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26 April 2012, 22:45
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Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Inverkip
Boat name: Crusader
Make: Redbay 8.4 Exped
Length: 8m +
Engine: yamaha sterndrive
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Built an RC Rib
Over the winter months ive been keeping myself out of trouble by building an RC rib
Now that the sun is out weve been playing with it and boy can it shift!!! 
 
Its loosely based on crusader, has an outboard and is self righting (which is essential for RC boaters!!!)
It can also double as an open rib
Its a tad faster and more stable but if you flip it then your going swimming. (which ive had to do allready  )
Heres a wee video from the kyles of bute last weekend
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26 April 2012, 23:19
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Country: UK - England
Town: London/Oxford
Make: Ribcrafts
Length: 5m +
Engine: 150hp/2x115hp
MMSI: 235090215
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Scary fast - scale hp must be close to 50,000hp to make it go that fast!!!
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26 April 2012, 23:25
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Country: UK - England
Town: Royal Wootton Bassett
Length: 8m +
Engine: 250
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Love it, I want one 
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27 April 2012, 00:24
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Country: UK - Wales
Town: West Wales
Make: Vipermax 5.8, SR4.7
Length: 5m +
Engine: 150 Opti, F50EFi
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Sorry to disappoint you, but that's no Ribcraft. 
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27 April 2012, 06:42
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Country: UK - England
Town: New Milton
Boat name: Jianna
Make: Osprey
Length: 6m +
Engine: 200 E-TEC
MMSI: 235076954
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Wow, now all you need to do is scale it up by something like x30 and I suspect that you will be on to a winner 
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27 April 2012, 11:47
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Originally Posted by whisper
Love it, I want one |
2nd that, 
Fair doo's thats a great job you done there fella, Shame you did'nt start a thread when you started building' it would be good to see whats involved. Are them tubes made of copper pipe lagging. looks fun trying to control it.
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27 April 2012, 11:59
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Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Inverkip
Boat name: Crusader
Make: Redbay 8.4 Exped
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Engine: yamaha sterndrive
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I've got before and after photos.
The tubes are pipe lagging from b&q glued on with zap epoxy.
The cab is made from a solid block of polystyrene so the boat self rights.
A bit of trial and error needed to make it go right but I think it's about there!
Whole boat cost £120!
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27 April 2012, 12:43
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Country: UK - England
Town: New Milton
Boat name: Jianna
Make: Osprey
Length: 6m +
Engine: 200 E-TEC
MMSI: 235076954
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Originally Posted by craig_c
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So scaled up around £3,600 for a 200mph RIB  Where do I sign
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27 April 2012, 14:29
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Country: UK - Channel Islands
Town: A large rock
Boat name: La Frette
Make: Osprey Vipermax
Length: 6m +
Engine: 200 Suzzy
Join Date: May 2004
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Great build, and great video. I thought for a minute we were watching a real rib with Gotchiguy driving 
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27 April 2012, 18:40
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Country: UK - England
Town: Southampton
Boat name: Hissing Sid
Make: Ross Smith Cobra
Length: 6m +
Engine: 200HP Optimax
MMSI: 235038046
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Good vid, nice acceleration!
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27 April 2012, 19:40
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Town: Plymouth
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I've got before and after photos.
The tubes are pipe lagging from b&q glued on with zap epoxy.
The cab is made from a solid block of polystyrene so the boat self rights.
A bit of trial and error needed to make it go right but I think it's about there!
Whole boat cost £120!
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Right... How much ? This has my lads name on it
Peter @ Boatsandoutboards4sale ~ askboatsandoutboards4sale@sky.com ~ 07930 421007
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27 April 2012, 22:51
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Country: Ireland
Length: 4m +
Join Date: Feb 2008
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Originally Posted by Boats&Outboards
Right... How much ? This has my lads name on it |
LOL - tell the truth!
You want it for yourself
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28 April 2012, 09:25
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Country: UK - England
Town: Plymouth
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Ok ok busted... No really it's for my lad.
He's only 8 and wants an RNLI RC. Tom's a lucky lad, he's had a few real life SIB's and a 12ft sorcerer speed boat with a Merc 25hp on foot throttle but I kept selling them all (as PeteM found out when he bought his Merc 25) so his thinking is I won't sell an RC from under him
Peter @ Boatsandoutboards4sale ~ askboatsandoutboards4sale@sky.com ~ 07930 421007
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28 April 2012, 09:30
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Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Inverkip
Boat name: Crusader
Make: Redbay 8.4 Exped
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Too be honest this boat has been pushed to the limit power wise and is getting rough round the edges. Barrel rolls at 25kts don't do it much good.
I'll see if I can get a production boat and modify it into an open rib. It will be much neater than this one and more reliable.
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01 May 2012, 23:17
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Country: UK - England
Town: South Yorks
Boat name: Black Pig
Make: Ribcraft
Length: 5m +
Engine: DF140a
MMSI: 235111389
Join Date: Feb 2008
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Originally Posted by Downhilldai
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RC= Remote Control  Doh!
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04 May 2012, 05:29
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Country: USA
Town: Leesburg
Make: Zodiac
Length: 4m +
Engine: Outboard 40
Join Date: Feb 2011
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I have a nephew that is really taken with my RIB. He only gets to see it once a year so I was thinking about building him a RC model of it to play around with when he can't get in the real thing.
I been looking but so far haven't been able to find a suitable scale working outboard motor. I seem to remember that there were small electric outboard motors for boat toys when I was a kid, but so far I haven't been able to find one.
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04 May 2012, 15:51
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Country: UK - Wales
Town: West Wales
Make: Vipermax 5.8, SR4.7
Length: 5m +
Engine: 150 Opti, F50EFi
Join Date: Sep 2005
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Errr, thanks for that, PD
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05 May 2012, 15:09
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Country: UK - England
Town: South Yorks
Boat name: Black Pig
Make: Ribcraft
Length: 5m +
Engine: DF140a
MMSI: 235111389
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Originally Posted by Downhilldai
Errr, thanks for that, PD |
anytime 
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24 May 2012, 07:43
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Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Inverkip
Boat name: Crusader
Make: Redbay 8.4 Exped
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The second RC rib build is about to start
This one is for Peter
I'll stick a build thread up!
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