So you think you gotta a fast boat !

[ray schrauwen]

Heck no. You know my NAMBA days are numbered.

I am headed out to Flint this weekend though. Got some roundy rounds to play with. My son has a shot at bettering his own record. My runs will be just to see how far off I am. We'll see though. Sometimes the right tweak on a prop and you're suddenly real close.

I see, using child labour again are ya. Steeve Reesor used to do that too.

[T.S.Davis]

You going to show up??

Heck no. You know my NAMBA days are numbered.

I am headed out to Flint this weekend though. Got some roundy rounds to play with. My son has a shot at bettering his own record. My runs will be just to see how far off I am. We'll see though. Sometimes the right tweak on a prop and you're suddenly real close.

[Darin Jordan]

That top spot is un-achievable for most mere mortal.

How's that N1 hydro coming along? hahaha

Different levels and type of challenges my friend. That's what keeps people interested.

Top Spot? BIG power, BIG $$$. Neither a problem or challenge for some. Keeping it all together and on the water. There is the challenge there. We've known for years that the power was there.

N1-Hydro? Well... NO power, regardless of how much $$$ you spend. Getting every last detail down to the nth degree perfect? That is the challenge there.

OH, and it's coming along fine and ready to aim for 60mph in November. You going to show up??

I promised Dan Proulx and Pat McDonald that get them some video of Pat's old M2-Hydro in action again...

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[T.S.Davis]

hahaha There so many zip zippers now I couldn't resist Darin.

That top spot is un-achievable for most mere mortal.

How's that N1 hydro coming along? hahaha

[Darin Jordan]

Anybody remember While E. Coyote super genius? The road runner always left him for dead with a burst of speed. Sometimes he just stood in the road in disbelief. "What the heck just happened here?"

Joerg is the roadrunner. Everyone else that runs SAW are the coyote.

Well... let's not get carried away here....

[T.S.Davis]

Anybody remember While E. Coyote super genius? The road runner always left him for dead with a burst of speed. Sometimes he just stood in the road in disbelief. "What the heck just happened here?"

Joerg is the roadrunner. Everyone else that runs SAW are the coyote.

[Darin Jordan]

Outrigger Hydros are the "F1 Cars" of boat racing. You adjust things with feeler gauges. You align things with machinist rulers. You measure angles to the tenths of a degree. Much more to them than just a fuse with boomed sponsons.

That said... there are some kits out there that make the Heat Racing and Sport side of Riggers pretty easy to manage if you are willing to build. The new ML Boatworks and JAE Hydros comes to mind.

[kfxguy]

Man, must of been naive for me to think it was easy to do 100mph even 115mph SAW passes with a Rigger since they're so light and fast almost out of the box.

When I first got into boating I always thought that a rigger was like cheating, easy to make go fast and a cat or mono would be more of a challenge. Yea. I was wrong. You have no room in a rigger so you have to get creative with power plant, esc and battery. Your limited on voltage because of space constraints. It has to be very light also or it won't float very well or handle well. It's a lot more to it than you think. I have a couple of them now and they are really fun and impressive to watch turn like it's on rails.

[NativePaul]

You cant buy a SAWs rigger that has a shot at a record, you have to design build and develop it yourself. As far as I know there has only ever been one for sale, which was the Graupner SX4000 an L2 rigger that is no longer for sale, and even if you found one it was designed for NiMh cells so wouldn't be optimum for LiPo, maybe L1 rigger with ballast, but still not ideal.

[Tamelesstgr]

This is awesome ---- 5. Partial vacuum device at course end-points to suck boats along.

[properchopper]

Ancient alien explorers visited joerg and gave him a special alien prop. Also a detailed set of plans with all the correct geometries and buildup instructions. I heard there was a miniature nuclear reactor hidden in the battery pack

Yeah but at Legg Lake we have some "advantages" of our own :

Top Ten Reasons NAMBA SAWS give Faster Times.doc

[TheShaughnessy]

Ancient alien explorers visited joerg and gave him a special alien prop. Also a detailed set of plans with all the correct geometries and buildup instructions. I heard there was a miniature nuclear reactor hidden in the battery pack

[Fluid]

See post #12.

http://forums.offshoreelectrics.com/...ht=#post673708


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[Darin Jordan]

Man, must of been naive for me to think it was easy to do 100mph even 115mph SAW passes with a Rigger since they're so light and fast almost out of the box.

Show up at Legg Lake in South El Monte, CA, November 11th thru the 13th. You'll get a first hand view. You can then decide for yourself just how "easy" all this is. First hand experience can be enlightening.

[Darin Jordan]

Here is one shot of the boat with Arne and Gunnar before it was launched.

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Tyler

Witching-Hour!