Arcfyre
Elite member
So I've been tooling around wanting an airboat. Why? Not sure. But I wanted one. So I reused the powerpod from my worn out explorer and built up an airboat hull based on some images from Google.
Simple construction, one sheet of DTFB for the hull. Painted with Rust-Oleum to keep the water from softening the foam too much. I'd call it water resistant, not so much water proof. Added some skewers on the bottom of the hull to help with tracking.
The rudder is made from a plastic sign from tractor supply. I think it said beware of dog at some point. I bent a long piece of signal flag wire to use as the rudder mount and hot glued it to the surface. Attached a standard FT control horn and a single servo for steering.
It works amazingly well! I couldn't be happier! Need to move the battery just a little further forward, at full speed the bow seems to catch enough air to almost flip the thing. Manuverability is excellent and it is quite fast! Enjoy the images and video.
Simple construction, one sheet of DTFB for the hull. Painted with Rust-Oleum to keep the water from softening the foam too much. I'd call it water resistant, not so much water proof. Added some skewers on the bottom of the hull to help with tracking.
The rudder is made from a plastic sign from tractor supply. I think it said beware of dog at some point. I bent a long piece of signal flag wire to use as the rudder mount and hot glued it to the surface. Attached a standard FT control horn and a single servo for steering.
It works amazingly well! I couldn't be happier! Need to move the battery just a little further forward, at full speed the bow seems to catch enough air to almost flip the thing. Manuverability is excellent and it is quite fast! Enjoy the images and video.