Larger boat to handle bigger water

[ltheis]

Bought a miss Gico a few weeks ago and have go the bug bad now! I have been racing rc cars for almost 20years and have discovered my true calling is fast electric boats. I want to build a bigger boat that can handle some bigger water, nothing insane as far as water or speed goes. I am looking for suggestions for a setup that can run around 60mph in water that seems to upset the miss geico running at 45 mph. I am in love with the offshore cat style boats but would not mind a mono and would like to stay with a single drive set-up running on 8s2p. is this possible with a DF sniper 45? or maybe Aeromarine Avenger? Any suggestions? Thanks, Les

[crrcboatz]

You need to find a Prather Offshore Deep Vee like the one in these pics. This is one I sold but have another that will be a future build for FE. They are the most accurate offshore v hull out there. They are epoxy which makes them light and strong. They are no longer made as the last ones were produced in the mid late 90s but can be found. I have owned 5 all together. Check ebay as I see them there from time to time. As long as you keep the speeds at 50 or so this boat can handle rough water very well.

Curt

[Make-a-Wake]

A few 45+ inchers

http://www.aeromarinerc.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage_images.tpl&product_id=30&category_id=13&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=53

http://www.aeromarinerc.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage_images.tpl&product_id=17&category_id=10&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=53

http://www.aeromarinerc.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage_images.tpl&product_id=42&category_id=17&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=53

[ltheis]

Thanks for the replys. Make-a-wake I am very interested in your 50" hydo project as well, I just thing those boats are cool. How did you connect the motor to the exsisting flex shaft. how do you think it would do with a higher kv motor on a 8s2p set-up. I have a ton of 4s packs from racing electric 1/8 scale off road and would like to use them rather than buy new packs.

[siberianhusky]

The Old Prather hulls were great as long as you didn't stick an outboard on them! Then they were slow, too much weight up front to get them to balance.

[crrcboatz]

The Old Prather hulls were great as long as you didn't stick an outboard on them! Then they were slow, too much weight up front to get them to balance.

The 46 prather is the lightest dv made that length by us manufacturers. They ARE NOT NOSE HEAVY as I have built 2 and run them. Not a single american manufacturer even today has a 46" hull as light as the EPOXY prather.

Don't know where you got your info but after weighing mine this morning, it came in at less than 5 lbs.

[Shooter]

You need to find a Prather Offshore Deep Vee like the one in these pics. This is one I sold but have another that will be a future build for FE. They are the most accurate offshore v hull out there. They are epoxy which makes them light and strong. They are no longer made as the last ones were produced in the mid late 90s but can be found. I have owned 5 all together. Check ebay as I see them there from time to time. As long as you keep the speeds at 50 or so this boat can handle rough water very well.

Curt

The old Prather "Vee" boats were very durable. Extremely strong, thick, epoxy glass.

[Fluid]

Don't know where you got your info but after weighing mine this morning, it came in at less than 5 lbs.

You should read the 'offensive' post more carefully instead of being so defensive. What he meant was that when you put an OB on the Prather hull you needed to add too much weight up front to obtain the correct CG. The boat was then too heavy. Sounds like he got his info from a reliable source...himself.



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[crrcboatz]

You should read the 'offensive' post more carefully instead of being so defensive. What he meant was that when you put an OB on the Prather hull you needed to add too much weight up front to obtain the correct CG. The boat was then too heavy. Sounds like he got his info from a reliable source...himself.



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Ok guess I needed an interpretation from someone else, I will go with yours! I like it better too!!!!!!! With regard to outboards on 46" Prather offshores don't think that was a very common thing. He probably was speaking to the 40" or the 31".
The boat is a delight to setup and with a little modding of the strakes on the bottom can handle the low to mid 50s ok. Been there done that too. If one hopes to go above 50 in it that is a must because it has too much lift in it otherwise.

[Make-a-Wake]

Thanks for the replys. Make-a-wake I am very interested in your 50" hydo project as well, I just thing those boats are cool. How did you connect the motor to the exsisting flex shaft. how do you think it would do with a higher kv motor on a 8s2p set-up. I have a ton of 4s packs from racing electric 1/8 scale off road and would like to use them rather than buy new packs.

Hi, I changed it out to a 1/4" driveline, i added a teflon tube that fit 1/4 drive and it fit inside the existing teflon, works great. You can go 8s with a big prop......maybe in the 65-70mm range........if thats what you have available battery-wise. Make sure you run a 2p configuration which would be using 4 5s packs total, two sets of two in series.

[Jacked1]

I have a prather and it is the lightest and least brittle hull I have and flips the least out of all my big boats.