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This place is going all gas. Never bought anything but I wonder why they are gettin rid of electric?
http://www.licensedtospeed.com/default.cfm
http://www.licensedtospeed.com/default.cfm
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Likely because, despite what it actually costs to build one, FE guys are tight-wads...This place is going all gas. Never bought anything but I wonder why they are gettin rid of electric?
http://www.licensedtospeed.com/default.cfm
There is a lot of up-side to running GAS boats... not the least of which is that you have a simplified racing structure with PLENTY of people to race with...Darin E. Jordan - Renton, WA
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Good point Darin. Here in Baltimore we have nobody to race with so I didnt think of that.Many issues!!!Comment
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Every FE boater needs a gasser or two to run while the LiPos are charging!!!
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That second photo is great.
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Will,
There is a IMPBA District 12 club in Baltimore and they run a district race just south of Hagerstown in late September. I'm probably going to go up there since it's only an hour away. I joined my local club in Northern VA even though my son and I are the only FE's in the club, but I figure someone's got to be first. We're just in it this year are to run novice with the nitros, learn as much as we can and have some fun. If your interested, PM me if you ever want to start racing. My club is running their district race at the end of this month.
Enclosed is a pic of a club members .90 nitro powered submarine.Mike Chirillo
www.capitolrcmodelboats.com
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The other side of the coin from the buyers is the suppliers. Face it, most FE suppliers today are flakey. Place an order for ten controllers and get three this week, seven two months later. Order ten sets of hardware and maybe never get them. It's hard for a businessman to keep a large customer base when you can't get what the consumer wants to buy.
Gas suppliers OTOH seem to be much more dependable - at least this is what Paul has told me . Couple this with a much larger customer base and it's a wonder that we have any decent FE suppliers at all......
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Gas boats have just been around longer. FE is really still in the discovery phaze. Just because some have had years with it...it is still new to the market for the masses.
Gas has been out there for years and years and not much has changed but some motors. Hardware is the same they have been building for ever with only a few mods.
Most of FE vendor/designers are changing and learning new stuff everyday to keep the FE going faster with less failure.
To say most are FE vendors are flakey is just a general opinion.
I love IC motors and had several years of training on them. 2 strokes are fun to play with and with some knowledge of timing and porting, etc you can make them crank.
My buddies actually say they get bored running theirs because they run so long.Comment
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Ran gassers for 15 years and I won't be going back. The funny thing is I remember saying that I would never own a FE boat and now that is all I own. To each his own I guess.Team Liquid DashComment
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I like gas boats for all the reasons mentioned, but many municipal ponds will not allow you to run them.
Fluid is also correct in stating there are some dubious suppliers out there who do not operate with the ethics and quality of service that OSE provides
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Steven/ Danny does this qualify for a free XL OSE t shirt??? Just kidding. Keep up the great service, but the shirt would be nice
DouggieLast edited by Flying Scotsman; 06-06-2009, 01:06 PM.Comment
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We have T-shirts? I need one!!
"A quick temper will make a fool of you soon enough."
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Sounds about right.
I have two "gassers" - a Stihl hedge trimmer and a Stihl line trimmer. Both start 1st time, every time - now, why can't model boat engines do that??
With one notable exception, the gas boat community near to me is a pretty sorry affair. To call it "amateurish" or "bungling" would be overstating their abilities. If I need cheering up, I go and watch the "fun": start, launch, stall, retrieve - rinse and repeat until patience = 0.
If I sound a bit unsympathetic toward my petroleum-burning brothers then this is because I am; if the object of the exercise was to make as much noise as possible and to go as slowly as possible, limping around the lake and deafening anyone within a mile radius, then this crowd are all over-achievers. If there was a prize for "spend a lot and go very slow" then these guys would be winners.
Sorry, but from what I've seen - and I know these guys are not representative of gassers everywhere - petrol engines should stay in the garden cutting grass!
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