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  • properchopper
    • Apr 2007
    • 6968

    #16
    re

    Calm down, fellas! I've been here daily for over two years and I've not seen any 500 amp , 25 hp boats being built. Talked about, maybe. What I'm saying is the "lower" classes like LSO and P-mono/offshore are within reach of most of us and are the logical progression from modded rtr's. Try it, you'll like it. :)
    2008 NAMBA P-Mono & P-Offshore Nat'l 2-Lap Record Holder; '15 P-Cat, P-Ltd Cat 2-Lap
    2009/2010 NAMBA P-Sport Hydro Nat'l 2-Lap Record Holder, '13 SCSTA P-Ltd Cat High Points
    '11 NAMBA [P-Ltd] : Mono, Offshore, OPC, Sport Hydro; '06 LSO, '12,'13,'14 P Ltd Cat /Mono

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    • sjslhill
      Fast Electric Addict!
      • Apr 2007
      • 1513

      #17
      Your the one that needs to calm down, the thread is for fun. It however will be possible to do what I listed.

      To be more realistic, let's take the 225 amp Castle controller, 225x37V and you get 11.1HP. Are you saying that this not possible as well?
      Cut that in 1/2 and you get 5.5 HP. If 3HP can move a 16 lb hydro 65, what do you think 5.5HP can do?

      What is your LSO record? What Org. was it set in? Does the IMPBA have this record?

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      • Doug Smock
        Moderator
        • Apr 2007
        • 5272

        #18
        Originally posted by Battlepack
        I think he is saying that your slow Doug.
        I am slow.... but I was a little faster that the guy before me. AND my P-Mono hasn't see the first LiPo. ... YET.:p
        MODEL BOAT RACER
        IMPBA President
        District 13 Director 2011- present
        IMPBA National Records Director 2009-2019
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        • sjslhill
          Fast Electric Addict!
          • Apr 2007
          • 1513

          #19
          Gee Wizz

          I bet you can go 95 soon. :D

          Originally posted by D.Smock
          I am slow.... but I was a little faster that the guy before me. AND my P-Mono hasn't see the first LiPo. ... YET.:p

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          • Doug Smock
            Moderator
            • Apr 2007
            • 5272

            #20
            Originally posted by properchopper
            Calm down, fellas!
            No problems here, I'm good.:)

            Doug
            MODEL BOAT RACER
            IMPBA President
            District 13 Director 2011- present
            IMPBA National Records Director 2009-2019
            IMPBA 19887L CD
            NAMBA 1169

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            • Darin Jordan
              Fast Electric Addict!
              • Apr 2007
              • 8335

              #21
              Guys,

              As I've said SOOOOO many times before... If NAMBA and the IMPBA get onboard with the idea of limiting hull lengths, then 90% of these "unlimited power" fears go away... There is a practical limit to how much power a given hull size can handle... We're tapping into that right now in N2-Mono at 26-27"... IMPBA has proposed a 27" hull length limit for the E1 (Namba N2) classes, and I think they've nailed it as far as this limit goes...

              Keep in mind that I'm only talking about Oval racing here... SAWS need, and should have had, their own set of limits... in my opinion...
              Darin E. Jordan - Renton, WA
              "Self-proclaimed skill-less leader in the hobby."

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              • sjslhill
                Fast Electric Addict!
                • Apr 2007
                • 1513

                #22
                cool, that's good news

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                • Steven Vaccaro
                  Administrator
                  • Apr 2007
                  • 8718

                  #23
                  Sorry Prop, but the T comment doesn't hold on this forum. Dennis Whitt is the man in large offshore boats! He and some other guys practically invented and inspired the building of boats in those classes. He is answering questions he.

                  We have a mix of users(so far) on this forum. I hope to keep it that way. Diversity is key. Seasoned boaters helping new boaters. New boaters have fresh ideas to maybe inspire the seasoned guys.

                  Back on the subject Darin is correct, hull size limits need to be addressed!
                  A 40" N2 IS Possible!!!
                  Steven Vaccaro

                  Where Racing on a Budget is a Reality!

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                  • SJFE
                    Fast Electric Addict!
                    • Apr 2007
                    • 4735

                    #24
                    It would be posible to run a 40" N-2 boat here in the north east...If there where santiond events for us. IMO an Electric only Sanctioning body needs to be created. I have nothing against nitro and gas. Fact is they exclude way to many prime locations. We need our own thing.

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                    • sjslhill
                      Fast Electric Addict!
                      • Apr 2007
                      • 1513

                      #25
                      Right now I don't see how any Nitro boat can beat unlimited electric boats. The technology has passed Nitro up. Nitro did not allow rules to get completly out of line with common sense. If they would have you would be super chargers and turbo chargers and unlimited displacment. There are no rules for limiting a N2 motor, only the voltage.

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                      • Darin Jordan
                        Fast Electric Addict!
                        • Apr 2007
                        • 8335

                        #26
                        Originally posted by Battlepack
                        There are no rules for limiting a N2 motor, only the voltage.
                        There are, however, a lot of "practical rules" limiting this... "Possible", and "Realistically Possible" are not always the same...

                        A 15-series Neu Motor, for example, is only rated to a max Watts of 3000... That's not going to handle 400amps or ??? at 8V....

                        Big things ARE possible, however... which is why I will continue advocating hull-size limits... then if someone wants to try to run 400amps continuous... be my guest, because my 100+ amp N2-Setup will be raceable in a 27" hull... your 400amp setup simply won't be... unless it weighs 10lbs, in which case, I still have you beat...
                        Darin E. Jordan - Renton, WA
                        "Self-proclaimed skill-less leader in the hobby."

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                        • sjslhill
                          Fast Electric Addict!
                          • Apr 2007
                          • 1513

                          #27
                          3000 watts is 4 hp

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                          • Doozie870
                            Senior Member
                            • Apr 2007
                            • 828

                            #28
                            Im kind of mixed on this thread, to be honest travel expenses are my biggest problem. looking at $300 to go this sunday, spent around $650 for the az trip, we need more clubs man!!

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                            • Steven Vaccaro
                              Administrator
                              • Apr 2007
                              • 8718

                              #29
                              Originally posted by Doozie870
                              Im kind of mixed on this thread, to be honest travel expenses are my biggest problem. looking at $300 to go this sunday, spent around $650 for the az trip, we need more clubs man!!
                              Start one up. I'm hearing from customers all over the country that more and more Supervee guys are getting together on weekends. Hit the hobby shops with flyer's.
                              Steven Vaccaro

                              Where Racing on a Budget is a Reality!

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                              • SJFE
                                Fast Electric Addict!
                                • Apr 2007
                                • 4735

                                #30
                                Speaking of flyer's....Does any one know where in Office 2K or XP to generate flyer's....I can't find it to save my LIFE....Uggggg.

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