Genesis question

[JonD]

Well i have noticed lots of giving room were the pushrod comes threw the hull, so i decided take a peice of antanna tube cut it about 1''1/2 long forced a peice of cooling tube over it same length and forced it in the hole in the transum were the pushrod comes threw so the pushrod cant bow when doing its thing, then i put the boot back on the end sticking out of the hull, i will try it out this weekend and see if this is the problem, and my rudder is back inline just to start with in my testing..

The best way to stop the push rod from bending is to slide a length of carbon fibre tube over the push rod - and presto. On my Genesis I have it slid on a Dubro 4-40 threaded push rod and it is now 100% rigid. No bending at all. Both rod and tube available from Kintec

http://kintecracing.com/Building_Supplies.html

The OD of the carbon fibre tube is still small enough to go through the rubber sealing bellows. If I hadn't seen the result myself, I wouldn't have believed just how effective a solution this is.

[HYDROJERRY]

thanks JonD,,,
So heres alittle update went out last weekend and tryed a handfull of stuff and heres what i got,, i put the rudder back inline like original, ran it with the strut about 3mm high and got lots of wha,wha so i moved it back to about level with the ride pads got better so i tryed moveing my batts back alittle and still pulls wright and still wha,wha so i moved them back forward where i had them,,,now all this was with running the M445 prop, so then i tryed a x442 prop and lost some speed and still wnet wright so then i tryed a x440 and still pulls wright and wha,wha,,,, so then itryed a grim40x52 i think and motor sounded lower but everything was still the same so then i tryed the x642 and it seemed the best but batts and everthing was cooking so i wnet home,,, now i have removed the rudder ,cut off the part that the bolts go threw and put a peice off aluminum inside the transum and threaded some holes threw it and bolted the rudder to the rear of the transum,,went to Kintec and orderd a 4-40 2mm pushrod and we'll go from there!!!

[HYDROJERRY]

Heres some pics of the new rudder placement,, i did take a peice of aluminum and cut it to fit the inside of the transum and drilled and threaded two holes threw it so the bolts that are going threw the rudder bracket are threaded into the aluminum so i gess it should be ok, feels real strong..

[JonD]

Tip:- When cutting carbon fibre rod (tube) use a Dremel with a cutting disc, rather than a hacksaw, otherwise the cut end of the rod will tend to de-laminate or shatter.

[paultbg]

Looks good Jerry-let us know if this solve the problem with the right pulling.

[HYDROJERRY]

Will do Paul,, i dont think its gonna but we'll see, i did notice when i put my hull on the table to make my strut level, that my hull has a slight uneveness, teader toders in a crisscross, maybe one of the ride pads is to low, gotta fix that..