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Little Rascal

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Rubber Powered Boats
« on: September 16, 2011, 01:00:39 pm »
Hi,

I'm not sure where to put this, so perhaps Martin can find it a home...?


Just wondered if anyone had done anything with rubber power in recent years? I know it was quite a big thing at one point...

I was thinking of a small launch or submarine using a 10:1 gear drive I got out of an old PC. I come from a free flight rubber background so I have the stuff around...

Any ideas, experiences, models to share?

Cheers
Jon
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tony52

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Re: Rubber Powered Boats
« Reply #1 on: September 16, 2011, 01:57:46 pm »
If you look at section 6 Archives on the Bowmancircle and scroll to the bottom, details of the original rubber powered launches can be found.

http://www.bowmancircle.co.uk/

In the July 2007 edition of Model Boats magazine, Ashley Needham had an item featured on building this type of model.

Hope this is of value,
Tony.
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treeboa

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Re: Rubber Powered Boats
« Reply #2 on: September 16, 2011, 02:16:06 pm »
shame they dont sell that stuff at those prices today
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Little Rascal

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Re: Rubber Powered Boats
« Reply #3 on: September 16, 2011, 02:37:34 pm »
Cheers Tony, I'd seen the Bowman Aeroboats before, but I'm not sure how the mechanism works. They look cool though!
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Re: Rubber Powered Boats
« Reply #4 on: September 16, 2011, 03:45:01 pm »
Not too many years ago there was a demonstration of rubber powered boats at the Leamington Model Boat Show.

Barrie
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Martin (Admin)

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Re: Rubber Powered Boats
« Reply #5 on: September 16, 2011, 05:42:36 pm »
I saw that demo Barry... Huge laugh when one of the guys wound up his 'motor' the wrong way and shot off backwards!! {-)
.... impressively enough it went just as well backward as forwards!
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Patrick Henry

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Re: Rubber Powered Boats
« Reply #6 on: September 16, 2011, 05:47:26 pm »
Somewhere I have some pictures and a piece of video footage of some of Harry Fox's rubber powered submarines, I'll try and find them and post them up here for you.
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The long Build

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Re: Rubber Powered Boats
« Reply #7 on: September 16, 2011, 06:05:47 pm »
Thought NHP made one ?.
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dondecap

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Re: Rubber Powered Boats
« Reply #8 on: September 17, 2011, 01:27:26 pm »
hi guys.
here's a 'quick one' hehehe

http://www.youtube.com/v/JUtO8qkEgdI

regards
don
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gwa84

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Re: Rubber Powered Boats
« Reply #9 on: September 17, 2011, 07:41:13 pm »
lol use to make things like that with me old man as a kid for the local ditch ace  :-))
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