing" with nitro and electric cars and planes most of my life), and i don't know what boat design will work best for my needs.. Intro: 8 ft wingspan coroplast rc piper cub flown by 25cc weed trimmer i love radio controlled airplanes and have built several kinds from balsa to this large scale plastic one. this one is made from $25.00 worth of plastic i bought locally at a sign company..
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