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| davidcurtis021 |
mamod me1 capabilitiesi'm selling an me1 on ebay and a potential bidder has asked me what size boat this would power.anybody know the answer? |
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| H2o vapour |
Hi,
Not totally sure , but don't get excited. Anything that he uses will have to be very narrow in the beam, light construction and probably no more that 18 - 20 inch max. I have a Bowman Swallow, 18 inch long, 3.5 wide, that goes ok but higher pressure steam and better engine and prop. Hope this helps H2o |
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| davidcurtis021 |
thanks i'll be conservative and say up to 15 inches | ||||
| Bugsy |
So this one hasn't a chance?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Mamod-ME1-M...02f9b985&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14 |
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| Roly Williams |
It'll have to be bigger than 15" because the ME1 is almost that long itself! The Meteor was 25" long. OK, it didn't use an ME1 but I think it was the same engine unit. At a guess, I'd say the ME1 was designed for something around 18 - 24" |
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| Roly Williams |
That one will probably go at a sedate scale speed (<5mph). |
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| logoman |
sounds right to me. |
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| davidcurtis021 |
good job i didnt make my reply public i,ll say up to 24 inches if asked again. |