1995 Rapidcraft Riot Restoration Picture Heavy

**stv1991** · 03-22-2014, 05:26 PM

Getting ready to start some finishing touches on this thing here this spring. If we ever get spring....

Does anybody know the transom angle on this boat?

**CNC_Guy** · 03-23-2014, 05:48 PM

I'm gonna visit mine this week. I'll bring a protractor.

**DS77** · 03-23-2014, 06:27 PM

great... looking job

**stv1991** · 03-23-2014, 07:49 PM

Using the online formula's I came up with 14 degrees with my very rough measurements. Let me know what you come up with using the protractor.

**Farmer** · 08-30-2014, 03:01 AM

Ice has been melted for a bit now. How about another update?

**Da Bull** · 08-30-2014, 06:50 AM

In reality the Riot derived from the Eliminator Scorpion which was a jet in the beginning and adapted to outboard by use of a jack plate. My Riot didn`t have enough "tuck under" with my 3.0 Merc so i had a special Rapid Jack built with 2 inches of tuck. It measures from top to back 9 inches and from bottom to back 7 inches. Without this exrta tuck the boat would bounce at low cruising speed with four people and the trim all the way down. Not any more.

DB

**stv1991** · 08-30-2014, 08:47 PM

For the most part it came to a standstill this summer. It took several throughout the summer days to fabricate the gas tank, battery, & oil injection tank holders the way I wanted them. The good news is that crap is finally done and I have this whole weekend to put it together. The bad news is I worked all day on it today trying to get the underdash wiring of the gauges done. I worked all day and I'm no better off than when I started today. Somehow I'm doing something wrong and can't figure out where.... Been taking pictures all along and will update soon.

**stv1991** · 08-23-2015, 09:22 AM

Well an update "soon" turned into another year. Finally, the boat is together and had it out for a couple test runs. Now time to do the usual tweaks to get the boat to its optimum.

Will post pics in the not too distant future....