longballlumber
04-03-2010, 07:56 AM
Alright guys,
With all this talk about running a 7XL on a UL-1 I thought I would share my experience. It's a wicked fast setup and too much in my opinion for this size boat...
This happen to me at the 2009 nationals in Michigan. A friend of my let me borrow one of his hulls to race in P Sport Hydro. Basically this boat was the original wood prototype for what is now the UL-1. The boat was set up with a Hacker 7XL 4S2P and a grim L38X55. I am going to guess the boat was going just a hair under 60mph (my GPS said 59.X)... Now mind you when this event happen heat racing for this boat/class was going to start in about 36 hours.
This first set of pictures is the result of the boat getting out of shape and it started tumbling at the end of the front straight.
With all this talk about running a 7XL on a UL-1 I thought I would share my experience. It's a wicked fast setup and too much in my opinion for this size boat...
This happen to me at the 2009 nationals in Michigan. A friend of my let me borrow one of his hulls to race in P Sport Hydro. Basically this boat was the original wood prototype for what is now the UL-1. The boat was set up with a Hacker 7XL 4S2P and a grim L38X55. I am going to guess the boat was going just a hair under 60mph (my GPS said 59.X)... Now mind you when this event happen heat racing for this boat/class was going to start in about 36 hours.
This first set of pictures is the result of the boat getting out of shape and it started tumbling at the end of the front straight.