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Old 15 August 2011, 21:27   #21
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Old 15 August 2011, 21:30   #22
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Since Jace is here, he might be able to help out with another RC thread. What fuel sender units do RC use?

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Old 15 August 2011, 21:38   #24
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Since Jace is here, he might be able to help out with another RC thread. What fuel sender units do RC use?

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Oi! start your own thread & as for you Mr Mollers.....behave yourself!
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Its a worry when the likes of rib-craft cut corners or bad workmanship which ever way you look at it thats what it is .Just makes you wonder what else goes on at all the boat builders,
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Old 15 August 2011, 22:13   #27
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Its a worry when the likes of rib-craft cut corners or bad workmanship which ever way you look at it thats what it is .Just makes you wonder what else goes on at all the boat builders,
Judging by the number of PMs I've had, it's not just Ribcraft, you could just about stick a pin a list of manufacturers & score a hit.
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Judging by the number of PMs I've had, it's not just Ribcraft, you could just about stick a pin a list of manufacturers & score a hit.
I am sure you can.My concern would be the water getting into the ply thought that is a big no, its not what you can see now but what it does in the future but i am no expert in wood but i am in water (plumber)
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Oi! start your own thread & as for you Mr Mollers.....behave yourself!
Normally I would, but it looked like more fun hijacking yours

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Ribs with wooden structures are wrong to start with!!
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Ribs with wooden structures are wrong to start with!!
I don't know of any manufacturer that doesn't have a wood subframe

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No not great on our part
Jace, the pic's of PD's hatch fitting and the pic's of yours are worlds apart, the workmanship on his is well, dire.
I'm a Ribcraft fan, I greatly admired a forum member's new 585 which was extremely well finished and was a highly capable Rib, definately have one of your 585's on my list as a replacement for mine.
Question is, what went wrong with this fitting? Re-assure me, please.
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Old 17 August 2011, 12:44   #33
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presumably x-craft don't. As I recall the founders of Scorpion made a big deal about not having a wooden deck in the mags a year or so ago - so guess they may also now have wood below deck. On my tour of redbay a few weeks ago some of the stringers etc were definitely foam cored not wood - not sure if they are "wood free" though.

Although that said I don't think wooden decks are intrinsically wrong.
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My Halmatic has foam cored stringers but the deck is sheathed marine ply, originally teak faced ply with treadmaster. Easy enough to replace the deck on mine though with bolt-on tubes etc
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Ok, but promise no touching this time
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Since Jace has not come back, I'll try to tease him out with a bit of bait. Does anyone see anything wrong with the 2nd exemplary picture? Even if the Pikeys hatch had been done like this it would still have leaked, but why?



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as far as i know Scorpion doesn't use plywood anywhere. I don't understand why RIB manufacturers still use plywood. These days there are materials which are lighter than wood and have the same strenght. it is only a bit more expensive.
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