Raptor vs JAE

[highndry]

One of our fun runs http://www.youtube.com/user/123Mharv.../0/QFC4OnQoe7c

[highndry]

I tried...I give up

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[highndry]

http://www.youtube.com/user/123Mharvey#p/a/u/0/QFC4OnQoe7c

[hebner]

Works for me.

[highndry]

I shld have posted the vid of your clear lane violation ..

[hebner]

What lane violation

[highndry]

The one where your boat got in the way of my prop

[teach]

Awsome. Which is which? Hard to tell.

[hebner]

Green boat is a Raptor

[andym]

Green boat is a Raptor

Obvious, faster-stronger-fantasticer. Oh I made that last word up !!

[detox]

Your Raptor was fast , but too light or unstable over wakes. Try adjusting strut to raise stern higher out of water. COG may need to be moved more forward also.

[Darin Jordan]

Your Raptor was fast , but too light or unstable over wakes.

Yah... that's interesting... because our experience here has been that the boats are pretty evenly matched in the smooth, but in the rough water, the Raptor has had an edge. I'm sure Setup and prop selection is the key either way.

[Fluid]

Comparing these two - or any two similar hydros - is futile unless everything is as close as possible. Just having a more suitable prop can make one boat look better than another. For a "real" test, take the two boats fully optimized by experienced racers and race them together, or alone with a stopwatch and the same driver. Lap times and finishes are what matter in a race - not top speed or some observed "instability".

The two hulls are still being developed, although in some areas they seem pretty close to optimized.

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[highndry]

We werent trying to make any kind of statement..just having some fun.

The Raptor is mine It was running s-15, the JAE a H-7 ( I think ). They run ~ the same speed. Still working on the Raptors turning although it has improved.

[sailr]

Love the nitro engine and jet helicopter sound effects! ;-)