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d4570
.416 Rigby Joined: 27 January 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 9403 |
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No way near finished or even ready to paint,
BUT This Saturday is the boys last scheduled day off, for the season. With a little luck and a long day or two of work... We are shooting for a "Water test" We will have his mud boat and a 4wheeler along for an emergency extraction if needed. If it works we will have some video If not , well you will never see it...
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Irish Bird Dog
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Here's wishing a good trial water run for the Water Bug!.
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Irish Bird Dog
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BEAR
Administrator Joined: 07 September 2013 Location: Appalachian Mtn Status: Offline Points: 13734 |
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take a bottle of chanpaign to break over the bow on launching.
can't wait for pics. good luck.
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d4570
.416 Rigby Joined: 27 January 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 9403 |
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First water test.
Edited by d4570 - 27 July 2018 at 19:07 |
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jsgbearpaws1
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looks promising!
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...oh yeah! thats gonna hurt!
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Irish Bird Dog
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looking good....level and moving and steering too....was that a crash landing?????
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Irish Bird Dog
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Wing master
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That looks great. It looks to me like you're about ready to head out into deep water.
Congratulations Wing master
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I have always considered myself to be quite the bullshitter, But ocasionally it is nice to sit back and listen to a true professional......So, Carry on.
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BEAR
Administrator Joined: 07 September 2013 Location: Appalachian Mtn Status: Offline Points: 13734 |
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congratulatiob D. looking good.
was that full throtle?
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RobertMT
.416 Rigby Joined: 12 March 2008 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 4413 |
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Looking good.
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d4570
.416 Rigby Joined: 27 January 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 9403 |
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Well Dang!!!!
I have decided to give the snowmobile belt drive up... I just don't have the RPM/HP to make it do what I want. I can't get it to get up to a 1 to 1 ratio at 3000 rpm so I have to run the bug motor up to closer to 4500rpm to get the prop in to the upper 2000 rpm range. When I do get it up there the belt slips a lot. I got a shorter belt to see if there was a difference, much better but still not good. I got two 32 tooth #50 chain sprockets , same chain I use on the top drive,with 1 3/16th hubs. They go right on to the parts of the SNB drive that I had made. With the hubs I can change the ratio if needed with only a sprocket. with a two stage chain drive I'll have to run idler sprocket on both chains I suppose. I had to put a key way in the shafts, amazing what an angle grinder can do. It is a little les forgiving then a belt as far as alignment. Hope to hit the gas this weekend and see if I can blow some dirt/gravel. |
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Irish Bird Dog
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Sure looks good in the very clear/sharp pictures....very impressive solution and maybe more durable too.
So, now you are an "angle-grinder machinist"...must take a steady hand to cut the key-way that way & get it to be a close fit for the key. Did you do it with shaft mounted or take it off to make the key-way?
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Irish Bird Dog
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MtElkHunter
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The clutching on the snowmobile belt will change things a lot. To change the clutching you will need to change the clutch springs and/or the cluch weights. On sleds we have to play with this a lot to get them to run like they are suppose to. The correct setup on the clutch will make all the difference in the world.
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SW Montana
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d4570
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1971 Johnson skee horse drive not much for "Performance" parts out there.No weights in it only a coil spring in the primary and a torque spring on the secondary. My max RPM on the bug is around 4000 rpm but I would not want to run it over 3000 all day long.
I'll miss the clutch to be able to idle the motor with out the prop turning.
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d4570
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Going all the way, took out the complete SM drive and going to use a direct shaft to connect the motor to the prop via a shaft with a changeable sprocket to adjust the rpm.
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Irish Bird Dog
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looks lots less cluttered anyway....direct drive sounds good....does the blue bearing housing get anchored in anyway???? bolted anyway so can be removed when you need to change the sprocket.
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Irish Bird Dog
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d4570
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Yes it will all be bolted down and changeable
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d4570
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Trailer so far
Front Back
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BEAR
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looking good. D
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Irish Bird Dog
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Not bad so far....wood gunna be waterproofed some way?????
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Irish Bird Dog
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BEAR
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How is the new transmission/drive coming along????
We know the chief designer took time off for hunting season.
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