Hi, Welcome to my blog for building 1/8th & 1/7th scale radio controlled hydroplanes! I've never built one so this intent of this blog is to help myself to take notes as well as help other builders know where thing went well and where they didn't. So far I haven't been able to find a construction manual for how to build one of these so I may have to write one if this project goes well! I've got the plans and for two boats; the 1952 Slo-Mo-Shun V and the 1957 Miss Wahoo U-77. However I only have the laser cut frames so far for the Miss Wahoo so that's the boat I'll begin with. Below are some pictures of the new Miss Wahoo U-77. It's a reproduction boat built off the original plans by the Hydroplane Museum. I hope to make my scale hydro as close to these pictures as possible. It's a gorgeous wooden boat! So far I have: The plans for the 1957 U-77 Miss Wahoo from Newton Marine . The laser cut frames for h
Occasional ruminations, observations and experimentations of building wooden radio control hydroplanes.