113mph -hydro

[CFRACR]

JUST CAME BACK FROM THE LOCAL LAKE TODAY. THERE IS A SMALL BOAT CLUB OF RACERS AND JUST HAVE FUNNERS. ONE OF THE LOCAL HYDRO RACERS MADE A SHORT RUN, MADE SOME TWEAKING AND WENT OUT AGAIN, WITH GPS ABOARD. BOAT WAS SCREAMING!!! 113 MPH :cool: THIS WAS HIS FIRST REAL RUN WITH A NEW CUSTOM SCRATCH BUILT. WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE. BEING THAT THIS WAS ALSO DONE ON A CLOSE COURSE!! KEEPING TIGHT TO THE BOUYS!! :eek:

JUST THOUGHT I WOULD SHARE THAT WITH EVERYONE, THAT HERE IN S. FLORIDA, NO STORM CAN STOP THE R/C BOAT FANATICS. :D

[ejp]

Wow, that is fast!!!!!!!!!! Is there any way you can get a pic of the boat??

[CFRACR]

I Guess If I Took The Camera With Me Next Time. He Won't Be There Next Weekend. So Will Have To Be Sometime After That. If I Can Remember!

[hydroracer]

:) I think he may be pulling your chain

[CFRACR]

No-no, This Is True!!! Had Garmin Gps On Board. Just To Prove It To Everyone He Switched Gps's With Someone Else And Ran Again. That Time
Was 109.5 Mph. With A Little Different Wind Conditions.

[ejp]

I want proof.

[CFRACR]

GEESH WHAT KIND OF PROOF? :confused:

[Ron Olson]

There are some good electric racers in Florida, Rum Runner Racing is based there. Where are you at or where did you see it run? Kind of funny that they had a GPS onboard as they do add a lot of weight plus take up space in an electric boat.

[CFRACR]

HI RON, I AM LOCATED IN SARASOTA FL. THERE IS A LARGE LAKE APROX 2 MILES FROM MY HOUSE. THERE IS A LOCAL RACING CLUB THAT MEETS THERE EVERY SUNDAY. MOST OF THE GUYS TRAVEL ALL OVER FOR RACES. THEY ARE VERY SERIOUS! :) THEY WERE PRACTICING AND TWEAKING LAST WEEK FOR A RACE IN FT. LAUDERDALE/WEST PALM THAT I THINK TAKES PLACE NEXT WEEKEND. ANYWAY THE BOAT THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT IS NOT ELECTRIC, ITS NITRO. ABOUT A 36IN HYDRO, POWERED BY TWIN 84'S,
HE HAD A SMALL BOX COMPARTMENT IN THE REAR THAT HE KEPT A SMALL HANDHELD GARMIN GPS IN A ZIPLOC BAG. HE MADE A RUN, WHEN RETURNED THE GPS READ IN THE MID 90'S. THEN THE WIND PICKED UP A BIT(GAVE A NICE SLIGHT CHOP) AND HE WENT OUT AGAIN. THATS WHEN HE HIT 113MPH. HE DID TWEAK THE ENGINE'S DURING THE RUN THOUGH. AFTER HE WENT AROUND SHOWING EVERYONE THE READ OUT ON THE GPS SO THAT THERE WAS NO DOUBT. ( WAS SICK FAST TO ME ) BUT WAS COOL TO WITNESS!!! :cool:

[Doubledog]

[quote]HE HAD A SMALL BOX COMPARTMENT IN THE REAR THAT HE KEPT A SMALL HANDHELD GARMIN GPS IN A ZIPLOC BAG.[end quote]

Wouldn't that throw off the CG if he placed it in the rear of the boat?

Someone cooking corn? :D

[abx131]

In Sarasota? They wont be running anytime soon after Huricane Charlie!!! We will never hear of this again I bet.

[Ron Olson]

Somehow I got the idea that it was electric, I din't know why. Yeah, there are some sick fast nitro boaters there too. Next time try to get some names or pix. I don't know Florida at all but it could have been the Browns, Andy and John, doing some running. Andy currently holds the nitro World record.

[CFRACR]

QUOTE:Doubledog [quote]HE HAD A SMALL BOX COMPARTMENT IN THE REAR THAT HE KEPT A SMALL HANDHELD GARMIN GPS IN A ZIPLOC BAG.[end quote]

Wouldn't that throw off the CG if he placed it in the rear of the boat?

Someone cooking corn?

BEING A SMART ASS IN JUST PLAIN INGNORANT :eek: ,
I WILL GET SOME PICS SO THAT YOU CAN EAT YOUR CORN, MAYBE SOME OTHER STUFF ALONG WITH THAT CORN.
*****
AS THE DETAILS OF (CG) NOT SURE HOW HE SET UP HIS BOAT, DID NOT REALLY ASK. ALL I KNOW IS WHAT I SAW. HE HAS OVER A GRAND IN ENGINES ALONE, THAT I KNOW. I WILL BE GOING OUT TO THE LAKE TOMMOROW. THE FELLOW WITH THE 113 MPH HYDRO TOLD ME LAST WEEKEND THAT HE MIGHT NOT BE THERE THIS WEEKEND. BUT WILL NEXT WEEKEND BECAUSE RIGHT BEFORE RACE IN S. FLORIDA. SO I WILL GET PICS FOR ALL YOU NON-BELIEVERS OUT THERE. :)
PEACE :cool:

[Doubledog]

Okay.... edited.

HD, I'll tell you something: I've got a lot of respect for you.

Back to the boat issue... If he says its true, then like most sportsmen we need to take it for what its worth ie, a true statement. Like a lot of guys I'd like to hear more about this setup, hull, etc.

"Rock on but dont rock the boat". A saying I'll try to take to heart.

Later guys.

[Hydro Junkie]

Calm down DD. I had a run in with a new member in a different thread a few days ago. This guy told me I was a waste of every ones time and a help to no one, to paraphrase him. It's not something to get banned from the site over, so let it go. Besides, how many members are there who can help people? We don't need to loose any from a pride attack.

CFRACR, the same goes for you. Nobody here saw what you claim to have seen. 113 MPH is a hard one to believe, so if you can get a name, a hull manufacturer or something, it would make it easier. DD's been around this site a lot longer than either of us, so people listen to him. Don't go ruining it for anybody by getting into a "mud slinging contest", it's just not worth it

[Doubledog]

See my previous post.

Thanks old boy.

[CFRACR]

Dd, Hj, No Harm Meant. I Just Did Not Like Being Mocked. I Thought That I Was Sharing A Cool Thing When I First Posted This Thread. I Was Sorta Jazzed After I Saw This Boat In Action. I Wish That I Had My Camera With Me So That I Could Have Taken A Pic Of The Boat And The Gps Reading The Speed. But No Camera :( I Will Get A Chance Again Though And Will Try To Do So, That Way This Thread Will Possibly Grow.

Dd- As For Me, I'm No Corn Shucker :d , I Have Been A Serious R/c Modeler For More Than 20yrs. Just Recently Got Back In Nitro Boats, Because The Plane Field Here Is Closing. ( Building A Park Right Next To :( ) If You Knew Me You Would Know That I Would Not Have Posted Anything That I Did Not Believe In, Or Saw For Myself.

Hj- No Harm No Foul, Just A Misunderstanding. :) So I Feel That I Must Follow Up On This..............................

[Doubledog]

Good Stuff :)

[Hydro Junkie]

Glad to hear it guys. So, as I keep saying, I want pics!!!!!!!I want to see this 100+ mph boat :D

[Ron Olson]

CF, the guys probably saw that you are new to this site so they found it hard to believe. Some people have a hard time looking at a running boat and estimating the speed but you had the proof in seeing not one, but two GPS readings. I've been around this hobby/sport long enough to remember when 100 was the magic number, now it's not uncommon to see boats running at or near that speed. The record way back when I first got into boats was around 93.
Oh yeah, welcome back to boating!

[hydroracer]

:) What threw me was "BEING THAT THIS WAS ALSO DONE ON A CLOSE COURSE!! KEEPING TIGHT TO THE BOUYS!!" at 113 mph? I can see a serious guy doing that on a long straightaway, but not on an oval... it's just that it has never been done before in the books, not 100+ mph around a standard oval right on the bouys :) :) :)

Good boating :)

[scorpien boats]

what is the current record for nitro?

[hydroracer]

hey, by the way, what part of s florida? I'm in hollywood

[hydroracer]

what is the current record for nitro?

What class, sanctioning body, oval, straightaway? hehe

the fastest official straightaway record for nitro is right at 120mph, although I understand andy brown has reached 130 mph unofficially :eek:

the fastest oval speeds I've ever heard of down a straight are around 95 mph.

[hydroracer]

It's worth noting that there are probably less than 20 or 30 people in the entire country that can push any type of rc boat past the "mere" 100 mph mark. So 113 mph is very impressive :cool:

[scorpien boats]

what kind of boat is the 120mph one?

[hydroracer]

it's an andy brown outrigger, the same guy who holds the record built the boat

Competition Marine Designs (http://www.cmdracing.com/updated/main.htm)

anyone can buy the equipment capable of those speeds, but not anyone can get the equipment to work in harmony to turn the propeller to get those speeds. It takes a lot of experience

[Ron Olson]

Two people that I know of have been over 130 MPH unofficially, Andy and Mark Grim. Mark disintegrated his boat after the first pass so the second run was not possible. Andy's record was set in conditions that were not favorable at the time and was done on a new, previously untested boat. Just think of how fast he could have gone or will go with it dialed in! It's still possible that he could break 130 yet this year. One problem that he ran into was that the cowling on his boat was causing lift at speed so he made his runs without it. A new one is supposed to be in the works.

[CFRACR]

QUOTE>08-24-2004 10:20 AM
hydroracer hey, by the way, what part of s florida? I'm in hollywood

HYDRO- HERE IN SARASOTA FL. :)

NO EXACT ON THE CLASS, JUST THAT ITS A OPEN HYDRO
I SAW THIS BOAT LOSE IT AROUND A BOUY ONCE, IT PLAIN LIFTED OFF ANG FLIPPED FOR ABOUT 25-30YRDS AND LANDED UPSIDE DOWN. HE RETRIED IT, FLUSHED IT AND RAN AGAIN ABOUT 30MINUTES LATER. ( WITH NO DAMAGE ) THAT SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT THE QUALITY OF THE BUILD.

[hydroracer]

Two people that I know of have been over 130 MPH unofficially, Andy and Mark Grim. Mark disintegrated his boat after the first pass so the second run was not possible. Andy's record was set in conditions that were not favorable at the time and was done on a new, previously untested boat. Just think of how fast he could have gone or will go with it dialed in! It's still possible that he could break 130 yet this year. One problem that he ran into was that the cowling on his boat was causing lift at speed so he made his runs without it. A new one is supposed to be in the works.


yeah Ron, those 2 guys are without a doubt faster than any other nitro rc boaters on the planet to date by an amazing margin. You could probably count on 2 hands the guys that have been over 110 mph, and a few (I'd say most of them) had either Andy's or Mark's help to get there.

Just to shoot the $h!7, if lithium cell technology continues at its current pace, electrics will eventually make 150 mph and beyond within a few years, putting them effectively out of internal combustion speed range. Doesn't seem right, does it? :D It's just that the rpm capability of brushless electric motors puts them out of piston-power capability. As battery weight decreases and their voltage and capacity increases, it's inevitable. I also see geared-shaft turbines possibly rearing their heads over the next decade, we'll see how that goes, but they're cost prohibitive at $5000 a pop :eek:, so they may never be practical. Geared down, they could turn a large prop 40,000+ rpm theoretically. Turbines are All About The Benjamins. At that price, they are reserved for the wealthy and insanely-obsessed-need-some-medical-help type of boat modellers :D .

later

[Hydro Junkie]

Got news for you Hydroracer, MHZ has a diesel/kerosene fueled twin shaft turbine engine under development right now :eek: MHZ claims an N1 at over 100,000 RPM and an N2 of 53,000 RPM going into a 2.7 to 1 gearbox :cool: That roughly equals 20,000 RPM to the prop at an (MHZ)estimated 7 HP. They say its size limits it to boats over 60", but think of the prop you could spin with that kind of power!!!! I'd love to get one and put it in my 1/6th scale Oh Boy! Oberto. It would fit with almost no modifications to the hull. I bet it would scream at over 100 MPH with that drive system spinning an Octura 2268 three blade prop. Gee, does this mean I'm an INSANELY OBSESSED NEED SOME MEDICAL HELP TYPE BOAT MODELLER? HELL YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D

[Watercadet]

Hydro you have budget problems just finnishing the skins on your boats :p Maybe the city of Madison could sponsor you too!! ;)
Adam

[Hydro Junkie]

Went and got some specs from the MHZ turbine engine
Diameter 120 mm
Weight w/gearbox 3850 grams
N1 118,000 RPM
N2 58,000 RPM
Power Rating 7.4 HP
Fuel Consumption 200 mililiters/minute @ Full throttle, 70 mililiters/minute @ Idle
This gives the prop a corrected top speed of 21,481 RPM at 7.4 HPthrough the 2.7:1 gearbox. Unfortunately, no TORQUE figures were given :(

[Hydro Junkie]

I don't think they could afford me. I'm VERY HIGH MAINTENANCE. Just ask my significant other :D

[hydroracer]

Went and got some specs from the MHZ turbine engine
Diameter 120 mm
Weight w/gearbox 3850 grams
N1 118,000 RPM
N2 58,000 RPM
Power Rating 7.4 HP
Fuel Consumption 200 mililiters/minute @ Full throttle, 70 mililiters/minute @ Idle
This gives the prop a corrected top speed of 21,481 RPM at 7.4 HPthrough the 2.7:1 gearbox. Unfortunately, no TORQUE figures were given :(

That would be a sight to behold! :D

The speed limiting factor I see with these is the weight, almost 8.5 pounds :eek:. A new quickdraw can put out the same horsepower at half the weight. Torque is a factor, the turbine geared that way may be able to swing a super duper monster prop. Aaaaaaaaaah, the sound of a turbine in a scale unlimited would be awesome. :)

[hydroracer]

Hydro you have budget problems just finnishing the skins on your boats :p Maybe the city of Madison could sponsor you too!! ;)
Adam

lol, it's the lack of time :D . I've got a box full of house of kolor candies and pearls ready to be taped and sprayed :cool:

later

[Watercadet]

Clay I guess the nick name Hydro would apply to you too! didn't think about that! :lol:
Adam

[hydroracer]

Clay I guess the nick name Hydro would apply to you too! didn't think about that! :lol:
Adam

lol, woops, thought you were talking about the ff paintjob :rolleyes:

i was messing around when I joined this forum using that goofy name, and now I'm stuck with it :rolleyes:. maybe just re register i guess

[Hydro Junkie]

Not to worry. There's you, me and Hydromania, as far as I know. He was refering to the pic posted of some of my unfinished boats in one of the scratchbuilding threads. Also FYI, MHZ also is working on TWO 1/6th scale hydros to put the turbine into, a 1991-94 Budweiser and a Miss Trendwest

[hydroracer]

Using the formula HP=Torque x RPM/5,252 , the turbine is putting out 1.81 ft/lbs of torque at 21,481 rpm :)

whatever that means :D

[Hydro Junkie]

That works out to .03 ftlbs less than a full race Hanson 260Pum, but with 2.5 more horses. Sounds like it's time to do some serious thinking about cost to weight ratios. A full race 260 costs about $600, the turbine is unknown. The 260 tops out at 5,000 less RPM than the turbine. The turbine weighs 2-3 times more than the 260 and uses more fuel. The 260 uses pump gas w/2 stroke oil, the turbine diesel or kerosine. The 260 has a pull start, the turbine has an electric start. The 260 can be used in any boat over about 40", the turbine needs a 60"+ boat. Decisions, decisions. I LIKE THE TURBINE!!!! What else should you put into a 1/6th TURBINE HYDROPLANE :confused:

[lovinnitro]

hey CF,
I'm here in Tampa. If interested let me know we can hook up and I'll go with ya to see this bad boy. Also I would mind running with you if we could get some time. do you run out on the gulf at all?

[CFRACR]

lovinnitro- COOL MAN :D , I HAD SOMEONE IN ST. PETE EMAIL ME THAT WANTED TO RUN HERE. I SPOKE WITH HIM ON THE PHONE A BIT AND HE WAS GOING TO COME AND RUN, NEVER HEARD FROM HIM SINCE. :confused: , HE ACTUALLY FOUND ME OFF THIS THREAD. THERE IS A GREAT LAKE HERE AND I HAVE HAD NO PROBLEMS RUNNING ANY DAY OF THE WEEK!!! SUNDAY'S IS WHEN THE CLUB SHOWS UP AND THE SERIOUS/SERIOUS GUYS COME OUT TO PLAY. I THINK THAT THE HYDRO THAT I SPOKE OF WHEN STARTING THIS THEAD IS GOING TO BE THERE THIS WEEKEND. PM ME WITH YOUR # OR SOMETHING. :)

[CFRACR]

LOOKS LIKE LOVINNITRO MAY BE RIPPIN WAKES WITH ME THIS WEEKEND. :) , HE MAY GET TO SEE THAT HYDRO THAT I STARTED THIS THREAD WITH!!! :cool: . I'LL TAKE SOME PICS OF THE DAY. THAT IS IF MOTHER NATURE IS A NICE GIRL. :p .

[BoatDoc]

oh please get some pics...i've gotta see it!!! i watched the video of the first gas boat to break 100mph and it was awesome. i've been looking at CMD from time to time, but haven't seen any of their boats actually run. PICS NOW!!!!!! :D

[CFRACR]

Sorry Boatdoc :( There Was A Race On This Weekend. Most Of The Guys Were In S. Florida. I Did Get This Shot This Morning, I Think Its A Pretty Good Action Shot Of My Buddy 48in Mono Blasting Around A Bouy. Will Have To Do Til Next Weekend. Til Then.........

[CFRACR]

Still Trying To Get Some Pics For You All. The Weather Here Has Been Really Bad For The Past Month. The Past Three Weekends Have Really Been A Wash-out As Far As Boating Goes. There Have Been A Few Die Hards, But Not The Majority Of Boaters. This Upcomming Weekend Looks Promissing Though. :cool: It Would Be A Nice Change To Get Away From That Crappy Hurricane Weather. :)

[BoatDoc]

we're just now getting our part of the hurricane here in georgia. looks like it's going to mess up the weather for a few days. and don't forget...there's another storm right behind it. but it probably won't become a hurricane. it'll probably be another weekend without boats :(

[CFRACR]

Well Jeane I Don't Think Is Going To Affect Florida Really. It Seems Like It May Get To Be A Small Cat 1. Looks Like It May Hit The Carolina Coast To North If At All.

Yeah Looks Like There Is Going To Be Tons Of Rain Up There. Going To Be Some Mud Slides And Such In The Mountains. I Know Its Going To Be Hairy For Sure, As Well As Lasting A Few Days. Then The Clean Up!!!

I Lived In Savannah, & Have Been All Over Georgia. I Love The N.Georgia Mountains. Every Been To The Redneck Shop???
I Travel Almost Yearly To The N.Georgia/N.Carolina Mountains. I Usally Stay In The Natahala & Piscah National Forest Area.
Gonna Be A Mess After Ivan Leaves. Good Luck :)

[BoatDoc]

just took a look outside...it would be great to have an airboat right now, as the softball diamond is underwater. as a bonus, work was called off for the day! lousy weather and aviation don't mix well, so we were told to stay home. :D

[CFRACR]

Well I Finally Got A Chance To Get Some Pics For You Guys. The First Rigger Is The One Discussed Before. Others Are Just What Showed Up Today. I Also Took A Video Of The Twin Rigger. Its Running In The 90's And Completes The Course In 6 Sec. I Can Email Vid, Just pm Me If Interested.
Well Here Goes................ :D

[CFRACR]

A Little 50% Fill-up :cool:

[CFRACR]

IN ACTION!!! :cool:

[CFRACR]

ROUNDING THE CORNER, CHECK OUT THAT ROOSTER! :eek:

[CFRACR]

Cat In Action~

[CFRACR]

Seducer In The Corner

[CFRACR]

Seducer Close Pass

[CFRACR]

Another Rigger

[CFRACR]

An Another......

[CFRACR]

Yet Another Twin Showed Up!

[CFRACR]

Well I'm Spent For Now. Hope You Guys Like.

[Ron Olson]

Nice shots. Did you get any names of the guys?

[RCGUY76]

I want to comment......did you actually see the MPH on the gps unit Lets say I wanted to look lke a hot S!@#@, I could set my GPS unti to display in Kilometes Per Hours and show everyone that my 7.5cc tunnel is going 80 pretty easy...TOO bad its KPH and not MPH

[BoatDoc]

lets not start this again. these guys are running SERIOUS hardware here. at least one of those boats is from CMD. just a note about about CMD, they have been known to run over 110mph without batting an eye. if i remember, CMD has been timed in excess of 125mph!! don't doubt the numbers, these guys are for real.

[Ron Olson]

Florida does have some of the fastest boats in the US and they wrap up some serious money into their boats. They'll blow up a $1,000.00 modded motor and not think anything about it, just grab another one out of the box! Some of the boaters down there have Professional jobs, Doctors, Lawyers, etc. so this is just toy money to them.
Andy has been unofficially in the neighborhood of 130+ MPH, his record was set in unfavorable conditions.

[CFRACR]

RCGUY76- FUNNY :p I WOULD COMMENT BUT BOATDOC BEAT ME TO IT. GOOD JOB BOATDOC, YOUR RIGHT ON THE MONEY!! :D CMD IS CORRECT. THE RED TWIN HAS CMD 84'S. THE TWO YELLOW ONES ARE SINGLE CMD'S. THE OTHER TWIN I'M NOT SURE, FORGET..... THERE WERE ALOT OF BOATS. I WAS NOT ABLE TO GET PICS OF EVERYONE. I WAS RUNNING TOO! :D ONE GUY HAD A TRAILER WITH 6+ BOATS INSIDE.

RON, YES I DO KNOW THERE NAMES. THEY ALL ARE CLUB MEMBERS. WE DOWN HERE IN THE SUNSHINE STATE KEEP THINGS ON THE DOWN LOW. TIL RACE TIME THAT IS. :)

OH ONE MORE THING, RCGUY I WOULD LOVE TO SEND YOU THE VIDEO OF THE TWIN RIGGER RUNNING THAT I SHOT THIS MORNING. ITS A 6SEC VID AND YOU WILL SEE THIS BOAT COMPLETE THE OVAL IN THAT TIME. IF HIS GPS WAS SET TO KILO. THEN IT WOULD SAY SOMETHNG LIKE 150KLM OR MORE MAYBE I WOULD THINK.

[RCGUY76]

oh..I was just joking around.....those boats look more than capable of running that speed

[Chris LaPanse]

could you send me the vid? I'll send you a PM with my e-mail

[Doubledog]

Awesome shots! As always, thanks to everyone for sharing.

RCGuy, That did not sound like you to go popping off like that. I thought you was jking but wanted to make sure before saying something. As I've said a dozen times, 'things can be taken the wrong way behind a puter'.

[Chris LaPanse]

Yep-as we proved just the other day :D
The vid is awesome-it completes probably 4/5 of a lap in 6 seconds. It looks like a very fast boat-at least 85-90 in that vid and possibly faster, with much higher speeds if it just had a long straight.

[911Dispatch]

I'd say CFRACR proved himself right, good job there CFRACR.

[CFRACR]

I Aim To Please. Glad To Do It For You All. I Will Keep Adding As I Can. This Is Typically A Weekly Event (weather Permitting).

:)

[lovinnitro]

nice lake thereas well. I look forward to coming down one sunday.

[CFRACR]

Took This Shot Today, Was Having To Good A Time To Take Many Today Though. :D

Was A Twin Rigger Running Cmd Racing .90's. Can You Say fast!!!!

[Doubledog]

On Int'l Waters, someone posted pics of riggers rounding the corners solo. The rooster was so long & the boat so fast it looked like it was going to catch itself. But litteraly, the boat was out of the turn & the roost was at the beginning.

[CFRACR]

DD- Some Of The Boats That Run @ This Lake Are Like That. The Red One Pictured Above Coming @ Ya Throws A Huge Rooster. Its A Twin, Cmd Racing 84's. There Are A Few Other Twins As Well, Huge Roosters & Super Fast! :D KAK A Doodle Doo

[CFRACR]

Thought that I would bring this one back out of the archives to get some nitro blood pumping. Specially for some of the new members. :D

[DaveDude]

Hey Hydroracer! I'm really sorry I didn't know where you were at before! I'm in hollywood, FL too and I just built my first boat. It would have been great to compare notes with somebody else with RC boating experience. Where and when do people run boats around here? I've been to Markham Park several times, but never met any boaters there. Unfortunately, I'm taking off for New York this weekend and won't be back til Christmas. I hope to run into you then!

[Shockwaver]

Hey CFR those are some nice boats, just read the thread and it impressed me. I am one of the new guys into nitro boats, just broke in my Proboat Shockwave36 which I gps'd at 30mph without any tuning yet.
Now I live in New England on a pond and have been trying to run everyday for the last two weeks, never more than an hour at a time as the temps are sometimes unbearable. Sorry, back on topic, I thought, as do my few spectators, that my boat was the fastest thing around but after reading this thread I have become educated and have plans of building a fast nitro.

This site rocks, I love spending hours at a time reading here.
Thanks to all who participate.

Cape Cod Shockwaver

[Doubledog]

I love it when old threads come back to the top. I think this was when CFCR was a new guy and we gave him a hard time for his first post or something like that. :D Memories & friendships made. :) Now Cape Cod Shockwaver, get into the action with a digi camera and show us some work.:)

[Kelly Miller]

The first red twin pictured with the twins is a Road Runner, they are built there in Florida near St. Pete. They build boats from .21 up to the Twins and are the BEST heat racing hydro around (in my humble opinion). The twin Road Runner has especially done well. I have a .67 Road Runner that I set up for heat racing to run 10 sec laps. It is adrenaline at its finest.

[CFRACR]

DD- I heard my name...... :wave:

SW'er-- Welcome to the site and the wonderful world of R/C boating. Lots to learn and it never stops, so always keep your ear to the ground.

KM- Yes if I remember right it was a RoadRunner. Was running twin mod-Mac 84's. This particular boat had lots of time & money put into it. The turn fin alone was custom lathe'd, and a picture of beauty. I still have a video somewhere on my hardrive. Shows this 3k + boat in action.

[BoatDoc]

CF...long time no see bud. how's it goin?

[CFRACR]

:wave: Whats up? I lurk every once in awhile. Saw this old post come to life & had to post.

I have been really busy lately, with new son & new work project. So when I get a little spare free time. I hit the lake, not the PC. I should be getting to a settle point here soon though. My big work project that I have been on since April is comming to a end. I will be taking some time off & might get back into a scratch build that I started early last year. That and a few other boats that need a little time into them. I do still have 4 that are running just fine & get to the water when time permits.