new proboat catamaran

[saleens7]

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[FE_Chris]

well, there ARE exceptions

i dont know....i got my SW26 for free...:D (thanks again piranha2!)

[SJFE]

This looks like a great entry level boat. Also it looks to have some good cheap upgrade potential. A 19 turn motor and right prop will bring low to mid 20s I bet. Hell put me down for one Steven. I would love to play around with it just to see what I can get :).

[hammertime]

i bet you could make this a great 6-7 cell brushless boat..... use a feigao s and 6 cells just like with what i did with my hammer.........wich hit mid 30s

[SJFE]

Yup I am sure i can. Thanks for the vote of confidence:). I am looking to build a dual outboard cat in the 24 to 28 inch range to be honest. When I pick one of these up it will be my new rescue boat. I grow tired of luggin the tug around. When these are relieced look for the old SJFE tug in the swapshop :).

[hammertime]

that thing is sooo sweet tho...........works great

[SJFE]

Yes its very funtional and looks great on the water. But that little cat with a couple carbon fiber kite booms afixed to the sides will be much faster to the rescue and take up way less space in the truck. I could make the riggers removable on the tug..but I am done workin on it. I will section them for shiping and include joint connectors for re assembly of course. But I really want a lighter quicker more manegable rescue craft.

[hammertime]

understandable

[sidv13]

I think I will be getting one of these when it comes out it could be fun to upgrade and see what I can get out of it. but that is just my $.02

[SJFE]

Motor & Esc shots.

Found these today. They claim the esc is 45 amps...no word on the motor.

[FE_Chris]

I thaught this thread was about the 139$ 20" cat, not the BJ26 BL cat.....

With all saleens post being deleted, it's hard to tell.

Found these today. The clain the esc is 45 amps...no word on the motor.

[saleens7]

I thaught this thread was about the 139$ 20" cat, not the BJ26 BL cat.....

With all saleens post being deleted, it's hard to tell.

yeah, sorry bout that, i wasnt really checking what i was erasing.

i re posted the first post...its about the apache catamaran, not the BL BJ26

[saleens7]

there is a vid of the apache cat on its page....it look pretty fast...definately faster than the SW36...probably 15(ish)mph

[Flying Scotsman]

Steve I understand that very well (although the steerable outdrive is more costly than a fixed flex shaft) - and I guess I was too being too harsh. But when the market sees how well the SV has been accepted - and sells - yet does not at least occasionally rise to meet it, I am reminded how the world sees FE boats - as toys bought by parents and children to play with for a week, then to sit in the attic until the next garage sale.


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Fluid, I am late on this thread, and you are bang on. The problem is generally we all start with an RTR and then get disappointed with the speed and then we spend lots of bucks trying to upgrade a boat that is not capable of much higher speed. My suggestion is buy the RTR and appreciate the limitations and then buy an FE hull that is within your budget, as some FE boats are way over $2,000.00.

Doug

[sidv13]

just a thought but is that not the "problem" all RCrs have?? we cant leave anything well enough alone. every person in this hobby I have met, and I dont just mean rc boaters, will try and figure out how to make somthing faster than it was designed to go. how else do you explain stuff like twin motor rc trucks and stuff like that. I am not sayin that I am not guilty of it also because I am. I am just sayin it seems like a character trait of people in this hobby