Re: Brick motor
Humorous thread. Reminds me of what they said about
the F4 Phantom: "The Phantom proves anything can fly
if you put a big enough engine on it." Maybe if you
carefully set the engine onto the transom while
someone carefully stepped aboard forward.... ;-)
Pete Culler wrote about (Skiffs and Schooners) a
National Geographic special where they measured the
depth of a small remote lake. They flew in an
outboard motor (and fuel) and small skiff in their
airplane to the far north, mounted it on the transom
of their little skiff, got it to start, blasted out 50
yards to the center of the lake, took the measurements
and then loaded it all back in the plane. Oars would
have been faster.
Phil Lea
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the F4 Phantom: "The Phantom proves anything can fly
if you put a big enough engine on it." Maybe if you
carefully set the engine onto the transom while
someone carefully stepped aboard forward.... ;-)
Pete Culler wrote about (Skiffs and Schooners) a
National Geographic special where they measured the
depth of a small remote lake. They flew in an
outboard motor (and fuel) and small skiff in their
airplane to the far north, mounted it on the transom
of their little skiff, got it to start, blasted out 50
yards to the center of the lake, took the measurements
and then loaded it all back in the plane. Oars would
have been faster.
Phil Lea
>This motor will be perfect if you double the size of[snip]... only on smooth water [snip] Maybe if
>your Brick! [snip] Brick has too much rocker to ... >
>you drag a sea anchor...__________________________________________________
>... made a Brick really sturdy and attached the motor
>on the side if you could get it to plane while going >sideways?
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Hi -
Well, thanks for all the feedback. I guess nobody has tried a motor
on it as nobody indicated such. My plan was not to run it full
blast, just use what I had at about idle speed.
Like Al said "if we knew what we were doing it wouldn't be called
research."
Mike
Well, thanks for all the feedback. I guess nobody has tried a motor
on it as nobody indicated such. My plan was not to run it full
blast, just use what I had at about idle speed.
Like Al said "if we knew what we were doing it wouldn't be called
research."
Mike
--- Inbolger@egroups.com, "Mike Stockstill" <mkstocks@b...> wrote:
> Hi -
>
> Will Brick support my 8 HP 4-stroke Honda engine? NO, I don't plan
> on using much speed at all - I just wonder if it will hold the
> engine. If so, I don't need to go buy something else...
>
> Thanks.
>
> Mike
>http://mkstocks.tripod.com/
This motor will be perfect if you double the size of your Brick!
(thus
increasing displacement about 8X)
Brick has too much rocker to support big weights on the ends, unless
you are going to go out only on smooth water and you attach equal
ballast to the other end. (thus increasing moment of inertia so it
will pitch up and down much more when hitting waves). You will also
have to find a prop with really flat pitch so you don't exceed hull
speed and have the boat go nuts, if it doesn't break first. Maybe if
you drag a sea anchor...
I rowed a Brick a mile or two upwind last Saturday. (too much wind
for
the way I had the rig set up). Do you really need a motor?
Even if small, it's going to be really in the way when taken on board
unless you build some special stowage.
I wonder if you made a Brick really sturdy and attached the motor on
the side if you could get it to plane while going sideways?
(thus
increasing displacement about 8X)
Brick has too much rocker to support big weights on the ends, unless
you are going to go out only on smooth water and you attach equal
ballast to the other end. (thus increasing moment of inertia so it
will pitch up and down much more when hitting waves). You will also
have to find a prop with really flat pitch so you don't exceed hull
speed and have the boat go nuts, if it doesn't break first. Maybe if
you drag a sea anchor...
I rowed a Brick a mile or two upwind last Saturday. (too much wind
for
the way I had the rig set up). Do you really need a motor?
Even if small, it's going to be really in the way when taken on board
unless you build some special stowage.
I wonder if you made a Brick really sturdy and attached the motor on
the side if you could get it to plane while going sideways?
--- Inbolger@egroups.com, "Peter Vanderwaart" <pvanderw@o...> wrote:
>
> > Will Brick support my 8 HP 4-stroke Honda engine?
>
> I have to believe that in your heart-of-hearts, you know that this
is
> a really bad idea. Consider yourself talked out of it. It must
weigh
> nearly as much as a human passenger. Would you ask someone to come
> along and sit on the motor mount?
>
> Peter
> Will Brick support my 8 HP 4-stroke Honda engine?I have to believe that in your heart-of-hearts, you know that this is
a really bad idea. Consider yourself talked out of it. It must weigh
nearly as much as a human passenger. Would you ask someone to come
along and sit on the motor mount?
Peter
Hi -
Will Brick support my 8 HP 4-stroke Honda engine? NO, I don't plan
on using much speed at all - I just wonder if it will hold the
engine. If so, I don't need to go buy something else...
Thanks.
Mike
http://mkstocks.tripod.com/
Will Brick support my 8 HP 4-stroke Honda engine? NO, I don't plan
on using much speed at all - I just wonder if it will hold the
engine. If so, I don't need to go buy something else...
Thanks.
Mike
http://mkstocks.tripod.com/