BobKat; save those scraps!!

[Avanti]

very cool

[ace028]

I see that the red screw is suppose to be for the boat that I gave you for the kids. What keeps the rudder in the hardware? Is that teflon tubing?

[Avanti]

the dust, she is a flying; here is my build thread
http://forums.offshoreelectrics.com/...2587#post52587

[peells]

The Rudder Complete!!!!!!

Well hare is the finished rudder Assembly I got hold of more aluminum at work so I could finish the whole Assembly,
My first couple of pictures are of the raw chunk of aluminum after I rough cut it then I have a couple of brushed photos (that gets Ace's Goat he hates the brushed look) but then I polished out the steering arm so it would match and I could remove the hatch tape holding it on. All in all it turned out real well, What do you guys think?

[peells]

Here are some more pics of the rudder

[peells]

Here are the last two shots

[lonewolf]

Fine craftmanship young jedi...

[ace028]

Is there slop? Looks nice.

[lonewolf]

I call that metal art... if there is slop there is a fix dont panic

[ace028]

I am wonderiing if a center mounted rudder would be a better choice for a cat? Or is that only the case with twins?

[lonewolf]

Stick to the side makes it easier to remove the flex after a run. The difference isnt criical for a sport boat...On all my single drive cats I run mine to the right...

[peells]

Well this bad boy is only going to sport a single with about 3000 KVA and I am working on a center mount design, and as for slop it is very minimal due to the nature of the design.

[peells]

I worked on the Hatch Too!!!

Well I just couldn't stand it a guy gave me some Styrofoam and so I took off into shaping land check it out.

[Avanti]

it's quite large, image search race boats for ideas

[peells]

Yes I know it is a little bulky I just got it roughed out, you would have thought even worse if I didn't loose my picture of the thing as a block glued to the hatch I was mad I lost that one because I have been trying to show things as I start them.
Now everyone don't go thinking that the rudder is rough looking by that last picture because it is not a true likeness of what it really looks like these high resolution cameras pick up every little thing even if it is not there!