What worse picking a boat up & unplugging straight away & rowing in with a boat that you know is safe or one that you still have to pick up & then row in with a live boat sat their that could possibly activate at any time for various reasons. Id rather be in a boat with a dead croc than a live one. Martin.
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I use safety loops & dont see or ever have water leaks with them, If they leak then they havnt been installed properly. Your far more likelly to get a leak in the rubber bellows on the rudder than through loops being installed. Martin.Comment
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Safety loops were beat to death a year or more ago and the threads quickly turned to crap as all rule proposals do. Here is just one of them.
Really no need to do this again is there?
If you want them on your boats by all means do it fellas.
I'm going fishing with Doug,
See ya at the pond.
SmockLast edited by Doug Smock; 05-26-2011, 08:28 PM.MODEL BOAT RACER
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Two for the loop & two on the other end for the ESC/battery to plug into. One of which would have been the original connection between battery & ESC.
I reduce it to 2 extra connections on mine by running the wire through the block & hull so there is only one connection outside the hull but still two inside. But I can't loose a loop that way.
I use 5.5mm bullets & 8 gauge wire to match the rest of the system & keep the resistance as low as possible.
Everything is epoxied in & nothing leaks.
I put loops on my sport boats too. It just makes things so much easier.
Cheers.
Paul.Attached FilesSee the danger. THEN DO IT ANYWAY!!!
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Here's one way it was done on a boat I got years ago from F1Tunnelhull in Australia.
OK, Deans may not be the best; just an idea...Attached Files2008 NAMBA P-Mono & P-Offshore Nat'l 2-Lap Record Holder; '15 P-Cat, P-Ltd Cat 2-Lap
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Doug has gone fishing Jeff.
Safety loops were beat to death a year or more ago and the threads quickly turned to crap as all rule proposals do. Here is just one of them.
Really no need to do this again is there?
If you want them on your boats by all means do it fellas.
I'm going fishing with Doug,
See ya at the pond.
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You can ask somebody to fabricate something like this...
I am working on a mold for it, it will have 5.5mm bullets and it will be filled with black insulating epoxy. The final part will also have the margins for gluing to the hull.Attached FilesComment
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My take on the safety loops is:
"If you want to use them, by all means do so...BUT...don't mandate them."
I actually think they would a great addition for convenience of not needing to untape/retape to change props or being able to tape up well in advance of a heat. For those reasons I might consider using them. But for safety reasons I'm not totally convinced. Has anyone actually witnessed an injury to someone because a safety loop was not in use? I haven't, nor have I heard of any, but I am really curious to know. I'm certainly not proposing that there have not been any!
It could be the reason they are not generally available as a pre-made item in the U.S. is that a potential manufacturer can not see a reasonable return on investment when looking at projected sales. Another problem for a manufacturer would not being able to standardize them because of different size/type connectors modelers use. JMHOMini Cat Racing USA
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thats cool. thats basically what I was looking for.Steven Vaccaro
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Interesting. Keep us posted. If it comes with the bullets with wire already in it that would be good.Mini Cat Racing USA
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Please post some pics when you're done.
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I agree. I'm running in 8 classes at the Nats next week. Sure would be nice to have some of them ready to go so no scramble between heats!Mini Cat Racing USA
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