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[F1 madness]

Hi all new to the forum and hopeing to share what i do.
Im a designer builder,mostly F1s are my fav but im working on others at mo,twin outboard offshore cat so should be be real fun once completed,and im just designing a new and improved F1 from 24" to 48" but will keep you posted.
Im also working on my own design outboard,got the 1st prototype just looking at what needs to be done/changed before getting it casted in alloy,and aslo looking at doing another 2 sizes of it aswell.
Heres some pics of what iv built/working on at mo:
F1 28"


F1 24"


F1 34"


37" Mono


40" Twin-outboard offshore cat


24" cat



Hope you like and theres more to come LOL
Rgds Daz

[Wasyl]

Welcome,..I,m surprised no one has bid you welcome before now,your user name will fit right in here,barring a few,the rest of us are, a little mad but in the best possible way, {-)the less said the better,me i,m quite sane,but my other half who I have under lock and key,well,...there are those that would have you believe,that he,s Bonkers, ..don,t listen to them,there only envious of him,..not me ,him,

Wullie,

[garston1]

Wully, i see they've let you out of the home for the week. Nice boats madness but they wouldn't look very nice on the sideboard!

[Perkasaman2]

Welcome F1, if those designs go half as good as they look then  . That's an impressive collection of self-builds, well done.

[F1 madness]

Welcome,..I,m surprised no one has bid you welcome before now,your user name will fit right in here,barring a few,the rest of us are, a little mad but in the best possible way, {-)the less said the better,me i,m quite sane,but my other half who I have under lock and key,well,...there are those that would have you believe,that he,s Bonkers, ..don,t listen to them,there only envious of him,..not me ,him,

Wullie,

Thanks for welcome,everybody who knows me personally will tell you crazy and off my rocker cos of my other hobby LOL
But hey some1s gotta be 

[F1 madness]

Wully, i see they've let you out of the home for the week. Nice boats madness but they wouldn't look very nice on the sideboard!

LOL thanks,they look ton loads better on the water thats for sure LOL

[F1 madness]

Welcome F1, if those designs go half as good as they look then  . That's an impressive collection of self-builds, well done.

Hey bud,got a couple of vids of the 24" and all i can say is it was quick,but on the last run hit somthing in the water and now retired to the shelf,the F1 28" goes well,im but kept snapping the flexi so im just awaiting another outboard unit,iv got vids of this aswell and she sure is a whole lotta fun.
the 37"mono is stunning,got a vid of it on 3s just for starters,should be running 5s lipo,which iv gotta order some.
The rest well gotta crack on and get them finished.

[Arrow5]

Will you put the videos on Youtube so we can all enjoy.  They look terrific.

[F1 madness]

theres some already on,ill post some now LOL

[F1 madness]

Heres a couple of the F1 24",youll notice it flys then shuts off to half power,the esc wasnt big enough,but the when i did get new esc thats when i had to self it:
clik on image to play.


Soz about the quality only had phone at the time.
1 of the mono on 3s,gonna order 5s batts soon.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRqxVfyRY_E
Another flippin vid of the F1 28" LOL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mM6vjBr341M

Will post more once sorted and back on the water,new leg should be here in the next couple of days.

[ghost123uk]

Flippin heck   - those boats are hot ! - you need some bigger water !

Welcome to the forum (from another relative newbie on here)

Do you design and build for fun, or iis it a paying hobby / business ?

That 37" mono looks soooo cool  

Where in the world are you based ?

And

crazy and off my rocker cos of my other hobby LOL

Do tell (bet your an F1 test driver or "The new Stig"

[F1 madness]

Flippin heck   - those boats are hot ! - you need some bigger water !

Welcome to the forum (from another relative newbie on here)

Do you design and build for fun, or iis it a paying hobby / business ?

That 37" mono looks soooo cool  

Where in the world are you based ?

And

Do tell (bet your an F1 test driver or "The new Stig"

thanks bud,in cannock,staffordshire uk
well i did start off building for fun and somthing to do but,just been offered a workshop area,and now looking into building and producing my hulls,and just trying to sort out having my own outboard in cast alloy.
Also im looking at building a new range of F1s from small electric to 1/4 scale gas,and some more offshore cats,so really busy at mo LOL
Im actually building a hull for a guy in america for top speed will post some pics later if you want.
As for my other hobby im into the larger reptiles and venomous snakes and im quite well known in that hobby LOL

[F1 madness]

Heres my outboard prototype:Designed to run 3/16 flexi with teflon liner and 3/16 stubshaft and upto 60mm props,elongated mounting holes upto 30mm for a larger range of motors,also youll notice how the mounting plate is angled to reduce curve in the flex creating less friction and longer lasting reliability.

This is what im aiming for finished:


Im also thinking about offering/doing ltd runs in anodised colours aswell so should be cool.

[Arrow5]

Very nice.    How about a scale(ish) cowl ?

[F1 madness]

thats somthing in the pipeline LOL

[F1 madness]

Well my newoutboard came yesterday,i will start a new thread for it,modify and rebuild 

[ayrshire andy]

Hi Madness,

Love the look of the outboard, could you give us all some figures on output power and retail price? I could use 500-1500 Watts to hang off the back end of something I will be doing soon...

Best wishes,

Ayrshire Andy

[F1 madness]

Hi andy retail price is yet unknown as it will be available in cast alloy,also thinking about doing anodised colours aswell.
As for power output,iv designed to 3/16 flexi and should handle 4000 watts + and also designed it to run upto 60 mm props.
The motor in the cad pics is based around a scorpion HK4035,so this give you an idea of how this outboard should be run.
I am looking at doing a smaller 1 and a larger 1,but that will be in time.
Rgds Daz

[ayrshire andy]

Hi madness,

4000+ Watts...WOW...early days yet for me in the build process, but always looking for awesome kit to fit in the finished shell...more power to yer designing and building arms!

Cheers,

Andy