fast electric boat

[iceman]

hey guys, me agian. this time im posting for a friend. he has more money then sense and wants to buy a rc boat of some kind. the kicker is he dont care what type it is he just wants it stupid fast. i mean in the triple digits!!!! is this possible? if so how and what. any help would be great.

GARY

[Jeff]

If he has more money than sense then perhaps he should buy some sense. A newbie whos first boat is in the triple digits makes no sense what so ever and actually could prove a danger to self and others including our hobby.

[driftah]

ditto,he would never be able to handle that as a first boat it would end up in pieces trust me.tell him to get a quick rtr like a miss geico or impulse31 and learn and upgrade as he needs to.definately dangerous otherwise...heck a boat that fast is just a saw or straight drag boat imo.uncontrollable by most.I love fast but thats a mess waiting to happen most of us are happy with a 60mph or even 80mph boat but forget that speed into corners lol.

[jingalls007]

why?

[properchopper]

hey guys, me agian. this time im posting for a friend. he has more money then sense and wants to buy a rc boat of some kind. the kicker is he dont care what type it is he just wants it stupid fast. i mean in the triple digits!!!! is this possible? if so how and what. any help would be great.

GARY

Gary,

Is this fast enough ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V60YYYo1aDY

I build these boats to order for customers :

http://forums.offshoreelectrics.com/...-Now-Available

Tony

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[Flying Scotsman]

hey guys, me agian. this time im posting for a friend. he has more money then sense and wants to buy a rc boat of some kind. the kicker is he dont care what type it is he just wants it stupid fast. i mean in the triple digits!!!! is this possible? if so how and what. any help would be great.

GARY

Well tell your friend to become a member on this forum, this is a very stupid thread.

[Doby]

Gary,

Is this fast enough ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V60YYYo1aDY

I build these boats to order for customers :

http://forums.offshoreelectrics.com/...-Now-Available

Tony

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Not fast enough, he wants triple digits

[iceman]

Well tell your friend to become a member on this forum, this is a very stupid thread.

didnt ask for sarcasim just some info.....dont see anything wrong with the thread...guess i need to look else where!

gary

[Fluid]

didnt ask for sarcasim just some info.....dont see anything wrong with the thread...guess i need to look else where!

Sure, try RC Universe, you'll get a lot of great information there since all the really fast guys hang there. Just ask them........


Seriously, when you ask a question that experienced FE guys feel is ridiculous, right or wrong you can expect some sarcasm. I agree with you, the thread is not 'stupid' - only a few posts are. Very few boaters - gas, nitro or FE - have 100 mph boats. That is the realm of experienced boaters only, not beginners. And only a very few boaters get there.

It is possible, which is what you originally asked. Is it a good idea? No. He needs to start with a simpler, slower boat, learn the basics, then he can progress. He can expect to lose at least one boat on the quest through a crash, sinking or burn-down. If he is serious, is open to learning and is persistent then he may get there. If not then no matter how much money he throws at it he will not be successful. If I were a beginner there are only two or three guys on this forum I would trust to build me such a boat, and none of them would.


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[Flying Scotsman]

Jay, a great reply...the word stupid thread in my response was due to his use of that word in a response for members for a fast boat for his friend.

Douggie

[Boaterguy]

If it were up to me there would be only one reason I wouldn't want to let him get a 100+mph boat, us. I don't mean to sound selfish but if he crashed and injured someone anyone who witnessed the event would contact the government, he would most likely get sued but that's his fault for not listening. the only worry I have is that more and more running spots would get condemned and we would have less spots to run.

[iceman]

thanks guys for the info. understand where you are coming from. just think he wants to work at it. i told him to start with a slower one and see if he likes it first. some people with money just want what they want i guess. ill stick with scratch building my rigger and let him worry about him. hope i didnt stir up too much. and maybe learn a little about these riggers (or not LOL) great info here for the novice and vet. hope to learn alot more

GARY

[properchopper]

Gary, rather than being judgemental, given that your friend has highly unrealistic intentions based on very little if any knowledge of FE boats, which I'll chalk up to uneducated innocence, here's a little reality check which may enlighten him :

To begin with, only a small handfull of FE boaters have ever gone over 100 mph. This has been typically done after MANY years of experience, hard core engineering, lots of testing, and tons of cubic money.

Testing these boats involves lots of crashes, burn-ups, rebuilds, and re-testing

Absolutely smooth, glassy water and NO wind is a definite requirement

At 100 mph the boat is travelling 146 feet per second. A simple five second run at 100 mph uses up 730 feet of water with much more space needeed for run-out. (At 730 feet you can barely see the boat anyway.) The perfect venue for such running needs to be used, not any lake or pond.

A good radio with excellent range HAS to be used, and even these have been known to glitch out in the realm under discussion

The danger factor, especially with a boat in the hands of the type of person you describe is definitely worth thinking out. A 100+ mph boat, heavy as it must be to acheive these velocities will easily kill or maim someone in its path if the boat goes out of control, which does happen frequently. Such an incident will likely filter down to and jepordize all of our model boating activities. These "news stories" always get out.

It's hard to blame some of the posters here for reacting so strongly; every so often something like this pops up from someone unwilling to do what most of us do : learn to walk before we run. Just having lots of money to buy something that won't be understood or properly handled based on lack of experience or knowledge is just plain crazy, and dare I say insulting to those that have paid their high-performance dues.

Think about it, tell your "friend", and maybe he'll become willing to join our ranks one step at a time.

Tony
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[jamie]

This guy sounds like me 12 months ago
Gary these guys are some of the best in the world at what they do, i think that you and your friend would do well to listen to them.
Why would you attempt to run a boat like that with zero experience ... a 100MPH fe boat does not come in a box RTR.
Sure one of the top guys will sell you their SAW rigger if you produce enough cash, but you will have no idea about how to run it.
My junk pile is almost as big as my spares box trying to run 75 MPH, and i listen and try to take in as much of these guys experiences as i can because they have been there and have done it. Stuff gets tortured to run those speeds. It will end in tears.