Info on flatacraft

[Thomas19]

Hi I have just bought a flatacraft force 3 gt there is no plate for max hp engine. So what is the max hp engine it can take?

And it would be best if it could pull a wake board and nee board thanks Thomas

[Roflhat]

I think most of them use a 30hp, although I've seen a few for sale with a 40hp. Mostly the older, lighter 2 stroke engines

[il corvo]

the force 3gt was rated to 30Hp (2 stroke) back in the day and flew with that however as previously posted will handle a 40hp 2 stroke but it's worth reinforcing the transom inside and out with some marine grade ally plate glued and through bolted.

would be a very lively little rib with the 40.

[m22nly]

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Thx appreciated

[Nos4r2]

Originally Posted by il corvo

it's worth reinforcing the transom inside and out with some marine grade ally plate glued and through bolted.

This doesn't actually strengthen the transom unless its rotting and even then is a bad bodge at best.

The areas you need to strengthen are the points the transom joins the hull-or adding transom supports. Think about ally plates after you've done that.

[Nasher]

The transom supports Flatacraft used were a bit crap, lengths of thin wall Stainless tube flattened at the ends, bent at 45 deg and a hole drilled through that was far to big and allowed the transom to flex relative to the deck.

Both of ours were modified with thick wall stainless tube with thick plates welded on the end and holes of the correct size drilled through.

Nasher.