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Joes924Racer · Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 4:16 am Post subject: OT rc airboats

VID:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JnWVfPsKeI

A lot of things to consider when buildin these.
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Rich H · Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 5:03 am Post subject:

Pah airboats

My boat is a hydroplane...
It draws 120Amps though so endurance is pretty poor and I can't drive for toffee.... It scares me...

Rich
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JoeShmo · Joined: 15 Jul 2009 Posts: 67 Location: Hornell, NY

theres the one section in there that reminded me of the saying in the R/C plane world... when the thing gets so far away that you can barely see it, we used to call it "flying the dot", as all you could see was a dot, didnt know if it was coming at you or away, until you turn, and see which way the dot moves...

The real ironic thing is the username "joePORSCHE09"... 36 videos and I've not seen a single Porsche. I did see a pickup truck in one of the vids tho. =)

Joes924Racer · Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 1:08 pm Post subject:

Rich nice i see you have a turn fin on the front right to compensate.
Electrics are fast.. really fast.. I have a .40 and 2 .46 nitro motors.
To go fast takes alot of design unless you buy prebuilt for airboats though a.91 nitro motor would solve all those issues.

Theres a city square thats filled with water called the commens in the city i live in. Thery run electrics and sailboats all the time, though they dont allow nitros.. So i go to one of the rivers.

yea those 36 vids are my silly relaxing vids when i have to much time on my hands. porsche is jus sitting in the side of the house waiting, some time it calls out to me, saying com'on your missin all the fun of drivimg me. I jus laugh to myself and snicker outloud.

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1980 porsche Turbo 931GT Replica
Have u ever driven a turbo.

Rich H · Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 5:10 pm Post subject:

I'm not very welcome at the local boating lake - the locals like RC sailboats...

Curiously a 50mph+ electric hydroplane with a huge roostertail and a turning circle of an oil tanker isn't that popular....
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1980 Porsche 924 S2 DITC Turbo - Original spec
1978 Homo-Sapiens - Tired spec
1953 Landrover S1 - Pensioner Spec

Joes924Racer · Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 3:24 am Post subject:

hahaha i know ..
Heres Hammerhead 2: course its not fast enough yet. (design flaws)

Fun boat though.

Heres Hammerhead1: its a great boat.

VID: Hammeread1

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1979 porsche 924 Na
1980 porsche Turbo 931GT Replica
Have u ever driven a turbo.

Rich H · Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 4:13 am Post subject:

http://www.astecmodels.co.uk/

Free plans for hydroplanes
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1994 Lotus Esprit S4 - Work in progress...
1980 Porsche 924 S2 DITC Turbo - Original spec
1978 Homo-Sapiens - Tired spec
1953 Landrover S1 - Pensioner Spec

Jakkq · Joined: 29 Sep 2008 Posts: 810 Location: Omaha, Nebraska

I want a pilotable one!

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Rich H · Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 6:53 am Post subject:

http://www.missthriftway.com/

The boat mine is modeled on.

Awesome...
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1994 Lotus Esprit S4 - Work in progress...
1980 Porsche 924 S2 DITC Turbo - Original spec
1978 Homo-Sapiens - Tired spec
1953 Landrover S1 - Pensioner Spec

Joes924Racer · Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2009 4:15 am Post subject:

I have lots of vids of the blue boat knock yerselves out..
heres i nice vid on a nice sunny day this last summer...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMHoYQd_2qo
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1980 porsche Turbo 931GT Replica
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JayZzzz4 · Joined: 23 Sep 2008 Posts: 544 Location: Milwaukee, WI USA

Hey Joe, thats the L.A .46 engine right? I almost bought two of those 5 yrs ago to build a plane, DC-3 72" wing span. I'm kinda glad I didn't buy it. I have the traxxas nirto vee boat and two rustler trucks. the boat is on the slow side and takes a while to hydroplane. It's a .15, I have an os .25 sitting around, i should put that in it some time. I haven't use my boat in years
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Joes924Racer · Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 4:09 am Post subject:

yea the weather was beautiful that day.. today a good day too though
I wrecked the boat see even though i was ablte to water tight the radio gear compartment, i forgot about the off on/ switch i didnt buy a water tight one it quite work-in after running all summer.

The irony of the sirtuation is thats what happend to the orange one also
out on the big lake.

Hey go Ohio state.
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1979 porsche 924 Na
1980 porsche Turbo 931GT Replica
Have u ever driven a turbo.