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  • crabstick
    Senior Member
    • Jul 2008
    • 954

    #91
    might get the gas bug :P
    Matt.
    FE, Nitro and Gas racing in Auckland
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    • Brod
      Senior Member
      • May 2009
      • 196

      #92
      Originally posted by BenjaminR
      Cool, thanks guys! This is the biggest, baddest RC anything I've ever owned and I'm so excited about putting it in the water, I can't sleep!

      I feel like a little kid.
      Gas boats are great,our stuff is nearly all gas powered,run it 16:1 though.
      Any pics of the insides? please.
      Slow gets boring fast.

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      • FighterCat57
        "The" Fighter Cat
        • Apr 2010
        • 3480

        #93
        Some photos inside the hull...

        Might take it out and see if I can get a GPS reading on it here in a few. Dodging heavy rain and thunder showers today though...
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        • crabstick
          Senior Member
          • Jul 2008
          • 954

          #94
          How long is the pipe on that sucker?

          If you do plan to keep it gas and have a bit of fun, swap that tank out for a 1L IV bag, you don't need to vent the bag and it saves fumes and water getting in the tank if you flip.
          Matt.
          FE, Nitro and Gas racing in Auckland
          www.rcboats.co.nz

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          • FighterCat57
            "The" Fighter Cat
            • Apr 2010
            • 3480

            #95
            Originally posted by crabstick
            How long is the pipe on that sucker?

            If you do plan to keep it gas and have a bit of fun, swap that tank out for a 1L IV bag, you don't need to vent the bag and it saves fumes and water getting in the tank if you flip.
            Long, with a big expansion chamber, has dual outlets too!

            Tell me more about the IV bag? Sounds like a plan, but I'd like to see how it's done before digging in to it.

            I'm still working on the mixture for open throttle, but she get's up and goes! Hit 43MPH in a light chop, still low on the rpm's. Plenty fast for messing around in the channel.

            These big guys sure don't handle like the little 34" cats!
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            • crabstick
              Senior Member
              • Jul 2008
              • 954

              #96
              IV Bag is uber simple.



              By length I meant from the exhaust port to the convergent cone on the pipe. Glad you had a good first run, having a long and narrow tunnel the fighter does really well in the chop
              Matt.
              FE, Nitro and Gas racing in Auckland
              www.rcboats.co.nz

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              • FighterCat57
                "The" Fighter Cat
                • Apr 2010
                • 3480

                #97
                Originally posted by crabstick
                IV Bag is uber simple.



                By length I meant from the exhaust port to the convergent cone on the pipe. Glad you had a good first run, having a long and narrow tunnel the fighter does really well in the chop
                Sorry It's a 6" S pipe into a 12" expansion pipe.

                I asked my other half to bring home an IV bag from the hospital. Perhaps I'll have one in the morning. =)
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                • crabstick
                  Senior Member
                  • Jul 2008
                  • 954

                  #98
                  hehe , I meant the length like this :



                  measured to the arrow

                  The IV bag, make sure you give it a good wash out with petrol a few times to get the salt out of it if its from a saline bag.
                  Matt.
                  FE, Nitro and Gas racing in Auckland
                  www.rcboats.co.nz

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                  • FighterCat57
                    "The" Fighter Cat
                    • Apr 2010
                    • 3480

                    #99
                    Originally posted by crabstick
                    hehe , I meant the length like this :



                    measured to the arrow

                    The IV bag, make sure you give it a good wash out with petrol a few times to get the salt out of it if its from a saline bag.
                    Yeah, salt in the intake = bad.

                    Exhaust as shown = 13"
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                    • FighterCat57
                      "The" Fighter Cat
                      • Apr 2010
                      • 3480

                      #100
                      PS- I can't wait for the electric start to get here!
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                      • skater368
                        Senior Member
                        • Apr 2010
                        • 324

                        #101
                        call bonzi about their skater
                        beating amsoil boat. 1 race at a time !!!

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                        • skater368
                          Senior Member
                          • Apr 2010
                          • 324

                          #102
                          your boat looks great too
                          beating amsoil boat. 1 race at a time !!!

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                          • tiqueman
                            Fast Electric Addict!
                            • Jul 2009
                            • 5669

                            #103
                            Originally posted by skater368
                            call bonzi about their skater
                            You mean after 4 years its done???????????? I waited FOREVER.. well, 6-8 months, and finally said screw it and ordered the HPR CT04.. and that was back in 2006! Best purchase I ever made though......


                            Ben, put that GPS in a zip lock... your gunna be ripped when you roll her and she fills w/ the fluid and your GPS gets salted.
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                            • FighterCat57
                              "The" Fighter Cat
                              • Apr 2010
                              • 3480

                              #104
                              Originally posted by tiqueman
                              You mean after 4 years its done???????????? I waited FOREVER.. well, 6-8 months, and finally said screw it and ordered the HPR CT04.. and that was back in 2006! Best purchase I ever made though......


                              Ben, put that GPS in a zip lock... your gunna be ripped when you roll her and she fills w/ the fluid and your GPS gets salted.
                              Yeah, wow, the gassers don't seal! That would suck. Zip lock is cheap enough!
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                              • FighterCat57
                                "The" Fighter Cat
                                • Apr 2010
                                • 3480

                                #105
                                Originally posted by skater368
                                call bonzi about their skater
                                That's a nice looking boat! http://bonzisports.com/images/galleries/Cats/index.html
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