TFL Pursuit II

[Luck as a Constant]

Flood chamber is a great idea.




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[electric]

Yes, to the flood chamber! There is not one good boat on the market of that size with a flood chamber. For a reasonable price that is. Hey, if it does flip in a race is there any Namba rule that prevents you from continuing? I am a not aware of one. It seems most of the pictures of boats overseas(Europe) have flood chambers for racing.

At the very least this is probably one of the big reasons those just starting the hobby don't really make it. They usually start by themselves and the issue of retrieving a flipped boat is a barrier to the beginners.

[Peter A]

For racing I would not be in favor of a self righting hull.

Dead boats should stay put when racing. My opinion at least.

I'll explain why if someone really needs to know in another thread.

Agreed, we have that in our race rules in NZ.

If my pursuit goes upside down, it sits there real nice until picked up.

Always tape well.

[jotto]

I just got a Pursuit. I love it, but I really miss the flood chamber on my other boat!

When du you expect to release Pursuit II?

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[785boats]

I wish I'd never sold mine. I built up a Delta Force Cyberstorm to replace it & the guy that bought my Pursuit beats me too often.

[skeeler]

Monica, what other changes are planned for the Pursuit II?

[T.S.Davis]

Don't want to soap box it to death but that's part of it. Dead boats need to stay put too. I don't like guys having to dodge a moving object. It's flipped coming out of 4. You go wide in lane 8 because you were told there was a "DEAD BOAT!" coming out of 4. Then you get passed by the two guys chasing you because when they got there the boat was gone. So they took lane 1 and 2.

Back on track.....I do love these boats. I've built a bunch of mono hulls. Some from scratch. Some I made plugs for and formed on my vacuum former. The only one I've owned that was close to these in ease of setup is a Titan29. Slap it together and it's close to race worthy on the first run in most cases. I can't say enough about the hulls. I need to break down and get another one.

[flraptor07]

No flood chamber for racing, I'm thinking it would lend itself to guys driving like idiots because if thier boat flips over it'll flip back over and they keep on going. If you flip over in a race, it's most likely because you did something wrong or got careless it's a part of racing. Also a flood chamber would take some of the skill out of running a boat.

[T.S.Davis]

For racing I would not be in favor of a self righting hull.

Dead boats should stay put when racing. My opinion at least.

I'll explain why if someone really needs to know in another thread.

[iop65]

plus can get away from the course instead of floating upside down and waiting till someone hits your boat

[Rumdog]

Plus you don't have to hope your tape job is holding up while floating upside down for however long.

[Rumdog]

Still benefits racers. Boat self right, then you can drive it out if the way, off the course.

[785boats]

It will certainly appeal to the Asian & European markets where nearly all race boats have a flood chamber.
And Sport boaters in the rest of the world will love it.

[iop65]

Agreed..solves the problem of a flipped boat with no way of retrieval.

when the flipped boat turns back due to the water entering the flood chamber you can continue the race ,usually takes a few seconds
the size of the chamber and size holes/air vents defines the time it will turn back (and if it will turn :-)

i welcome the flood chamber idea !!

[Doby]

Agreed..solves the problem of a flipped boat with no way of retrieval.