Great 1/7th Scale race until....

[tharmer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5dxlz7REPk

[Spot Me 2]

That will always ruin your day!!!

[Jeff Wohlt]

That sucks but excellent racing!!! How man of you guys are running the big wiredrives on those? Seems I made a bunch for those boats.

[Xfactor]

see what I mean about racing a scale.

[Xfactor]

whats your motors prop combos ?

[Jeff Wohlt]

If I am not mistaken I think most of them were running the big outrunners and 8 or 10S but that is just what a few mentioned when buying drives.

Those are big friggin boats!

[Brushless55]

Wow, those are big!
and sweet looking, big huge rooster tails!

[crabstick]

are these the same 1/7 scale guys running the Scorpion outrunners?

[tharmer]

Yes. The Scorpion 4035-800 outrunner on 8s. Boats are about 49 inches long, 12 to 20 lbs (the Oberto in the vid is almost 20 lbs in the water), speeds in the 50's. I'm running one of Jeff's wire drives on my Seattle Too and it works great.

One heat takes about 3000 ma of current. Most boats run 8s2p...I run 8s1p and save two pounds but it wears out the batteries.

Required prop for the vintage boats is a Graupner CF. The K57L is most popular, some run the K51L and for long courses, the K63L.

-t

[Darin Jordan]

Required prop for the vintage boats is a Graupner CF. The K57L is most popular, some run the K51L and for long courses, the K63L.

-t

What props do they allow in the modern boats??

[buzzardu00]

all boats are required to run Graupner 2317 series props.
more info can be found at scalehydro.com

[Darin Jordan]

all boats are required to run Graupner 2317 series props.
more info can be found at scalehydro.com

Plastic props on 20lbs boats pushing out 5+hp????? That ought to be entertaining...

[buzzardu00]

the 1/7 scales are in there second season running the Graupner props
and not a single one has broken, and they are entertaining!!

[calcagno45]

Pics of the damage? Looks fun tho!

[Darin Jordan]

the 1/7 scales are in there second season running the Graupner props
and not a single one has broken, and they are entertaining!!

Well, that's good... Seems a pity to take such an important and fun part of racing and dumb it down to just bolting something on, but apparently it works for you. I suppose it does simplify things.

I'll have to get out and watch these run one of these days.