Daffy outriggers from the 80's

The Daffy outrigger hydroplane RC boats where hot in the early 80's in Scandinavia. They where designed by Anders Ydergård from Göteborg and the drawings where made by Fred Brihagen in Oxelösund. The Daffy's where never sold as a kit - only as a DYI drawing. Personally I never built a Daffy but they where really light and fast. Maybe not the best handling boats when cornering though but at that time not many where... But if one would re-design the driveline to a flex shaft & strut set-up and also a hooked turn fin it might be up to speed... ;)

Thanks to Fred Brihagen that supplied the new Daffy 20 & 40 drawings and Swedish hobby magazine Allt om Hobby that supplied the old magazine scans.

Visit Allt om Hobby's website - HERE.

If you have any pictures of a Daffy rigger - please feel free and mail it to me and I'll upload it here! E-mail


Daffy 20 Racing Outrigger
Motor: 3.5 cc
Overall length: 740 mm
Tub length: 700 mm
Width: 355 mm
Afterplane: 430 mm (from transom to sponson RE)
Tub width: 100 mm


If you want this Daffy 20 drawing as a printable full scale PDF - e-mail me and I'll send them 2 U. E-mail


Daffy 40 Racing Outrigger
Motor: 6.5-7.5 cc
Length: 880 mm
Width: 410 mm
Afterplane: 570 mm (from transom to sponson RE)
Tub width: 98 mm


If you want this Daffy 40 drawing as a printable full scale PDF - e-mail me and I'll send them 2 U. E-mail

Here below is a couple of Allt om Hobby magazine articles from 1982 and 1984.