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[david5]

A clubmate would like to build a 1/6 scale Pibber (as weapons and crew are available from 21st century),Christian in Gibraltar can do the hull but would need to do a minimum of four to be viable,about £95 plus p&p,water jets are available, anyone interested ?
David5

[MadMax]

forgive my ignorance ...how big is 1/6 scale in inches please

[Martin (Admin)]

See:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_scale_model_sizes

[david5]

62" long for a mark 1
David5

[mrlownotes]

My maths may be suspect, however I estimate the displacement of a PBR at 1/6th scale to have a sailing weight (displacement) of approx 128kg.
If I'm right you will need a lot of lead and some good friends (strong ones) to help put it in the water.

[longshanks]

I reckon 42Kgs would be closer to the mark...........

Which does raise the question of power and supply to get this mass on the plane and keep it there

longshanks

[mrlownotes]

I reckon 42Kgs would be closer to the mark...........

Which does raise the question of power and supply to get this mass on the plane and keep it there

longshanks

I was going by a 1/24th scale PBR displacing 2kg, then factoring up from there.

[malcolmfrary]

Either it wasn't 1/24 or it wasn't a PBR or it sits with the water lapping the deck.  A 32ft by 2ft by 10ft block at 1/24 is about 2 and a bit kilos, a PBR is not a block underwater.


For big beastie power maybe one or two of these? - https://www.banggood.com/Mini-49cc-Two-Stroke-Air-Cooled-Racing-Engine-Manual-For-Motorcycle-Quad-Dirt-Dirtbike-p-986735.html?rmmds=category

[mrlownotes]

I concur..........working from the top down with a Mark2 PBR at 32feet and displacement 8.9 tons.... At 1/6 scale we end up with 42kg. I'll crawl back into my shell now, suitably embarassed.