Lucas Oil sponson blueprinting

[fox88gt]

It appears that the sponson area near the transom, just behind the last step in each sponson has a little bit of hook built into. I'd like to blueprint the sponsons and was wondering if this hook needs to be there to keep the boat from porpousing.

Thanks!

Jeff

[skater368]

I'm about to find out

[Grimracer]

Get rid of it..

Your on the right track

Grim

[TheShaughnessy]

Weird that it needs it. There was a Lucas oil boat at the lake yesterday and he was finishing 3/4 a lap ahead of the rest of the field. I'm running a PB mystic and set up a geico for Jessie, a buddy that doesn't have a p-limited cat. Tony was running a AQ MC as was the son of the Lucas oil boat driver ( forgot names). We were all pretty close in speed but that Lucas oil boat was just Rollin, he said all he did was put a prop on it, said he didn't even touch the strut.

Sure made me want to sell of my geicos and mystic so I can get a Lucas oil boat.

[Grimracer]

Once the hook (or rocker for that matter) is gone the boat is easer to tune. thats all.

grim

[properchopper]

Heck, at my age the rocker is about all I look forward to http://th06.deviantart.net/fs30/PRE/...dyiverzzen.jpg

[Grimracer]

You and me both old man.. (wait.. Im catching ya...lol)

Glad to see you guys ROCKING AND ROLLING!

Grim

[properchopper]

Grim,

The rock 'n roll in D19 West, particularly P-Ltd Cat is due in large part from the acceptance of FE by the Southern California Scale Thunderboat Association (SCSTA) ; the sweetest bunch of guys you'll find anywhere. They've now opened up 1/8 scale and 1/10 scale FE classes and they're growing as well.

I'm jazzed that now some nitro/gas racers are picking up on how much fun the P-Ltd Cat class is. The good news is that they help populate the entries to make the class ( bad news is that the know how to DRIVE ).

Yesterday there was some of the best racing ever ; closely matched boats, drag racing side-by-side from one turn to the next - Oh yeah ! My MC goes full throttle through the turns and for the first time I didn't chicken out and go wide in a four boat cluster entering a turn ; just dove in, pinned it, winced, and came out ahead in lane one - may sound insignificant to some but it sure got my toes a-tappin' !

After two good P-Ltd Cat race seasons, I think { what I basically believed all along} that the MC is the most capable contender now that things are sorting out. I just acquired a second one just because

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOMTnLHDWRA

[Grimracer]

Love it man. love the story.. Racing is about making storys.

Keep up the good work..

BTY.. nice job on the boat review last month.. email be at [email protected]. It might be worth putting you in touch with the folks that send out review boats. Not sue we can do anything but what the heck.. we can always ask..

Grim

[skater368]

That was me.

[Grimracer]

what.. I thought............... I read...........

Send me your info via email...lol

Grim

[skater368]

This hull kicks ass! I love it. And absolute truth, all I did was prop.

[BHChieftain]

If anybody's looking for a blueprinting tutorial, I have one here --it is for the Miss Geico/Blackjack, but applicable to any cat).
It covers strut, rudder, then blueprint.

http://www.rcchiefhobbies.com/Tutorials.html

Chief

[skater368]

need more help from Auqucraft on my racing endeavors ....help

[boatracr157]

I just got a Lucas Oil cat. I intend to blueprint the bottom as described above. When I put the boat on a set up board, I noticed the strut was set with a LOT of neg.angle (similar to how you might set up a rigger) and the back of the strut was below the bottom of the boat. Is this a typical set up? My gas cat is just the opposite, positive angle with the strut just above the bottom. Is the strut setting correct out of the box?