Vac-U-Tug

[rayray9]

Decisions, decisions, decisions. Vac-U or Zipp Kitts, pulled the trigger on Vac-U, Phil been great order shipped form Georgia to New York looking at this Monday.
Anyone has some inside info on this tug? Going to use this as a recovery rig & long day runner.
Third hull on the bench from scratch, need to clone myself.

[pescador]

I've had the Vac-U-Tug and still have a Vac-U-Tow that's been doing rescue work for a few years. The Tow is great, it fits in a toolbox that makes it super easy to pack.


Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

[rayray9]

Awesome pics, yep - recovery boat will be my intensions. From the homework I have done I'm told 7 hours run time on a 2S Lipo is this possible?
Might be a runner with my son's Alpha Patrol boat, 2S 5000 Venoms hardcase

[Navherc130]

We also use a vac-u-tug. Have it running on a 7 cell nimh 5000mah venom battery. Just a tad more speed. Ours is more simple, we tow a short length of floating fly line with a tennis ball. Do the wraparound and pull in! Floating line really helps.

[fweasel]

I use one as well. I have the bigger brushed motor with the two blade prop and it pushes my bigger boats in fine. The stern rides very low in the water, so if you build a rescue raft for it, it needs to maintain that same attitude or the prop cavitates. I started with a ball and fishing line, but got it stuck in the prop and switched to the raft. I run mine on a 7 cell pack.

[pescador]

Awesome pics, yep - recovery boat will be my intensions. From the homework I have done I'm told 7 hours run time on a 2S Lipo is this possible?
Might be a runner with my son's Alpha Patrol boat, 2S 5000 Venoms hardcase

I'm using two 2200 mah 3s lipo's in parallel and have never used more than 25% rescuing for our clubs practice days.


Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

[rayray9]

Flyfishing line floats right?

[pescador]

There are different fly lines some float or sink or have different combinations of sink tips. Usually if it's a bright colour it's a floating line. If your buying a cheap one get a DT (double taper) so you can use both ends. The higher the # the thicker the line.
My other hobby lol.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[rayray9]

Good info, thanks.
Deciding between a pvc pipe / conduit system or a flotation device & drag line.
Me & fly fishing don't mix, wrestled an alligator once and he won, in New York of all places.

[pescador]

I use the pvc pipe rig most of the time, our pond can get weedy and the drag line can get hung up. I just switched the rig over to my Atlantic Tug that is repowered and modded quite a bit but it's faster and has more grunt to get out of the weeds.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[rayray9]

Aquacraft Atlantic Tug?

[Prodrvr]

Use the tug pulling the balsa float with hooks on it, floating fishing line. Circle dead boat, hooks on float catch the rudder and tow it in.

[rayray9]

That thing is crazy, might gaff a shark
That's one nice tug.

[pescador]

Aquacraft Atlantic Tug?

Yup, I won it at the Nats a few years ago and put a bunch of stuff in it, repowered with the Fireboat motor, servo controlled water cannons, sound, bilge pump, modified the keel for a bigger prop. It just about does a wheelie taking off. :) I was bored that winter lol.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[rayray9]

Nice prize on NATS