Tweet
Been a busy beaver.
-
Noisy person -
very very nice looking boats, have have a stupid question about the tunnel, there is vertical wings (dont know what there called) on the front,what is there purpose ?. i see some tunnels have small ones of these built into the hull
-
The tunnel is nice but that Hydro is down right horny
What is it ??
How big ??
What is under the lid ??
Are you willing to shoot some more pics at my request so I can draw up a hull ??
Top skills from you.
See it....find the photos.....sketch it it....build it........with woodComment
-
Oh man Terry is that the Secret hydro you mentioned to me about its NIIIIIICE!Comment
-
I haven't a clue about those wings on the tunnel. They were on the boat when it came to the house. Were it not for Grim I wouldn't have even been able to put it together. Thanks Mike. I'm guessing here but I would think that there is so little boat in the water that those fins at the front are used to make it go straight....ish.
Ty's new boat is a Whiplash. Comes out to about 33.5" tip to tail feather. I took everything I learned from the old Tide Whip and built it into this one. Shook of the ugly that comes standard with a Whip. No offense to the stockers. My Tide was fast. Set a record with it. Won a bunch of heats. This one should be a runner too. The biggest difference between the old one and the new one is the weight. The old boat was 9.5 pounds RTR. This new boat is 5 on the button. I used much better epoxy this time too.
I took a couple more shots of it.Noisy personComment
-
That Hydro is nice.....
-ChiefComment
-
the wings have me thinking acouple things,as you say help straight line stability
also was thinking that it channels more air over the hull either side of the cowl
that section is convexed (bottom is flat) and acts as a wing giving more lift
having more lift with the extra weight of a electric may help,thats my main thinking.
it may help it not trip in corners some how as well
Comment
-
HAHA!
The hydro isn't a Sport hydro by IMPBA rules! Looks sporty don't it?Noisy personComment
-
I have a ton of time testing air dams on the front of a tunnel and they just do not do what you think.. truth is they are there to help the boat in cornering. (more of a band aid really)
I however do not use one on the right sponson. We turn left so one on the right can upset the boat.. I have done a BUNCH of testing on this as well and have a different solution for that………….
BUT... Mike from WS builds em his way and thats cool with me.
ROCK and ROLL
GrimComment
-
I'm so clueless on these. I'm just looking to turn laps. I felt bad. Some of us in the club thought the tunnels looked fun at the nats. More actual driving required and such. (this where you should be thinking Terry can't just peg the throttle and never let off) So we voted to run them for 2010. It was looking like we didn't get many guys building them that said they would. Here I was already 5 boats deep into builds that weren't the tunnel class I voted for. I didn't want to leave the guys hang'n like that. I took the shortest route to me turning laps as I could.
Mike, thanks for tutorial on tunnels. You little narrative was a huge help.Noisy personComment
-
either way your tunnel looks nice, i have only got mine in the water a few weeks ago, no racing here so i am using a scorpion outrunner and setup for sport running not straight out speed. here is a video from a couple of days ago if interested http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xlj3sr6yLs0
scottComment
-
The whip looks very creative. What kind of prop are you using with the BJ setup?Comment
Comment