I've had one of these four stroke air cooled engines kicking around for a few years looking for a home and as winter approaches I'm thinking nows the time to build something suitable (no scale stuff here !).
So this is a post asking for your opinion / suggestions. It obviously has to be fairly large to cope with the weight and size (3.5 Kg without the clutch housing) also fairly basic, it's not a racing engine, more suited to a tug or cabin cruiser / fishing boat type of craft ( perhaps a narrow boat). I've thought about a large springer style but I guess that would be frowned upon, obviously no reverse so a kitchen rudder seems my best option that way I can ditch the centrifugal clutch and save a bit of space.
A commercial glass hull would be nice due to limited build area ( see "untidy workspace" thread ).
I spent a bit of time on the models by design stand at the hop farm, the Cygnus revenge looked a possible candidate but I decided the engine would look far too out of place in an open style vessel.
So a fairly large F/Glass hull (if poss.), simple design, large cabin / wheelhouse to hide the engine and of course single prop.
Any Ideas? (Still think it's got to be a big springer)
HawkEye
