Transom weight flatacraft force 4

[Cumbria]

Hi all

Got a flatacraft force for and sadly the 50 2:stroke is knackered.
Going to get a 4 stroke but what's max weight I can get ?

Thx

[jeffstevens763@g]

Originally Posted by Cumbria

Hi all

Got a flatacraft force for and sadly the 50 2:stroke is knackered.
Going to get a 4 stroke but what's max weight I can get ?

Thx

Max HP was 50 find the weight of the engine you have and work from that mt guess would be a 30-40 HP four stroke

[Nasher]

Outboard weight sort of wasn't considered back then because they were all 2-strokes and weighed very little in comparison to today's outboards of similar HP.

I had a 55 Suzuki on my Force 4 and it flew, but was a little too tail heavy in the rough stuff.
It was a three cylinder engine so was a little heavier than a twin.

Nasher.

[Cumbria]

Thanks nasher love the set up and it's all original so will try to save the ob... But if I can't what would u go for.?
It's a bit of a barn find it has its original cover ,.ob and trailer... Would you spend a lot to keep original or get a new ob

[Nos4r2]

What is the current knackered OB?

[Cumbria]

Merc 50 2 stroke . 1989

[jeffstevens763@g]

pic of plate with max HP for each boat

i had one years ago with a 40 hp mariner 2 stroke


https://www.rib.net/forum/f8/info-on...aft-68462.html

[Nasher]

Still miss mine:
https://www.rib.net/forum/members/1181-albums290.html

The orange and White one I inherited from my father so obviously it held a lot of memories, but we also had one of the very first ones, so I sort of grew up with them.

I upgraded the engine from a 40HP Suzi to the 55HP Suzi and it was so quick, especially at take off with the extra torque from the third pot.

I remember as a kid hauling the first one up beaches and people crowding around as nobody had ever seen a RIB before, and the concept of a 'speedboat' with tubes was very alien to most.

Nasher.

[jeffstevens763@g]

Originally Posted by Nasher

Still miss mine:
https://www.rib.net/forum/members/1181-albums290.html

The orange and White one I inherited from my father so obviously it held a lot of memories, but we also had one of the very first ones, so I sort of grew up with them.

I upgraded the engine from a 40HP Suzi to the 55HP Suzi and it was so quick, especially at take off with the extra torque from the third pot.

I remember as a kid hauling the first one up beaches and people crowding around as nobody had ever seen a RIB before, and the concept of a 'speedboat' with tubes was very alien to most.

Nasher.

thanks for posting these, brings back memories i had the yellow bow dodger

on mine it went well 4 up with the 40 hp mariner