Large Cat for Racing Nitro

[Steven Vaccaro]

Found a fuel thunderboat video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2PUcrppFVs

[Fluid]

I've seen one race with a 35cc Mathe engine. It was quite heavy but did okay in rough water. I don't know if they all are heavy or if it was the gas build. You never lose sight of it on a racecourse though.......






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[SJFE]

Holy god that things sweet. Dude 60x20@10 pounds. What in gods name powers that?

[Steven Vaccaro]

I read somewhere that it was 50" ?

[SJFE]

In the site under a teeny little link over on the right there is a specs board. The thunercat is 50 the thunderbolt is 60. The thundercat is quite ugly compaired to the bolt.

[Ocean Racer]

Also known as the "Zero Profit Principle"

AKA Five Finger Discount

[Ocean Racer]

It is nice looking boat but it seems kinda heavy. do u want to convert it or leav it gas?

[NTM]

I looked into one ( a thunderbolt ) before picking up a drifter xl.
Supposedly it's quite heavy (12+ pounds) and the glass is a bit thin in spots. It's also not really built to handle speeds higher than 55-60 mph. Gel coat is quite rough too.

As for powering a 60" cat, i'm building mine with a pair of plettenberg 370/50/A1S motors, a pair of schulze 40/160 esc's and four flightpower 10s 4350mah packs wired in paralell. Propshop 5518 props at 30,000 rpm.

A 40" to 50" cat is way cheaper to build !

Regards,
Nathan

[Ub Hauled]

they must have a different Thunderbolt molds at Expresscraft...
I have one, and let me tell you, it weights 8 pounds naked and the gel coat is pretty darn good... just to be fair, I'll take a look at it tomorrow in the sunlight to be sure that it is in deed smooth and to check for weak spots (that I believe are not there).
The one you saw (or mine) may have been from an older batch... BTW it measures 50".

[Ub Hauled]

I looked at the hull in the sunlight today,
it looks like the layup is even throughout the build.
I am not sure they do wet on wet to join the top and bottom...
it seems they worked the joint a bit, but it was a good job,
it is solid and smooth all the way around... some minor sanding
done, nothing major at all.
It measures 50x16x7 --> give or take a fraction or two.