New AquaCat

[Doby]

I met Mike Ball this past weekend at a Nitro/ Gas / FE event in London Ontario, Canada.

He had with him one of the new prototype Cats so I snapped some pics to share.

[Doby]

And some more....

[Doby]

I raced against it in LSO class. Unfortunately, conditions were not "cat friendly" and it DNF'd in two of the races shortly after the start. On the third race, the cat blew its lid (canopy) off and its now at the bottom of the pond in London. The hull continued racing though and did finish.

[johnf]

Cool, so how did it run when it wasn't blowing over? haha

[Doby]

Fast.

[forescott]

Awesome! Whats the little black thingamajingie on the tip of the sponson?

[alvinsmith75]

Looks like he is using a futaba radio and not the tactic.

[forescott]

Looks like all of these new model boats may hit hobbyshop shelves all at the same time!

[alvinsmith75]

Awesome! Whats the little black thingamajingie on the tip of the sponson?

Something to catch your fishing line when retriving it.

[forescott]

For real?? Thats what it looks like!

[Eodman]

Yeah next year!

[Doby]

Mike (the guy who brought the boat) is a "stick" guy and prefers a stick radio to a wheeled radio so he had a FM radio in there (hence the antenna). The hook on the front of the boat is for snagging a retrevial line (like on the new SV-27)

[Jeff Wohlt]

Sponsons look pretty flat. This means fast in clean water but not very good in rough. Looks good. Nice and clean and I like the inner tub. How can it sink with the inner tub trapping air? Just not enough to hold her up after the tub fills, I guess.

[eboat]

Sponsons look pretty flat. This means fast in clean water but not very good in rough. Looks good. Nice and clean and I like the inner tub. How can it sink with the inner tub trapping air? Just not enough to hold her up after the tub fills, I guess.

I think John said it was just the hatch that sunk

[Doby]

It was the Hatch that sank.