04-28-2009, 03:47 PM
Pon, thanks for the reply. That is some really good info, and I will look into buying a motor. Maybe like you, I can eventually start tinkering on a build of my own. [cool]
Flygoddess and MacFly,
Thank you for your discussion. Maybe we have stumbled onto another problem. Let me further clarify.
The only two times I have taken my 'toon out I made sure to fully inflate the pontoons so they were firm to the touch. As I get out on the water, my weight seems to sink the pontoon in the middle, to where it looks like the pontoons themselves are being folded in half. The water level is easily a good half way up the pontoon. Because of that, the base where the seat is attached is now submerged underwater, and that makes my rear end be in the water.
Could this be a design flaw, or maybe I am still not inflating my pontoons enough? Maybe I should go pick up a PSI gauge, what should the PSI be at?
Maybe it’s just me being a scared newbie on my new ‘toon, but I don’t like sitting in the water. It makes me feel like I am sinking.
Thanks for the help,
Knotthead
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Flygoddess and MacFly,
Thank you for your discussion. Maybe we have stumbled onto another problem. Let me further clarify.
The only two times I have taken my 'toon out I made sure to fully inflate the pontoons so they were firm to the touch. As I get out on the water, my weight seems to sink the pontoon in the middle, to where it looks like the pontoons themselves are being folded in half. The water level is easily a good half way up the pontoon. Because of that, the base where the seat is attached is now submerged underwater, and that makes my rear end be in the water.
Could this be a design flaw, or maybe I am still not inflating my pontoons enough? Maybe I should go pick up a PSI gauge, what should the PSI be at?
Maybe it’s just me being a scared newbie on my new ‘toon, but I don’t like sitting in the water. It makes me feel like I am sinking.
Thanks for the help,
Knotthead
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