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Hi Brent and thanks for the well wishes. ( Jay and other guys as well,
Thanks.)
I agree with your putting a motor on your rudder. It gives you a LOT more
control, and if a side motor or related system goes out, that one motor can run
a long time on the available battery power. Although I also have two side
motors, I don't expect to use them that often. Mostly just for "up-close"
maneuvering or maybe a full throttle (4 motor) burst to avoid a collision.
A nice addition would be a horizontal rudder back there too. Lots of work
but would make a good dive plane.
On the MBT tank bottoms....I would think it's a good thing. If for
some reason you got into a steep dive, it may be impossible to blow the tank.
I've noticed most of the K boats have bottoms on the tanks. Les K. added bottoms
to his and he had a nice wedge shaped shroud/hole on the bottom. I don't think
he ever had a problem with them before adding the bottoms, but it just seems to
make sense.
I know some of the tanks are FRP and it's probably fine, but I would use
steel as a first choice. A dented tank would be better than a cracked tank.
Jim out here in San Diego, Calif. is building a big K boat and will use
FRP for main tanks, and it does flex some so maybe a collision isn't that big a
deal. I wonder if it would be worth while to add a layer of wire mesh
embedded into the FRP so if a collision did occur, the tank would stay
mostly intact. Anyway, good luck on your re-fit. Frank
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