We installed this weekend haven't had it in the water yet but it's pretty dam neat and looks to be well built . Thr throttle is the only thing I don't like about it . It looks like the throttle is off a ten speed bike and it sucks balls. The prop is stainless steel but is a three blade that's welded at a certain pitch, not a machined prop but the little baste is sharp . . Kits fairly easy to put together and I can't wait to try it out

I'm going to follow this.
Please take video and post up, do a bit of a review.
Good luck.

Try this

What is a twister kit for

Sex toys... big ones

It's simple. get a mud motor. shoot ducks in the face.

We're going to use it on a 1436 or the big blind boat . We don't needa go fast but where we hunt it's stump heaven and outboards get tore up . We have longtails but in our permanent blind boat longtail isn't handle isnt small enough to run off of it and through the tight trails we have . So I'm hoping it will push it few miles a hour just to get to point a to b without tearing shit up.

Ok back it up what IS a twister kit....Jake I don't need to know what your using it for

There's a post with an image of it somewhere on here. It's sort of a longtail/SD hybrid. Has a flex shaft off the crank that bends down to the prop. Google "twister surface drive" and some videos will pop up.

Will do

Found a video I wonder how well that thing would push my 12' gheenoe

Apparently, he didn't get the memo....

"Beware of Revolutionary New Designs"

Lol

I don't read memo's they for desk pushers I'm a wrench man if you want me to know something you gotta speak up or I ain't listening

As for the question about pushing my gheenoe I know it seems serious but it's more sarcastic

Well buddy took it out today 2 men in a 1436 and it pushed good. He's never drove a surface drive only longtails and I'm not that familiar with surface drives my self... saying that ... i ask how is it

him:
Pretty good. Needs a cavitation plate bad bc prop can be all the way under water and not go anywhere. Gotta drop it way in then it grabs like crazy and will throw you out.the way it is now it creates a air pocket.

But this is where our inexperience with sd comes in . I'm thinking it's working like it should right ? Trim the bastard down until it grabs then trim up once you get going right? Or is that not how it should go.

O yeah and here's the video clip

Vid never posted

Click on image and you can download the video clip . At least that what my phone does . Let me know if it doesn't work il try something different

I don't see an image lol

I don't see that either

It's simple. get a mud motor. shoot ducks in the face.

Put on your reading glasses.

On tapatalk, it doesn't show.

Ditto

It's simple. get a mud motor. shoot ducks in the face.

http://mud-skipper.com/twisters.html
vids are in link

Them props...

I went to the main forum and still can't watch the video can you post it to YouTube and name it nicks twister or something very specific where it can be fojnd

Anyone updates on the twister? How's it working?

Its broke, just like my curved shaft weedeater.

Nick 2720,
Don't pay attention to smart a__ naysayers.
There are plenty of us who would appreciate more of your first-hand experience & videos of your Twister.
I'm looking for something affordable, lightweight, not necessarily fast, but sturdy & powerful enough to manoever thru all the water hyacinths in our LA swamps. It'll either push a 42x42" jon boat or a 10' NL hybrid duckboat I've been threatening to build.
Thanx for what you've sent in so far &
Waiting to hear more...

(make that 14' x 42" jon boat)

FYI there is an edit button on your post where you can fix mistakes you don't have to make another post. Just trying to learn ya a little.[SMILING FACE WITH OPEN MOUTH AND SMILING EYES]

FYI, Thanx. I didn't know about the edit button, cause I never make mistakes. (Smiling face with winking eye and smug grin)

I was excited to see 42x42

Well took it out again . We haven't ordered the cav plate yet bc we wanted to test it more wo one but after running it again on the new predator engine it still needs a cav plate for optimum performance and I don't know why they dont come standard ... ran into some questions and problems yesterday. 1st is that the predator engine has low oil shut off so it won't run at the optimum depth due to the angle the motor sits so I had to unplug the cut off switch. 2nd was that the little bastard when under load wants to vibrat e but once out of water is fine . 3rd is the top bearing has no grease zerks so idk how they expect to keep it from blowing bearing up bc it was hot since it's out of water. The manufacturer said he is trying to see if they will start putting zerks on but I don't see how drilling g a hole in and threading it for a zerk is so hard? The 4th thing was it would push over and through weeds and brush but almost like if it wasn't throttled up it would be to much load and kill the engine and Idk if it's the new engine or what but I did find out my friends grandpa did not have the throttle hooked up right so we were trying to push through stuff at half throttle so it seems that's why it was dying maybe ? .


On the positive notes on a 1436 ( wo out a cav) it pushes better and faster with 2-3 people instead of 1 person . I'd guess it would push around 10-12 so in my opinion it has plenty of thrust for a loaded boat in clean water and brush we ran in . Today they put it on a heavy .125 polar craft 1648 with 3 people and with the throttle still at half to 3/4 pushed around 6-8 mph . I wanna try it with a cav plate I think it will help tenfold but we shall see.

Overall biggest concerns are
1. lack of top bearing grease zerks
2. The vibration while in water under load ?
3. Will it have enough power to keep running in thick weeds and muck once we get cav plate and full throttle going or will it continue to die and stall out

Here's a quick video . .125 polarcraft 1648
3 people

the mudskipper website says, pre-tapped for M6 for grease fittings.