1/6th Scale Crackerbox - Ruleset

[blizard05]

Sounds like a good deal,same price range as a Zipp Kit, I built 5 of them. Going to save up some $$ and build one. Larry

[sailr]

Very nice but I'm STILL waiting or the FG hull?

[blizard05]

Very nice but I'm STILL waiting or the FG hull?

NO FG for me , I like wood. FG is ok,but wood is good. I'm a wood nut Larry

[sailr]

I'm lazy and FG isn't that much more.

[chuckc]

You'll be waiting for a long time.. This is not for any RTR fan's. This is for the boy's that race and don't play. So keep waiting........Good luck

[sailr]

Chuckc, somebody announced a FG hull quite some time ago so there is one out there. You bring your wooden boat and I'll knock your socks off with my FG hull. How's that. I DO race but would rather concentrate on racing than building. To each his own. Oh, and a FG hull is a lot easier to repair when we start rubbing gunnels.

[Hydromaniac]

Very nice but I'm STILL waiting or the FG hull?

No idea what the problem is. They were supposed to be just about ready, that was over a month ago and no word since.

[Hydromaniac]

NO FG for me , I like wood. FG is ok,but wood is good. I'm a wood nut Larry

I'm with you, I prefer wood hulls as well , But I enjoy building , I think more then racing.

[Fluid]

When we used to race the small CBoxes, the plastic hulls had a real advantage over the wooden hulls. The wood hulls flipped much easier, and in heats with six boats, half wood and half plastic, more plastics would finish than wood. How can that be you ask - after all wood is lighter and has sharper edges. All we could figure was that the sharper chines on the wood boats caught the water harder and caused flips. For a winning edge, the champs drove plastic CBoxes....



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[Hydromaniac]

When we used to race the small CBoxes, the plastic hulls had a real advantage over the wooden hulls. The wood hulls flipped much easier, and in heats with six boats, half wood and half plastic, more plastics would finish than wood. How can that be you ask - after all wood is lighter and has sharper edges. All we could figure was that the sharper chines on the wood boats caught the water harder and caused flips. For a winning edge, the champs drove plastic CBoxes....



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Did anyone try to round off the edges a bit on the wood hulls to see if it made any difference and changed the handeling issues.

[blizard05]

What are the real C boxes made of, FG or wood? Like I said, it's wood for me. Ben building wood boats ,real and model for over 50 yrs. Are you going for scale or clasic? Larry

[Hydromaniac]

What are the real C boxes made of, FG or wood? Like I said, it's wood for me. Ben building wood boats ,real and model for over 50 yrs. Are you going for scale or clasic? Larry

They started out as wood, Today there are some FG hulls out there, but many are still wood

[Hydromaniac]

Are you going for scale or clasic? Larry

Mine is going to me a little bit modern free lance scale, I'll build an all out detailed Mahogany Classic down the road.

[blizard05]

GO to Zipp Kits site,click on pics, click on Vbox, mine is the one done in teak . Larry B

[Hydromaniac]

GO to Zipp Kits site,click on pics, click on Vbox, mine is the one done in teak . Larry B

I'll check it out, Thank You.