RC FE Drag Boats

[drwayne]

Have eyeballed a few events in Asia where they drag race FE boats.. very bloody quick !
2+3+4+more cell riggers the norm, some weird variations on 3/4 point too !

Wondering if such has a dedicated/competent following out here ?

other than likely tales of sprint results , Ive heard no factual info of fact.

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[egneg]

After watching the real boats I think it would be cool if they had an RC counterpart.

[Rumdog]

This is awesome...
http://forums.offshoreelectrics.com/...oat-Thai-style

[Fluid]

The idea has been tried several times in the US - but always fizzled. The Devil Mountian club in California had great plans and designed several boats (all too small IMO) but nothing really came of it. Here in Texas a small group of gas boaters had a club, rules, timers et al, and they invited us to join them. Our FE club put together several FE boats (modified oval boats) and did some informal testing on the 167-foot (IIRC) course. We got some impressive numbers compared to what the gas guys were claiming, but their club fizzled before any formal racing was ever done. The oldest Thai video is 9 years old so apparently they have been able to maintain the momentum....




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